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Roast Chicken
There’s not much I can say about roast chicken that I haven’t said before. We eat it a lot, especially on a Sunday. We always cook it much the same way, salt and pepper on the outside and inside the carcass. Olive oil on the outside. Some combination of garlic, onion, lemon and herbs inside […]
Read More..>>Rack of Lamb
For the main course, we had rack of lamb with a garlic, rosemary and bay rub. We’ve used this rub before, on pork chops, it’s brilliant and really versatile. We served it medium rare, with sweet potato and green beans from our local greengrocer. The sweetness of the sweet potato worked really well with the […]
Read More..>>Yorkshire Pudding
On new year’s eve we decided to have roast beef and yorkshire pudding for dinner. The yorkshire pudding came out really well. The roast beef wasn’t too bad either really. The vegetables were good but were largely neglected when we were faced with the rest of it.
Read More..>>Smoked Mackerel Tart, Salad, Mince Pies and Sparkling Wine
One of the best things I discovered on holiday was the fish snoek. I had it plain, smoked, in salad, fried, deep fried and as pate. Stephen’s mum also made a brilliant snoek tart. Sadly, snoek isn’t available here so we tried to recreate the tart using mackerel. It worked really well. There’s also spinach […]
Read More..>>Pork Chops with Mashed Swede and Roasted Butternut
We’re kind of in limbo at the moment, no vegetable box to plan our meals around, no weekly menu plan to work to and barely any food in the house. This is partly due to our recent move but also, partly due to the fact that we are GOING ON HOLIDAY on Wednesday 🙂 So, […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken with Champagne Gravy
So, we’re all moved into the new place now and to celebrate, we cooked a roast chicken. It was also a trial run to see how the oven works ahead of our Christmas Dinner. I am pleased to report that it works very well and helped to produce a splendid dinner. Chicken, roasted with garlic, […]
Read More..>>Sausages and Mash
Today it was really cold on the way home. Which meant that we had very little choice other than to have sausages and mash for dinner. So Cumberland sausages with mustardy mash and onion and red wine gravy it was. We had winter greens and brocolli (not pictured) too. The gravy was fruity (from the […]
Read More..>>My Pie!
Kerri was at home today and when I got back from work she had cooked a pie. Not just any pie, it said “Stephen’s Pie” in letters on the crust. It was brilliant. And not only did it look brilliant, it tasted brilliant too. Because I’m nice, I let Kerri have some of my pie. […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
Legend has it that Stephen’s roast chicken is responsible for turning vegetarians into meat-eaters. I can well believe it. I travelled two and a half hours across London this evening, when I arrived home I was greeted by the inviting smell of a roasting chicken. It was a Waitrose organic, lovingly salted 24 hours in […]
Read More..>>Bubble and Squeak
Another of my favourite meals from when I was small, this time made with leftover roast potatoes and curly kale. Served with leftover pork belly. It was tasty but teeny. Stephen is raiding the fridge as we speak.
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