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Roast Beef
We’d talked about having roast beef on New Year’s Day but settled on chicken instead, neither of us had been able to get the idea of beef out of our heads though so decided to have it today. Stephen went sale shopping today so while he was out I started the preparation. I like to […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
As I’ve mentioned numerous times before, this is one of our favourite dishes and seemed a fitting start to the new year. The jars of goose fat sitting in the fridge (leftover from our pre-Christmas dinner) needed some attention and I’ve been craving roast potatoes since Boxing Day. Last New Year’s Day, we bravely attempted […]
Read More..>>Farewell 2008
This was a post we meant to make last year but didn’t get round to. Part of the principle behind Dinner Diary is to post every meal even if it’s dull or we’ve made it a lot before or it doesn’t come out right. This doesn’t always make for the most interesting read but it’s […]
Read More..>>Mince Pies
Yesterday we spent the day decorating the house and the tree. It seemed fitting to have some mince pies while we did so and luckily we had some mincemeat in the fridge that we’d made a week or so ago, to our usual recipe. We didn’t quite get the sizes right, our cutters were either […]
Read More..>>Lentil Ragu
It’s been a busy few days with not a lot of cooking going on and not much time to post. We ate this on Thursday night from the freezer, based on this recipe. There were some changes but I can’t remember what they were now – that will teach me to leave so long between […]
Read More..>>Cheesecake
We went to lunch at a friend’s yesterday and took along a cheesecake that we made on Saturday. It’s a recipe we’ve cooked a few times before and one which has always been well received. Crucially, it’s pretty foolproof and easy to transport. The original recipe comes from another food blogger who no longer posts, […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Lamb Shanks with Butterbeans
While investigating how to cook butterbeans earlier this week, Stephen came across this recipe for lamb shanks. Although we didn’t use it at the time, we bookmarked it and used it today. The recipe calls for a leg of lamb but we used lamb shanks instead, halved the quantities of everything else and reduced the […]
Read More..>>Crunchy Chicken Breasts
I’ve been wanting to make these for a while as the crunchy pork chops we make are so good. I’m glad we finally got round to it because these were equally good. Instead of frying these we browned them on both sides in the frying pan and then transferred them to the oven for the […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Bolognaise
I don’t have a definitive recipe for this, the ingredients change each time I make it depending on what’s available. It’s a very forgiving dish though and very difficult to get wrong. I start by browning off some pancetta or lardons until the fat has rendered. Remove from the pan and drain on some kitchen […]
Read More..>>Crunchy Pork Chops
This has become one of our favourite midweek meals; it’s quick, it tastes good and requires very little thought or planning. Tonight we served it with mashed potatoes and steamed greens, very much like last time. We used a different kind of chop (loin) this time which resulted in juicier meat.
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