A couple of weekends ago, I had a weekend morning with nothing much to do but wait for the Cricket or Rugby to start. I ended up watching Saturday Kitchen, which we’ve not done in ages. On the show they showed a recipe from Rick Stein’s Food Heroes series which caught my eye. Mr Stein [...]
Posted in Books, Hints + Tips, Main Meals, Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs on Jun 16th, 2009
The idea of having challenges to come up with recipes with a set of ingredients was something Paul had been thinking about since we started the blog. I noticed recently that A Slice of Cherry Pie and Real Epicurean run such a competition, In the Bag. For March, the ingredients were Leeks, Eggs and Cheese. [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Main Meals, Vegetarian on Apr 3rd, 2009
This is a family recipe my mum made up, one I grew up with which would always be a special treat. My family are huge seafood fans, especially crab. You need whole crabs so we usually only eat this when we can get a fresh supply. On our last visit home mum prepared it for [...]
Posted in Main Meals on Mar 17th, 2009
I stumbled upon an exciting new blog this week – Greedy Gourmet. It’s got a good mix of styles, cooking at a high, but not out of reach level. This was the first out of a few of Michelle’s recipes I tried in this weeks menu – Sweet potato, spinach and mushroom stew.
The recipe claims [...]
Posted in Main Meals, Vegetarian on Dec 18th, 2008
Massaman curry is a dish from Thailand, with a Muslim origin. This was my first go at trying one out for myself, despite the duck version being a favourite of mine at Busaba Eathai. It’s a real hearty, rich warming curry being made up from roast peanuts, cinnamon, cardamom, sugar, tamarind and plenty of coconut [...]
Posted in Main Meals, Vegetarian on Dec 1st, 2008
When Alice told me about some Samosas she’d made with leftover filo pastry, that inspired me to have a go. I fancied trying something slightly contemporary that would be good for lunch as well as a side for a main meal. I thought sweet potato would be quite nice so I had a bit of [...]
Posted in Lunchbox, Main Meals on Nov 20th, 2008