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Friday, January 21, 2011

Some Food

Well, bloggy peeps, another year is well underway, another chance to eat well, work hard and play. I've been warming up the cold, frosty days with lots of stews, soups and broths as well as a few salads and cakes because lets face it, everyone needs cake in their life
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Lemon Chicken Stew

When I first made this, it looked wonderful but didn't taste so great; I went against my instinct and stuck to the recipe. I realise now, my instinct is probably pretty good when it comes to food and although I should probably act on it, I have been surprised before. I remade it by marinading the chicken in lemon, ginger, thyme, sesame oil and olive oil with a tiny bit of chilli and lots of salt and pepper. The full recipe to follow.

Patatas Bravas with Chorizo....mmmmm.

Helen's Samosas

Coming up this week: Haggis Samosas!

Scallop Salad...a wee bit of sunshine amidst the stews

Biryani

Will's Cheeseburger Cakes! Yup, cake....very clever and tasty.

Brooklyn Blackout Cake filled with cream and berries, covered in Nutella Icing

Grandpa's Steak Pie!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Happy Belated Easter!

I have such a craving for something but I don't know what it is; I've tried salty snacks, savoury slices and sweet pieces of pie. Seafood, wholefood, meat, chips and rye. None seem to work. The last time I had this kind of craving, I was pregnant no, I'm not and I worked my way through a half ton of food trying to find out what it could be. No complaints of course, I enjoyed every minute of it but was a wee bit surprised when it turned out to be Cheesy Wotsits; I couldn't get enough! 10 packets later and I scunnered myself; I haven't eaten them since.

It may take me days, months or even years to work it out but I'm up to the challenge..............

Our Easter was lovely; on Thursday, the last day of school we were invited round to a friend's house with the kids and enjoyed snacks, chat and a wee glass of wine. On Good Friday, grandpa came to stay and on Saturday, my lovely niece joined us too. We bought dvds, popcorn and sweets and cooried in for a film fest, venturing out for the occasional walk in the sunshine and lunch. Easter Sunday, I cooked roast lamb stuffed with feta, mint and lemon cooked in lemon juice and white wine, roast pork stuffed with chorizo, onions and fresh herbs, roast potatoes, boiled potatoes, roasted root vegetables with honey and maple syrup and steamed greens and baby sweetcorn. It was a good day and enjoyed by all.

Roast Lamb: looks messy, tasted lovely!

Roast Pork; hmmm, not a great pic but again, tasted gooooood!

I made an Easter cake, with help from the kids and it turned out pretty well. My friend Shona gave me a wonderful cookbook, from the Hummingbird Bakery which is where I got the recipe from a wonderful recipe it was too and spot on but the decor was inspired by Sarah Magid's Organic and Chic cookbook a few little basic recipe mistakes within but was worked out failry easily; very good for inspiration and her vanilla buttercream icing worked really well.