Archive for the 'Pasta/Pizza/Pulses' Category
Three Bean Chilli
Last time we cooked this, I based it on our original chilli recipe but reduced the seasoning to account for the lack of meat. We both felt it could take more heat though so this time, I upped the seasoning. I also used madeira instead of red wine because that’s what I had. The recipe […]
Read More..>>Lentil and Feta Salad
After more than a week of wonderful and indulgent food, the time has finally come to cut back our meat intake and start eating a little healthier. Worried about how our bodies would react if we went cold turkey and ate only salad and water, we decided a lentil salad with just a little extra […]
Read More..>>Lentil Ragu
It doesn’t happen often but sometimes, I just don’t feel like cooking. It’s more likely to happen if there isn’t anything exciting to cook with which is precisely what happened this evening. Faced with a cupboard full of beans and lentils, inspiration deserted me and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t think […]
Read More..>>Black Pudding and Pea Risotto
I can’t remember how we came up with this idea, but I do remember that we thought it would be brilliant. It didn’t quite turn out that way. We started off by chopping the black pudding into cubes and frying it. We had planned to remove these and then put them back in at the […]
Read More..>>Broad Bean, Pea and Lemon Spaghetti
This is another recipe from The Modern Vegetarian by Maria Ella. After the success of last week’s broad bean dish, we were keen to try something else that had been recommended to us from the same book, even if it did mean yet more bean shelling. The original recipe included asparagus which we left out […]
Read More..>>Puy Lentil Salad with Mozzarella
We had some leftover mozzarella from the weekend and had decided we wanted to eat lentils this evening (it’s a Monday thing) so decided to combine the two in a salad. I had a quick browse online and came across a Good Food recipe which matched what I had in my head fairly closely so, […]
Read More..>>The Quest for Perfect Pizza
It seems very self-obsessed to call something that you’ve cooked yourself “perfect” but, having spent a fair amount of time getting our recipe just how we wanted it, I think we’ve finally mastered our own version of perfect pizza. We’ve experimented with different types of dough and have finally settled on Jamie Oliver’s recipe – […]
Read More..>>Pappardelle Rigate with Bolognaise Sauce
Yesterday we cooked some Bolognaise sauce, planning to eat it with spaghetti this evening. As it turned out, we had some lovely-looking pappardelle rigate in the cupboard, so we used these instead. The “rigate” means that the pappardelle are ridged (just visible in the picture above) and this makes more of the sauce stick to […]
Read More..>>Red Lentil Dahl and Roasted Cauliflower
Yesterday’s lentils were bumped to today due to a delicious roast chicken getting in the way, but we got to them finally. There are as many recipes for this sort of dish as there are people who have cooked it; this one is a merging of various recipes and home-made versions that I’ve used in […]
Read More..>>Risotto with Bacon, Peas and Sage
A fairly simply risotto this evening, this turned out to be a completely store-cupboard (and freezer for the bacon and peas) meal. Which is rare when we are trying to think of new things to do a lot of the time and often end up needing to get at least a few ingredients at the […]
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