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Breakfast
Homemade muffins served with butter and cheese (for Stephen). 2 eggs 1/3 cup oil 1 1/2 cups brown sugar 2 cups bran 2 cups milk 2 1/2 cups flour Pinch salt 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 1/2 teaspoons bos 1 cup fruit Beat eggs, oil and sugar together. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk. Bake in […]
Read More..>>Stuffed Pasta
1 large onion, finely chopped 3 gloves garlic, crushed 1 stick celery, finely chopped 20g porcini mushrooms 500g minced beef 3tbs Marsala (or sherry) 2tbsps tomato puree S&P 1tbs parsley, finely chopped Generous grating nutmeg 1tbs worcester sauce 125ml milk Fry onion, garlic, celery and mushrooms on a medium heat until soft and translucent. Add […]
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..>>Lamb Kofta Sandwich
I was really lucky again this evening – arriving home to the smell of something delicious cooking. Kerri had made lamb koftas, fried halloumi and aubergine. I put this all into a toasted pita bread along with some lettuce and tomato to make a sandwich. It was really tasty and just what I needed. The […]
Read More..>>Bacon and Leek Gratin
We had four leeks to use up and, having discussed various things to do with them, decided on a sort-of gratin. It contained leeks, lardons, potatoes, cheese, creme fraiche, milk, nutmeg and salt and pepper. It was really good, we had it with winter greens and I think we’ll have it again very soon.
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..>>Chorizo and Cabbage
Stephen was given a huge (and really tasty) chorizo for his birthday and we were given a huge cabbage (again) by the vegetable box people so, in an effort to use up the cabbage, and just because we wanted to eat chorizo, we came up with the delight you see before you. Chorizo, fried with […]
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