Archive for the 'Pasta/Pizza/Pulses' Category
Spaghetti, Prawns and Rocket
Deja Vu? Yes, we had the same dish last week, but we decided to try it again and improve it. Ironically, it was also the day that we decided that we should cook more different dishes more often. It was worth it though, we added more tomato and it worked well; a little too much […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti, Prawns and Rocket
After Wednesday night’s boring chicken, I hit the cook books to come up with some more interesting options for healthy meals. In Jamie’s Italy, I found this. It was excellent. Fry one garlic clove and half a chilli in some olive oil. When the garlic starts to colour, add 200g prawns and cook until they […]
Read More..>>Lasagne
We’re back! December has been an eventful month for us, we moved house, went on holiday and had Christmas. Tonight, we had lasagne. I’ve been craving it for a couple of days and Stephen had a horrible version of it on the plane, a situation which was rectified here. It was good, and Stephen’s cheddar […]
Read More..>>Pasta and Pesto with Bacon and Broad Beans
The normal vegetable box saga has been replaced with the freezer saga. We’re moving next week and therefore need to use up the contents of the freezer. It’s been ok so far, I’m not sure how we’re going to get through the never-ending supply of bacon but that should make next week interesting. Tonight, we […]
Read More..>>Meatballs!
Another fine dinner suggested and started by Kerri. When I got home from a gruelling session of drinking free booze and buying discounted clothing, all I needed to do (again) was get my hands all gooey making meatballs out of a “wild beef” mince, onion, breadcrumbs and herb mixture. These meatballs went into a deliciously […]
Read More..>>Cod and Tomato Sauce on Pasta
This wasn’t particularly successful. On its own, the tomato sauce was good. On its own, the fish was good. But put together, the tomato sauce overpowered the fish and the fish diluted the tomato sauce so nobody won. The pasta was good, but hard to pick up. Not sure what this sort of pasta is […]
Read More..>>Garlic Bread and Almost-Pizza
After our successful pizza last weekend, we decided to attempt another one. We had since invested (!) in a pizza stone and were keen to see how pizzas baked on it compared to those on the metal tray. I followed the recipe exactly. Same recipe as last time. To the last detail. But somehow the […]
Read More..>>Pizza
We started this blog on a Saturday. We were supposed so start it on a Friday with our first post being about pizza. We made the pizza but it was something of a disaster; out of date yeast, resorting to pre-packed pizza base mix, forgetting to leave the dough to rest…you get the idea. But […]
Read More..>>Pasta with Bacon and Spinach
Today I had two missions: 1) eat pasta 2) eat spinach. With a clever tactical manoevre, I achieved them both in one easy meal. Farfalle with bacon (lardons really), onion, garlic, pine nuts and spinach.
Read More..>>Conchigelloni (Cannelloni made with Conchiglioni)
This was an experiment – a cannelloni mixture put into pasta shells instead of into tubes. It worked brilliantly. Which was mostly down to Kerri’s excellent cannelloni mixture. We ended up covering the filled shells with bechamel sauce rather than the originally intended tomato sauce. It worked rather well.
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