Archive for the 'Vegetables' Category
Smoked Mackerel Fish Cakes and Roasted Broccoli
A quick dinner today to use up some leftover mackerel I found lurking at the back of the fridge. Simply mix with some mashed potato, a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, some parsley, lemon juice and a few capers and form into fishcakes. I think I had a little too much mashed potato as these didn’t […]
Read More..>>Rajma – Red Kidney Bean Curry
Last week we had decided to cook a bean-based curry this week. Having had sausages last night for the first time in ages, we were in the mood for sausages again today, but bean curry it was. That probably wasn’t a very good place to start as our hearts weren’t quite in it, however we […]
Read More..>>Chorizo, Beans and Kale
A fairly quick and easy dinner this evening, which was inspired by something similar that we saw on television over the weekend and then backed up by something in a Spanish cookbook. However, these both used chickpeas and there were various other different ingredients, so we are claiming this as our own. Mostly because it […]
Read More..>>Barbecued Tandoori Chicken, Sag Aloo and Naan Bread
Having made something similar to sag aloo last week, we decided that far too much time has passed since we cooked any Indian food and decided to cook tandoori chicken again with some sag aloo and also have another go at naan bread. Our last attempt at naan bread was pretty much a complete disaster […]
Read More..>>Courgette Spaghetti with Lemon and Pine Nuts
A slightly unusual Sunday lunch for us, we tend to stick with the traditional roast in the Winter months and barbecues in the warmer Spring and Summer. We do have a barbecue planned for later today but Stephen had a pasta craving so, pasta with the last of Dan’s courgettes it was. While the pasta […]
Read More..>>Spiced Potato Salad
Not strictly dinner as we’re out this evening but this was Stephen’s lunch, made with more of Dan’s potatoes and served with some smoked mackerel. We started off by steaming the potatoes and then dressing them with oil and some salt and pepper; next we added some turmeric, cumin seed, coriander seed and chilli powder. […]
Read More..>>Pea, Broad Bean and Bacon Salad
I’m not entirely convinced that salad is the right term for this dish, given that the vegetables were pretty heavily outweighed by bacon, cheese and bread fried in olive oil but, as I can’t think of anything better, that’s what we’re going with. Very easy to put together, just steam the peas and broad beans […]
Read More..>>Where’s My Pork Chop?
Where’s My Pork Chop is Dan from Food Urchin‘s little side project. He works nights and doesn’t often have time to prepare something decent to eat in the evening so wondered if he could convince fellow bloggers to swap a portion of something tasty from their kitchen for some wine or something similar. I hate […]
Read More..>>Lentil Crumble
On Sunday, I finally got round to working my way through the huge stack of food magazines that have been threatening to take over the lounge. I thought I’d stopped buying food magazines for this very reason but I must go into some kind of trance when I’m in a newsagent because I always seem […]
Read More..>>Summer Lentil Ragu
I’d love to claim this as a well though-out, lighter version of our lentil ragu but, in truth, it was mostly an accident. We normally use puy lentils for this dish but bought green ones by mistake last time we went shopping, they behave in pretty much the same way but the result is less […]
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