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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Easter lunch at my mum’s house – bunny cake!
roast lamb – what else would it be? minted new potatoes, roast carrots and parsnips, creamed leeks, mint sauce and red currant jelly a feast! And Bunny Cake! a lemon curd cake with a lovely bunny, delia’s all in one … Continue reading
lunch 23rd april
asparagus with soft boiled eggs, bread and parmesan first asparagus of the year – yum!
dinner 20th april
work has been so busy this week, so quick and easy dinners are in order. tonight…potted brown shrimps on toast (waitrose wheat and rye…like french poullain)
dinner 18th april
just chicken and leek risotto tonight, quick and easy with left over chicken from the other day and chicken stock made from the bones
dinner 17th april
a 50 day aged steak from the ginger pig with watercress, mini roast potatoes and a mushroom and shallots cream sauce George does the steak cooking in our house… but I did the other bits and for pudding…. eton mess … Continue reading
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weekend baking 17th april
little buns – plum and vanilla… recipe to follow I’ve got a new icing bag nozzle that makes these little stars, I made these buns to practice …and rosewater and pistachio meringues from the ottelenghi cookbook the recipe for these is … Continue reading
dinner 16th april
roast chicken for dinner tonight with… roast potatoes and a few left over new potatoes thrown in for roasting too, roast carrots and jerusalem artichokes, purple sprouting broccoli, creamy leeks, and gravy with shallots and garlic
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royal wedding cocktails
we’re having a few people round for the royal wedding, not because we’re excited about the wedding but it’s a good excuse to eat and drink all day! I was looking for cocktail recipes for the occasion and found these… … Continue reading
easy bread recipes for Fran
ages ago I told my friend Fran I would send her some easy-peasy bread recipes, here they are… parsnip and thyme bread – this one is from river cottage pumpkin (or any squash) and parmesan bread – this one is from cooking … Continue reading
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dinner 12th april – chermoulah!
tonights dinner is… a recipe from Andy at work (another Andy) fish rubbed with chermoulah Fish and veg White fish – enough for two; 6 tomatoes, quartered; 1 medium-size sweet potato, peeled and thinly sliced; 1 green pepper, diced. Chermoulah 2 tbsp … Continue reading