We love asparagus, but we only eat it in May/June, when it is British grown – somehow imported stuff doesn’t taste the same. Well, it doesn’t taste of anything, really. So we tend to gorge a bit when the local stuff is in season. I picked up two bunches from a roadside stall in Norfolk on…
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smoked salmon, spinach and goat's cheese omelette
We’re going to be away for a couple of days, so I’m Using Stuff Up. Aldi had some smoked salmon at half price last week, so I bought a pack. About 2/3rds went into a pasta dish, and the rest was still in the fridge. As was about half a bag of baby spinach. I…
prawn and mushroom wraps
Morrisons had raw prawns (sonny Jim*) on special offer on Tuesday – two packs for £4. The packs weren’t all that big, but one made a stirfry last night with a couple of courgettes, and the other made lunch. Took a pair of tortilla wraps, and put a layer of spinach on each. This was…
making good use …
We held a small gathering here the other night, to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We cooked up a slow cooker’s worth of lemony chicken and coriander, and a big pot of dhal to accompany it, and also for the vegans/veggies in the throng. We also served (bought) chapatis. That recipe, incidentally, is a base –…
a quick lunch of leeks and pasta
We’re having a bit of a funny day today, food wise. A friend asked if we could hold a birthday party here for him tonight, and said he would order takeaway pizza. *Takeaway pizza*. I ask you. So I said we’d cook, and indeed I have – a vat of Madhur Jaffrey’s lemony chicken with…
breakfast tortilla
(or gorilla, as my spell checker initially suggested) In my ongoing battle to lose weight, one of the things that works for me is a wide variety. I saw the Hairy Bikers do a take on this last week (why did nobody tell me about their diet show?!), so I picked up a pack of…
smoked salmon and pasta
There must be gazillions of recipes for this, but this is what I cooked tonght. if you can even call it cooking, to be honest. serves 2 Put 13og of pasta on to boil While it’s cooking, slice 125g smoked salmon and one red pepper (remove seeds). When the pasta is done, drain it and…