Archive for the 'Vegetables' Category
Stir Fried Fish
Continuing our quest to ear healthily, we chose stir fry for dinner this evening. Stephen took control of the wok, while I chopped and made marinades. We used a random recipe we found online which involved the usual soy and oyster sauces, ginger, garlic, onion etc. The haddock marinated for a short while, then was […]
Read More..>>Paprika Pork Chops with Roasted Vegetables
Tonight, we roasted a mountain of vegetables (peppers, onions, sweet potato, aubergine, courgette, carrot, mushroom) with garlic and rosemary and served them with paprika pork chops. The flavours complimented each other well but overall there was a lack of crunch. We had added some sesame seeds to the vegetables but not a mountain-sized amount, so […]
Read More..>>Chicken Salad
Continuing the healthy theme and to use up some of yesterday’s roast chicken, I made a chicken salad for lunch which I livened up with a honey and mustard dressing. Honey, wholegrain mustard, salt, lemon juice and oil, all shaken up and drizzled on the mixed salad. Really tasty. Afterwards, I had a Bottlegreen Push […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
We’ve eaten lots of great food over the last few days but a lot of it was very rich, and we were slightly greedy too. We decided on a simple roast chicken for dinner this evening, with crushed Jersey Royals rather than roast potatoes. Stephen stuffed the chicken with a selection of herbs from the […]
Read More..>>Salad
After the excesses of the last few days, we opted for a healthy lunch of salad today. Stephen made the salad and then had his with tuna. I had smoked trout. Simple but tasty.
Read More..>>Mercat de la Boqueria
We’re back from five days in Barcelona. We spent one morning wandering around the brilliant Mercat de la Boqueria, buying a few things and also doing the touristy thing and taking loads of pictures. Here are some pictures that Kerri took: People having snacks and breakfast… Lady at a vegetable stall… Fruit at a fruit […]
Read More..>>Duck with Rosti and Red Wine and Redcurrant Sauce
First, we had a steamed artichoke: Then we had duck breast with rosti and red wine and redcurrant sauce. Served with some broad beans (which are unshelled and look rather grey and boring in the picture) and some savoy cabbage. We browned the duck breast in a frying pan and then roasted it in the […]
Read More..>>Barbecue!
At last, the weather has become sunny again and we were able to barbecue. We were planning to start with prawn skewers, but we’d eaten them last night in a Thai curry instead. So we made some garlic bread as a starter. Then we had boerewors that I’d bought from the “farmers’ market” in Hammersmith […]
Read More..>>Thai Style Trout, Greens and Mushrooms
I’m calling the trout “Thai Style” because it contains typical Thai ingredients (it was marinated in chilli, garlic, lemongrass, lime and coriander), but it doesn’t come from a recipe so probably isn’t authentic in any way. The greens were steamed and the mushrooms were fried (with a sprinkling of chilli and a dash of fish […]
Read More..>>Chorizo, Broad Bean and Sage Risotto
In another attempt to use up our ever-expanding sage bush, tonight we made risotto. This is normally Stephen’s domain but I’ve long felt it was something I should conquer. It turned out ok, despite the fact that the shallots and celery caught, as did the chorizo. Normally, we’d use rosemary for this but the sage […]
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