Archive for the 'Pasta/Pizza/Pulses' Category
Picnic
Last night we met some friends at Kew Gardens for a picnic. Since we had all been too busy to cook, I went via Marks and Spencer on the way and picked up some food. The ham hock terrine was particularly good but no-one was impressed with the crab pate.
Read More..>>Pasta Disaster
As is the norm on a Wednesday, Stephen was out and I was left alone wondering what to eat for dinner. The two rashers of bacon I found during Monday’s freezer audit were crying out to be used and since I’ve been wanting to perfect the Pasta Amatriciana I cooked a couple of weeks ago, […]
Read More..>>Pizza
Seems like we’ve been all about the pizza and pasta lately. If either of us had a personal trainer, I’m sure that he/she would be shouting at us right now. Anyway, that’s not the case so here we go… 🙂 When we’ve made pizza dough before, we’ve made it with what is supposedly the Pizza […]
Read More..>>Lasagne
As I mentioned earlier in the week, I often crave spaghetti bolognaise; lasagne is another thing that regularly finds it’s way into my subconscious and shouts “eat me, eat me”…not that unusual I suppose given that it’s essentially the same as bolognaise, just slightly differently arranged. I use the same recipe for bolognaise as I […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Bolognaise
Not a particularly interesting dish, nor a particularly interesting photograph but I’d been craving this for a few days so today I spent the afternoon making the sauce. We saw this a lot on menus while we were away, particularly children’s menus, so I guess that’s where the craving came from. Initially it didn’t turn […]
Read More..>>Glasshouse
Last night, we had dinner at Glasshouse in Kew which is owned by the same people that own Chez Bruce in Wandsworth and La Trompette in Chiswick. They categorise themselves as largely French influenced but leaning heavily on Spanish and Italian influences too. We arrived at 7.30 and the restaurant was fairly empty but it […]
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 […]
Read More..>>Pasta Amatriciana
Today was a fairly typical Tuesday, it got to 4.30 and we didn’t have anything planned for dinner. Stephen still isn’t feeling very well and I have tooth ache so neither of us were particularly in the mood for cooking. This usually means we eat pasta so, rather than rely on one of our old […]
Read More..>>Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes, Broad Beans and Mint
Kerri and I had been talking about other things to do with pasta and broad beans. We have loads of mint growing in our garden too and thought that would work well with it. Kerri was out this evening though, so I threw something together quickly. I sweated some onions and garlic, then added some […]
Read More..>>Salmon with Broad Beans and Tomatoes
I saw this salad on a food blog somewhere but can’t remember which one, I tracked the original recipe down to here though and set about cooking it last night. It was very simple and tasted really good, if a little too densely flavoured. Our version looks nothing like the picture either and I think […]
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