I had another go at chicken parmigiana today. The recipe I found to guide me was a bit different to the one I used last time but I think it is the kind of dish where you can play pretty … Continue reading
19 October 2025
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22 September 2025
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Chicken Parmigiana
Chicken Parmigiana is a recipe I’ve been aware of for quite a while but which I don’t remember trying. Yesterday, we had a couple of chicken breasts defrosted for dinner and a lot of “waste” left from my concentrated tomatoes, … Continue reading
22 November 2024
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Reverse Cappucino
Just under 15 minutes into today’s “How to Cook That” video, there is an exploration of how to make a coffee foam. When you whisk egg whites or the ‘aqua faba’ out of a tin of beans, the proteins firm … Continue reading
21 November 2024
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Kedgeree
Recently, I’ve cooked up kedgeree for dinner a couple of times, based on this Rick Stein recipe from the BBC Good Food site. It is the kind of recipe that doesn’t need too much precision in the quantities and is … Continue reading
28 June 2024
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Spanish Style Pilaf
Not long after moving up to Loughborough, we purchased a microwave oven. It wasn’t our first but it was the first one we’d had for quite a while and so I scoured the local library looking for books on microwave … Continue reading
10 March 2024
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Dill Pierogi
Towards the end of last week we had grilled sea bass for dinner, a fairly frequent treat but one that I’d given a twist to with some fresh dill. What that meant was that I had most of a packet … Continue reading
19 February 2024
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Lamb Bhuna
I do like recipes on the YouTube curry channel Al’s Kitchen but they do take a bit of work to follow. It doesn’t help that the iOS YouTube app seems buggy when it comes to displaying the full description. I … Continue reading
22 December 2023
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Stuffing Balls
We’re being hosted by friends on Christmas Day but I’ve been asked to take along some stuffing. It is something I’ve made before but not for a while so I decided to trawl back through my collection of cookery books … Continue reading
9 December 2023
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Chicken Dopiaza
I stumbled across a YouTube channel this morning offering a “30 minute” Chicken Dopiaza recipe (an onion-heavy curry dish) and, by this evening, I’d cooked up a version of it. 30 minutes? It probably took me an hour or more … Continue reading
8 December 2023
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Super Crisps
Sometime ago, I got a mandoline — the slicing gadget, not the musical instrument. With a sharp blade set against a depth guide, you can quickly slice things to a consistent width. That includes fingers, so I make good use … Continue reading