To celebrate our lovely new kitchen and dining room, we had 8 of our most lovely friends round for a Mexican feast! Last year I had been to London with E for a day’s shopping and we had chanced upon past Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers’ restaurant Wahaca in Covent Garden. We had the most amazing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘courgettes’
a Mexican evening
Posted in dinner parties, tagged almond, cheesecake, chicken, chili, chorizo, corn, courgettes, cous cous, feta, fish, mango, masa harina, mexican, mint, mole, radish, rice, salsa, tacos, thomasina miers, tomatoes, wahaca on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
three Super suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged allotment, asparagus, chicken, chorizo, courgettes, fennel, olives, onions, pasta sauce, peppers, pesto, puff pastry, rice, tarts, tomatoes on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Love Food Hate Waste? Well, I love nothing more than creating something from nothing and three recent suppers which started life with a rummage through the fridge have produced great results. Sweet Vegetable & Chorizo Stew 1 bulb fennel sliced into 1 cm pieces 1 red pepper sliced 1 yellow courgette sliced 1 green courgette [...]
October Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged apples, aubergines, beef, beer, brocolli, carrots, cauliflower, cheese, chicken, courgettes, curry, fennel, mushrooms, parma ham, pasta sauce, pine nuts, prunes, pumpkins, risotto, salad, sausages, spinach on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of our more interesting October Suppers: Autumn pasta (October scans p1) – Broccoli, mushrooms, parma ham & pine nuts; autumn on a plate! Sausages in Apple Gravy (October scans p4) – really tasty with a lovely gravy which the boys really liked too. Home made Chicken Kiev (October Scans p18) – a [...]
September Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged allotment, beef, casserole, chicken, chinese, courgettes, jamie oliver, mushrooms, pak choi, pasta sauce, pesto, potatoes, salmon, sausage on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A selection of suppers we had in September: Toad in the hole – our back to school/work tradition Spaghetti Puttanesca – made with fresh tomatoes (the boys had without the chillies & olives) Home made pizzas Sticky Salmon with Chinese Fried Rice (Sept p81) – all the family like this one Hot chicken [...]
Harvest moon
Posted in allotment, tagged allotment, apples, beans, beetroot, chillies, chioggia, courgettes, greenhouse, leeks, peppers, plum, ratatouille, soup, tomatoes on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the Harvest Moon and despite the fact we are now in October, this weekend certainly seems to have lived up to this. Went apple picking at our local PYO on Friday. I always love this ritual that marks the passing of another season. The trees were absolutely laden and the coxes were [...]
Catch up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged allotment, beans, courgettes, goats cheese, ice cream, meringue, pak choi, pasta sauce, pesto, tarts on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, a little catch up to get this blog going! Wednesday saw a good using up session in the kitchen and a nice stash in the freezer ~ courgette & goats’ cheese tarts. A rectangle of puff pastry (much more efficient than the circles I made last year which [...]
