Archive for the 'Vegetables' Category
Salad
Tonight we had salad. It wasn’t worthy of a picture. If we go quiet for a while you’ll know it’s because we’re eating salad. See you soon 🙂
Read More..>>Boxing Day Bubble and Squeak
Unsurprisingly, we had a huge amount of leftover food on Boxing Day. This pleased me though because as much as I love Christmas lunch, I also love, love, love leftovers. Particularly leftovers that can be turned into Bubble and Squeak. Luckily I’m not alone, my family agree (my mum says it was always an easy […]
Read More..>>Christmas Lunch
We spent Christmas with my mum and cooked lunch for the three of us there. As there was only the three of us we had chicken instead of turkey which we prefer anyway. The chicken was cooked in our usual way, rubbed with oil and salt and pepper and stuffed with herbs, lemon, onion and […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Roasted Vegetables
Stephen bought some chicken legs and thighs for a casserole a couple of weeks ago but we didn’t get round to making it so froze them. In an effort to clear out the fridge before Christmas, we used them up this evening. We browned the chicken pieces before adding them to some vegetables, wine and […]
Read More..>>Mackerel Salad
To save space for the mince pies and mulled wine, we had salad for lunch 🙂
Read More..>>Jerusalem Artichokes with Green Beans and Hazelnuts
We had some jerusalem artichokes left over from the weekend and decided to use them up this week. A few years ago, in a gastropub, I had a salad that contained green beans, jerusalem artichokes and hazelnuts. It may have had something else in it too, but I couldn’t remember what it was so when […]
Read More..>>Pork Chops and Stuffed Peppers
Last week we bought some long, red peppers that we thought would be nice stuffed. We didn’t get round to using them during the week so had them last night with some pork loin chops. The chops were rubbed with our usual garlic, rosemary and bay mix before being expertly fried by Stephen. The peppers […]
Read More..>>Tomato and Basil Soup
We had some leftover tomatoes languishing in the bottom of the fridge so I turned them into soup for lunches next week. Roast some tomatoes, red peppers, red onions and garlic in the oven for about 40 minutes. Add some vegetable stock and basil. Blitz until smoothish. Eat 🙂
Read More..>>Fishcakes with Lemony Leeks
We’ve had these in the freezer for a while and thought they would be nice and easy for a Friday night. And they were except I left them in the oven a little too long. We served them with lemony leeks which were a good contrast: leeks braised in some chicken stock and lemon juice, […]
Read More..>>Stuffed Lamb
I was out after work this evening so Stephen was in charge of dinner. I got home to the smell of something sweet and roasty which turned out to be roasted sweet potato. This was the accompaniment to some brilliant stuffed lamb fillets which he served with roasted red pepper and, of course, the sweet […]
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