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Roasted Tomato Soup
We used this Waitrose recipe today to make a batch of soup for lunches. Despite the fact it’s August and supposed to be warm, I’ve found myself craving tomato soup for the last couple of weeks. Hopefully this’ll cure me and I can move onto the next thing to obsess about! The tomatoes were roasted […]
Read More..>>Barbecue!!!!
So finally it’s a) the weekend, b) we don’t have any prior social engagements and c) it’s hot….leaving only one thing to do….BARBECUE!!! We started with corn. Stephen bought these last week with the sleeping bags husks still intact, despite the fact that he maintains he prefers them to be cooked without. I gently prised […]
Read More..>>Roast Beef
Did I mention it was raining again today? We started talking about what to have for lunch before breakfast and it took us about 10 seconds to decide on roast beef. Stephen braved the weather to go in search of beef (well, go to the shop…it’s not like we live on a rambling country estate […]
Read More..>>Salt Marsh Lamb
Today we returned from a weekend in Suffolk where I played cricket (and we won!) and on the way back to London, dropped in at The Food Company at Marks Tey. There we picked up half a leg of salt marsh lamb (amongst other things) and cooked it when we got home. Kerri spiked the […]
Read More..>>Chicken Salad
Not very imaginative but a good way to use up the leftover chicken on a warm day. This salad was made particlarly good by the adition of a perfectly ripe avocado and a simple dressing of lemon, oil and Dijon mustard. I forgot to buy carrots though and Stephen took the yellow pepper for the […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
We’re just back from a long weekend in Bulgaria, so what was the first thing we decided to eat? Roast chicken of course, it’s tradition now 🙂 We ate some interesting food in Bulgaria, mostly grilled meats and chunky salads. We’ll post some pictures when I can find the camera lead. The roast chicken was […]
Read More..>>Fishcakes
We made these fishcakes on Sunday and froze them; 20 minutes in the oven when we got home tonight and they were done. We roasted the salmon in the oven with some garlic and baked a large potato. Once cooked, flake the salmon and mash the potatoes with butter and seasoning, combine with some briefly […]
Read More..>>Scallops and Samphire
Yesterday we visited our local farmer’s market and were lucky enough to find samphire. We’ve heard a lot about it recently but haven’t seen it anywhere so we were both really excited to find it at the market. Online recipes were pretty scarce, I found a few risottos but not much else apart from a […]
Read More..>>Blackberry Fool
We picked up some really nice looking blackberries yesterday but when we came to eat them they were really sharp. We decided to make them into blackberry fool but substituted the mascarpone for some leftover cream cheese. The result was very cheesecake-like, which I liked but Stephen wasn’t that keen on.
Read More..>>Summer Braised Beef
I found this recipe in a magazine a little while ago, it was described as being a good alternative to the traditional Sunday Roast. The weather wasn’t all that summery today but we thought we’d give it a go anyway. The result: disappointing. The flavours (pale ale, red onion, garlic, celery, bay, peppercorns) were good […]
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