Last night was our monthly girls’ get together and the hostess was doing tapas. I offered to make dessert so a Spanish theme was the order of the day (as was dairy free to enable our hostess to tuck in!) I immediately turned to Jamie Does and the chapter on Spain. The first thing to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘jamie oliver’
Spanish Eyes
Posted in bread, desserts, tagged caramel, jamie oliver, oranges, sorbet, spain, Tortas di Aceite on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wascally Wabbit
Posted in suppers, tagged bolognese, game, jamie oliver, pasta sauce, rabbit on March 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The other day a friend gave me a rabbit. not a cute fluffy one you understand, but a very dead, very naked one! I have to say I was delighted! I haven’t seen all of Jamie’s Great Britain series, but one episode I did catch included a recipe for 12 hour rabbit bolognese. You may [...]
Indian Book night
Posted in dinner parties, tagged banana, chicken, chutney, curry, gordon ramsay, ice cream, jalfrezi, jamie oliver, pumpkins, rice, tomatoes on January 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night was book club and we have just read White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (I loved it, the others weren’t so keen!). It was my turn to host so, as we try to do a meal connected to the book we have just read, the obvious choice was curry. Now I’m no curry expert [...]
Birthday Food Heaven
Posted in ingredients, tagged bread, cheese, coffee, ham, honey, hotels, jamie oliver, meringue, mushrooms, olive oil, restaurants, shortbread, vinegar, wine on July 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have recently celebrated a big birthday (the clue is in the picture!) and my dear friends clubbed together to buy me the most wonderful hamper of goodies mostly from Borough Market. The hamper was sprayed and decorated to match the decor in our new dining area and each person had written a dedication in [...]
Smashing Pumpkins
Posted in soups, suppers, tagged allotment, curry, jamie oliver, pumpkins, soup, thai on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was rather a miserable day today and since M and I had nothing on I decided to spend some of it in the kitchen. Having tasted S’s fantastic pumpkin soup on Halloween, I was inspired to have a go myself. I chose to use one of the Crown Prince pumpkins rather than [...]
Halloween & Pumpkins
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged focaccia, jamie oliver, pumpkins, star wars on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had a bit of a Halloween party on the 31st October – 11 children, 10 adults & 2 babies all dressed up and looking fantastic! It was a perfect evening – dry, quite mild, with a bit of fog to add to the atmosphere. The children had great fun with a torch light treasure [...]
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 [...]
A Trifle yummy
Posted in desserts, tagged jamie oliver, raspberries, trifle on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Girls night at E’s on Friday and I’d offered to take a pudding. Had a tub of custard in the fridge and the off cuts from H’s tardis cake (see previous entry) in the freezer so a trifle seemed the obvious choice and freed up some precious freezer space! The cake was already sandwiched [...]
Sunday lunch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cheese, duck, jamie oliver, village show on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
M&A came for lunch today so thought I’d cook duck as we all like it rather a lot! Fortunately Sainsbury’s had a half price offer on as lets face it, one duck was never going to be enough four of us, even if two are small people!. I found a recipe for [...]
