Sunday 10th January: Spanish Chicken Pot Roast
On Sunday afternoon, I started feeling like I was developing the start of a cold, which was decidedly unfair given that I had the flu about a month ago. I had bought quite a big chicken (not on purpose...
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Tuesday 12th January: Leftover chicken gumbo
My cold continued apace this week (it's starting to get better now, thankfully), which meant that some of my plans had to be, erm, revised. This was mainly because I didn't manage to get out of bed...
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Friday 15th January: Pizza-making at Pizza Express
It's turned a bit nippy, hasn't it? Part of me is very pleased that we now seem to be having a Proper Winter, but another part of me wants to hibernate because of the cold and dark.Yesterday I found...
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Saturday 16th January: Mincemeat cake and Roast chicken breasts with winter veg
Despite making an apple and mincemeat crumble the other week, I still have a fair bit of mincemeat to use up. Getting back into food blogging means reading other food blogs again more regularly as...
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Bake yourself proud for Sport Relief 2016
Apologies that things have been a bit silent on here for the last couple of weeks. It's partly because I was away on holiday last week, but more on that later.Hopefully by now you have all been getting...
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Sunday 17th January: Beef and puy lentil stew
I'm a bit behind with my blogging, but determined to catch up!A couple of weeks ago the weather was still really cold, and thanks to a buy one get one free offer at Ocado, I had some stewing steak in...
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Sunday 24th January: Spiced chilli chickpeas
A couple of weeks ago, we were on holiday (it seems like a million years ago now, though). We stayed in Hampshire near the New Forest, close to the Dorset and Wiltshire borders. We had fun exploring...
View ArticleThursday 4th February: Chicken, leeks, sweetcorn & tomatoes
February arrived with its usual gloom. I had a very tiring first week back at work after our week's holiday, so I didn't cook much, but managed to knock up this reasonable chicken dish on Thursday. It...
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Saturday 6th February: Root vegetable & quinoa stew
I've been buying a lot of root veg lately. It's in season and in my mind it suits the drizzly, cold weather. Sure, I'm looking forward to all the summer veggies, but there's something comforting about...
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Monday 8th February: Lighter Lancashire hotpot
Anticipating a busy week ahead, I actually cooked this on Sunday and then re-heated for Monday night's dinner. The recipe was from BBC Good Food, but I made a few of my own alterations.I adjusted...
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Saturday 13th February: Mushroom Chasseur
Mushrooms are one of my favourite things to eat. They are so versatile and I love the way they absorb the flavours of other ingredients. I usually have a stock of them in the fridge.I also think they...
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Sunday 14th February: Pancakes & Haagen Dazs review
We don't 'do' Valentine's day. But we do tend to celebrate our 'House-iversary' on 14th February. It was the day we moved into our home 3 years ago.It seems fitting that much of the day was spent...
View ArticleSaturday 20th February: Foil fish parcels
Due to a online grocery shopping cock up, we didn't get our usual Saturday morning delivery, so I was a little short on ingredients on Saturday evening (I forgot to check an order out earlier in the...
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Sunday 21st February: Mustard pork fillet with roast vegetables
I'm a bit disappointed with how little I've cooked over the last week (I don't really count stir fry kits or ready made veggie burgers as proper cooking - certainly nothing to blog about, anyway), but...
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Tuesday 23rd February: Spicy root & lentil casserole
Another busy week (there seems to be a bit of a theme developing lately...), but I was determined to do some cooking this week.I had some slightly old parsnips and carrots in the fridge, and this spicy...
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Wednesday 24th February: 15-minute chicken pasta
This 15-minute chicken pasta recipe is wonderful for creating something quick, healthy and tasty after work. Farfalle (bow-ties) is also my favourite kind of pasta, but I usually use whatever I have in...
View ArticleWarwickshire restaurant kickstarter project!
I recently came across this kickstarter project for a new restaurant in Warwickshire. We could always do with some more restaurants in the local area and I'm happy to support a local business, so...
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Monday 29th February: Spicy sausage and bean casserole
The last day of February and a leap year to boot called for something hearty to eat. The weather is still persistently cold, so I am fancying stews and casseroles a lot at the moment. This sausage and...
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Monday 9th March: Super quick and easy tofu stir fry
On Monday I made a quick stir fry, using up some ingredients that I had. Plus I cheated and bought one of those bags of stir fry veg from the supermarket (although I added a few things to it). But...
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Tuesday 8th March: Venison burgers with sweet potatoes and mushrooms
Venison burgers are one of my favourite types of burger. These ones were shop bought (I've never had that much success making my own burgers...), but I fancied something a bit different as a side...
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Wednesday 9th March: Nigel Slater's Aubergine 'Cassoulet'
I had bought the ingredients especially for this recipe from Nigel Slater's beautiful book Kitchen Diaries III (the recipe can also be found online here). I'd been wanting to cook a few more recipes...
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Saturday 12th March: Chicken and veg stew
So, this didn't quite work. I tried to throw something together using a load of stuff in the fridge which needed using up, and I didn't plan it properly beforehand and I shouldn't have added white wine...
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Garden update: Winter 2015/16
It's been a while since I did one of my garden updates, but I want to get back into writing about what's happening with my garden. It provides me with a lot of pleasure but also sometimes some food!...
View ArticleMonday 14th March: Laham bil Bamia
Monday was an annual leave day from work, so I decided to do some slow cooking in the evening. Laham bil Bamia (lamb and okra stew) is my favourite dish at my favourite Lebanese restaurant, Aqua, and I...
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Sunday 20th March: Braised steak, sake and shallots
Another Nigel Slater recipe (can be found here), and one I'd been meaning to cook for a long time. Sake is one of my favourite drinks but I'd never cooked with it before, so wanted to give it a go.This...
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