Archive for the 'Meat' Category
Christmas Lunch 2009
With just three of us for Christmas lunch, it seemed silly to eat something as large as a turkey so we opted for chicken instead. Thinking it would be easy to find, we didn’t order one which meant Stephen scouring the supermarket shelves on Christmas Eve. He eventually tracked this down in Waitrose which meant […]
Read More..>>Cumberland Sausage
We’ve had this in the freezer since our visit to Cumbria at the end of the summer. Every time we considered eating it, we realised it was just too big for the two of us so we took it to my mum’s and ate it with her instead. This wasn’t as soft and melty as […]
Read More..>>Drunken Beans with Coriander and Bacon
Normally, when I don’t have a plan for dinner, I start with the meat or fish and work from there. Tonight’s dinner however was conceived entirely around the avocados. Planning ahead for last weekend’s Mexican meal, I bought the only four avocados I could find which were rock hard. I put them into a paper […]
Read More..>>Dehli-Style Lamb with Potatoes
Another day, another dinner. With nothing planned, I stared at the cookery books hoping for inspiration. I had a slight craving for Thai food but all the recipes that appealed required ingredients that we didn’t have and I didn’t fancy trekking across town in the snow to track them down. Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cooking’ has […]
Read More..>>Lentil and Bacon Soup
Like most people at this time of year, Stephen and I have been pretty busy and continue to be so until well into the new year. With not a lot of time to devote to thinking about food, inspiration deserts us and planning meals becomes more of a chore than a pleasure. Today’s dinner was […]
Read More..>>Mexican Feast
Last night, we had some friends over for a pre-Christmas get-together. We had originally planned to do traditional buffet-style food but a lack of time meant we opted for a throw-it-in-the-oven-and-leave-it-to-cook kind of dish instead. Since we’ve been cooking a lot of Mexican food lately, we took the opportunity to cook something more elaborate from […]
Read More..>>Lemon Chicken with Coriander
Talking about cooking last night’s fish dish with Indian spices led me to Madhur Jaffrey’s ‘Indian Cooking’ when looking for something to cook tonight. This dish seemed reasonably light (we’re trying not to over-indulge too much during the week as we have a lot of food-heavy weekends coming up) and quick, making it a good […]
Read More..>>Steak
We spent Saturday night at a Christmas fair in Kent with some friends of ours. It was a particularly wet and miserable night so we were glad to get back to their house to dry out and get on with dinner. We had originally planned to visit a butcher they had found in Canterbury but […]
Read More..>>Indonesian Chicken Curry
I got this recipe from a friend who described it as “similar in sweetness to a tikka masala but with Thai style spices”. I know nothing about Indonesian cuisine and have never cooked or eaten it before but was intrigued by the description and have been planning to cook it for the last couple of […]
Read More..>>Yorkshire Pudding
I’ve had a stomach bug for the last few days which means I’ve mostly been eating dry bread and drinking water. Despite our dedication to posting almost everything we eat, we both felt that was pushing the concept of Dinner Diary somewhat which is why it’s been a bit quiet around here lately. Feeling better […]
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