Spaghetti with Salsa Romesco
As Stephen mentioned yesterday, I made rather a lot of romesco sauce to go with our swordfish and thought it would make a good lunch with some spaghetti. The flavours worked very well but the actual ‘sauce’ was too dry really. It’s given me an idea for a fresh sauce made with similar flavours though […]
Read More..>>Pasta with Crayfish and Rocket
I’m the sort of person who likes to plan. I’m not very good at spontaneity, especially when it comes to food. I like to know what I’m going to be eating in advance, preferably a couple of days if possible. I know lots of people would be horrified by this approach but, where food is […]
Read More..>>Pork Ragù
As I mentioned yesterday, one of the reasons we had pork for dinner last night is because I’ve been wanting to make a pork ragù for some time. Normally, we would decide what to do with leftovers after we had eaten the main meal so this is a bit backwards but it’s a good way […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Crab, Chilli and Rocket
Quite a while back we went through a phase of cooking crab and chilli pasta quite a few times. We haven’t done it for a while, but when we were wondering what to cook for a quick Saturday lunch on an almost-spring-like day just as we were passing a fishmonger, we popped inside to get […]
Read More..>>Cannelloni
To my astonishment, it seems that it’s been almost a month since we last ate pasta. For a pasta lover like me this is practically unheard of and explains the craving I’ve had for most of the week. A simple puttanesca or carbonara really wouldn’t have been fitting in these circumstances so I started thinking […]
Read More..>>Carbonara
Both Stephen and I were home late last night and we didn’t have anything planned for dinner. It’s been a bit of a challenge to find interesting things to eat since I had my wisdom tooth out, I’ve been craving lamb chops but don’t think I’ll be able to chew them. I ended up in […]
Read More..>>Red Lentil Lasagne
For someone who previously said they’re not a big fan of lentils and beans, I seem to be cooking with them a lot lately. Now I understand them a bit better, I’m really starting to enjoy the flavour and texture they bring to a dish. The other great thing about them is that it’s so […]
Read More..>>Pizza Fiorentina
Friday night is pizza night! Not always, but sometimes. This was one of those sometimes. Often we have fantastic success with pizza, but this wasn’t one of those times. Keeping in mind last time where the dough was very sticky, we added a bit more flour this time, but it just made the base rather […]
Read More..>>Lentils with Spaghetti and Rice
It’s not often that Stephen and I have different dinners (unless something goes wrong and he perseveres with the wrongness while I reach for the toast) but tonight he fancied rice and I fancied pasta. I probably should have had rice too since we had spaghetti last night but, as much as I like rice, […]
Read More..>>Puttanesca
There’s not much we can say about this that we haven’t said before and we toyed with the idea of not posting it at all but, given that this is a diary of our dinners, here it is. We both got home late this evening and didn’t have any plans for dinner. This is very […]
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