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Chilli
Stephen and I cooked this on Sunday and then froze it in portions for eating later on. We followed our usual recipe but the end result was almost completely devoid of heat and flavour. We rectified this by adding lots more spices and some extra tomatoes. I’d been looking forward to it all day, it […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken (and Chicken Stock)
As you know, this is a firm favourite in our house and after our first week of healthy eating we were both looking forward to it. Aside from over-cooking the roast potatoes, it lived up to our expectations and we both left the table feeling full and content. With the leftover carcass we made chicken […]
Read More..>>Cottage Pie
I’m really surprised that we’ve never made this before, it’s a classic and one I grew up with. You’d think that it wasn’t all that appropriate for an evening in August but then the weather hasn’t really been all that appropriate of late either so it seemed fitting. As I said before, I grew up […]
Read More..>>Broad Bean Pesto
I’ve been thinking about this for a while and decided to give it a go this evening. I originally thought I’d use basil but since I didn’t have any but do have two huge mint plants, it seemed sensible to use that instead. I don’t know what quantities I used but I steamed the broad […]
Read More..>>An Old Favourite
I had to go to the dentist this afternoon and later on we had to do the weekly shop, neither of us were much in the mood for cooking after that so when Stephen suggested fajitas it seemed a sensible choice. It’s quick, easy and we can do it with our eyes closed. It’s not […]
Read More..>>Party
You’d be forgiven for thinking that things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Both Stephen and I were out on Thursday and regrettably there was no food involved, only wine. And mojitos. For that reason, Friday saw us give in to the temptation of the supermarket pizza. As you might imagine, it wasn’t […]
Read More..>>Broad Bean, Pea and Mint Salad (with Lamb Chops)
The broad bean season is so short and we’re both big fans but for some reason we don’t tend to use them that often. Determined to do something interesting this week, we put them in the shopping basket on Saturday which forced me to spend some time looking at things to do with them. Seeing […]
Read More..>>Mushrooms on Toast
Stephen’s off to play cricket today so for breakfast he had sausages, mushrooms and a fried egg on toast. I just had mushrooms, sauteed in butter and thyme.
Read More..>>Thyme (and Roast Chicken)
As is tradition, on our first evening back from holiday we cooked roast chicken. On arriving home we noticed that our thyme plant had almost doubled in size. It seemed sensible therefore to stuff the chicken with thyme. It was delicious. We ate a lot of great food in Spain (more of which to come […]
Read More..>>Fred’s Spaghetti
This evening we were both rather tired, so didn’t fancy doing too much cooking and ended up making spaghetti with semi-randomly thrown together sauce. It all worked out rather well in the end. It might seem a bit egotistical to name it after myself, but it was Kerri’s idea to do so 🙂 The recipe […]
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