asparagus and cauliflower stir fry

Trying hard to do different things for lunch at the moment, and here’s today’s effort. In the fridge lurked a smallish bunch of asparagus, and about 1/4 of a small cauliflower. Pete finely chopped a shallot, some garlic, a red chilli and some ginger, and cut the cauli into little bits, including the stalk. We…

very nearly a disaster

We were invited to a picnic on Sunday afternoon, to celebrate a friend’s birthday. I decided to make some brownies, and some focaccia, and we took fruit, cheese, cold meat, beer, as well. The weather was not delightful, but a pleasant time was had. But oh dear – I came close to disaster with the…

roasted veg

We love roasted veg, but for some reason we haven’t had them for ages and ages, so I rectified that last night. I cut up a courgette, a red pepper, a red onion, half of a huge sweet potato and about four carrots, tossed them in olive oil, then … looked at them for a…

hiatus

Sorry for silence lately. I moved the domain and the nameservers fell off (professional, eh? :), and we’ve been just swamped with other stuff. We had a mega party here over the Royal Wedding weekend, specifically *not* to celebrate same. It was a blast, and just as an aide memoire, this is what we cooked:…