May’s In the Bag was hosted by Real Epicurean and consisted of Broccoli and Blue Cheese. Over the past few weeks we’ve been getting some gorgeous Purple Sprouting Broccoli from our veg box which seemed perfect for my attempt. I really wanted to try and challenge myself to come up with something less obvious again. [...]
Posted in Baking, Main Meals, Vegetarian on May 12th, 2009
We held a dinner party for six people over the Easter weekend and were keen to plan a menu which could be prepared completely in advance and require only heating, plating a serving on the night. Sundried Tomato, Spinach & Feta Filo Pastry Pie —— Vegetable Mousakka with Greek Salad, accompanied with Black Olive & Rosemary [...]
Posted in Baking, Books, Food Heros, Main Meals, Recipes, Reviews, Vegetarian on May 4th, 2009
This is the time of year when forced rhubarb starts to make an appearance. I thought this recipe looked like an interesting one to cook – three distinct parts – pastry, filling and meringue. This is a quick recipe in that the constituent parts are quick. However, you need to allow extra time to cool [...]
Mmmmm pie. This was a recipe by the mighty Hugh (River Cottage Meat Book) for a stew but he said you could make it into a pie. So I did. It was good. I used ready to roll puff pastry, which was really easy. The stew is just beef, bacon, whole baby onions, and guinness. [...]
Posted in Main Meals, Recipes on Nov 5th, 2008