Archive for the 'Fish' Category
Prawn and Vegetable Gyoza Dumplings with Marinated Carrot and Cucumber Salads
At our recent Chinese New Year dinner, our friends gave us some left-over gyoza wrappers in case we wanted to make our own. Which we did! So this evening when I arrived home, Kerri had minced some prawns and mixed them with chopped spring onions, water chestnuts, carrots and celery in an approximation of this […]
Read More..>>The Cabin
We had planned to eat leftover lamb this evening but we didn’t actually have any left. Plan B saw us defrosting some chicken breasts and eating those with salad and pitta bread instead. It just didn’t feel right though; admittedly today was a mild and sunny day that gave me hope spring was on it’s […]
Read More..>>The Thai
As I mentioned at the start of the year, Stephen and I have resolved to post more about restaurants as well as food we’ve cooked ourselves. Last night, we went for a quick dinner at The Thai which has been open for a couple of months near where we live (I can’t find a homepage […]
Read More..>>Smoked Haddock, Saffron Mussels and Mashed Potato
Last night on Masterchef, the “invention test” involved creating a plate of food from ingredients which included smoked haddock, potatoes and leeks. As usual, some of the contestants did a good job and had an opportunity to change their life and some didn’t. And as usual we started thinking of what we’d made with the […]
Read More..>>New Year’s Eve 2008
We decided to spend the evening at home with some friends last night and agreed in advance on some quick and easy food that we could all contribute to. By the time they had arrived, our best laid plans had gone completely awry and we ended up with a banquet rather than a buffet. Not […]
Read More..>>Smoked Mackerel Fish Cakes
Kerri was planning to make rosti this evening, however in attempting to parboil the potatoes first, she encountered the same sort of problems as we’d encountered in our previous rosti disaster. So she made mackerel fish cakes instead, which were rather good. Served with a mixed salad with a mustard and lemon dressing. The dressing […]
Read More..>>Salmon and Leek Quiche
It was my niece’s second birthday party yesterday afternoon. We knew there would be lots of tasty party food on offer so, in order to avoid overdosing on chocolate Fingers and fairy cakes, we thought we would eat a reasonable sized lunch before we went. We used ready-made pastry again as we still haven’t summoned […]
Read More..>>Crab Toasts and Halibut with Salsa Verde and Sauteed Potatoes
A few days ago we decided to cook something special this evening. Shortly afterwards, we decided that the starter should be crab toasts. After quite a lot more thinking, we still hadn’t decided what our main course should be, so we figured that when we went to buy the crab from the fishmonger, we would […]
Read More..>>Mussels
Mmmmussels. We haven’t had mussels for a while and when deciding on something fun to cook this evening, we decided that it was high time that we had them again. We cooked them in a fairly typical moules mariniere style recipe. Except that I should have reduced the sauce a bit at the end (Kerri […]
Read More..>>Anchovy, Chilli and Spinach Quiche
This was Kerri’s idea, adapted from another recipe. She initially wanted to use watercress, but couldn’t find any when she went shopping today, so we went with spinach. It turned out rather well, with lots of flavour. Although if you don’t like anchovies then it’s not a dish for you as they were quite prominent. […]
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