18 August 2012
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In the world of calories, not everything is equal. A particular offender is oil: based on the label, 100g of the olive oil I normally use accounts for 900 calories. I would not normally use anything like that amount but … Continue reading
23 July 2012
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We are starting to get into preserving season, where the garden is producing ample fruits and we need to make time to process some of them to enjoy in less bountiful months. Yesterday we pulled up the rest of our … Continue reading
16 July 2012
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It was a huge “large” portion of chips and even yesterday’s morning-after-the-night-before breakfast wasn’t enough to clear them all up. I needed another plan and that was called cheesy chips. I hadn’t actually had such a dish before but the … Continue reading
13 July 2012
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If not champions, then at least los champiñóns! Today’s breakfast mission was to use up some of the last bits from last week’s veg box before the next one arrives later today. I started with the bag of mushrooms (probably chestnut … Continue reading
24 June 2012
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Jamaican Stained Glass was what I decided to call the simple dish I took to a friend’s party this afternoon. I prepared a dish with a sprinkling of granulated sugar and put in a single layer of pieces sliced from … Continue reading
1 June 2012
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It was good to have our friend, Matt, round for breakfast this morning. We haven’t seen him since his sister’s wedding a couple of years ago so we seized hold of the opportunity of him spending a couple of days … Continue reading
26 May 2012
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Yesterday I picked up a pack of mutton from a local farm shop. Originally I had in mind to get something for a barbeque but I did not see anything inspiring (and Jane was put off the unpacked meat when … Continue reading
21 May 2012
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This weekend’s top kitchen concoction (just finished off in today’s packed lunch) is baked salmon fishcakes. We recently bought a whole salmon which I divided into portions and, for the weekend, I got one of the bags out of the … Continue reading
11 April 2012
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That is not an unbreakable pattern but it often works out that what was cooked up yesterday is finished off at lunch the next day. I was eagerly anticipating today’s leftovers, which took shape out of various things that needed … Continue reading
21 February 2012
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My normal pancake recipe has been 1 egg, 2oz of plain flour and 5 fl oz milk. “One, two, five of E, F, M” is fairly easy to remember. The problem is that I’m much more used to working in … Continue reading