mullethunter Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Half way through a batch of honeyed almond cantucci and a fruit loaf. We had roast lamb last night so I think maybe proper shepherds pie tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Billberry Pie with the last of last years billberries from the freezer. Best recipe (apart from mucky mouth pie which is a bit involved) I've found so far - Tesco! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatieB Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Flapjacks except when it came to it I didn't have any syrup, doh, so I used maple syrup instead with not much hope for the outcome. Delicious. Son also tells me they are very very yummy and they are nearly all gone so clearly a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Its great when things turn out better than expected isn't it, a real bonus, even better when its somebody else telling you how nice it is, rather than fishing for compliments (or perhaps that's only me) We bought a whole monkfish today for the first time, watching it being dealt with by the fishmonger was an experience Had it wrapped in parma ham, with potatoes cooked in olive oil in the oven and some green beans. All a bit posh for a Monday evening. Followed up with the easiest ice cream in the world. To serve 4 people, take 6 over-ripe bananas, mash them up with stick blender, put the resulting goo into an ice-cream maker, freeze for 20-30 mins, eat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 I got in from work early and finding my kitchen unexpectedly empty I quickly made a chocolate cake in a ring mould. What can I ice/glaze it with? I would do a ganache, but I have no cream. I do have creme fraiche, dark chocolate, butter, icing sugar (probably?) cocoa powder, any ideas? I guess I could do a simple sugar, water, cocoa powder and melted butter. Do you think that would work as a glaze? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I think you are on the right lines. Just found this recipe from Martha Stewart http://www.marthastewart.com/960824/chocolate-glaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Thank you Bluekarin. That looks delicious! Went to the local shop and bought cream! I did a simple ganache. The sponge was a little dry unfortunately. It was ok though. I made it on Monday night and didn't ice it until today, maybe that was it. I'm out of practice! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Homemade pizza and salad last night. Made another experimental ice cream, which I don't recommend - whizzed together peaches, sugar and natural yogurt. Tasted peachy, but a bit thin. Might try again with thicker Greek yogurt, we can't buy proper cream here, just the UHT stuff or creme fraiche. Tonight it is beef chops on the barbie, with salad and lightly spiced rice (cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaf, and some saffron to finish it off). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Yesterday was spent 'procrastibaking' whilst waiting for degree results! Paprika and cheese grissini, and chocolate, almond and sultana flapjacks-mostly to be eaten and shared with people on Saturday when househunting with future housemates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Pork meat loaf, cottage pie and pork casserole. I am really tired! Not so much from the cooking, more that I've not been sleeping well recently. The pork casserole has only just gone in as a result of my vegetarian sister ringing me to ask what she could do with all the pork that my mum has defrosted. "Bring it round I'll sort it out!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Nigella's chilli jam and for tea we had our seasonal speciality of loads of veg fried ( peppers, onion, courgette, chard and beetroot leaves, steamed beetroot ) with cooking chorizo plenty of paprika, salt and pepper with steamed new potatoes stirred though. It is so tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Beef cheek casserole in the slowcooker Usually have to do a special order for the cheeks from my local butcher and have to order more than I actually need, although I do freeze some. Sometimes he cant get them for me. Saw them yesterday at the butchery counter at Tesco, not a place I shop at any more but popped in for milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I love beef cheeks OH slightly offcolour (nothing gastric) and requesting non-heavy, comfort food, which he can eat with one hand as he is in a sling. Yesterday he had some vaguely spicy chicken with green beans and rice and today he wants rice again, this time with a little bit of chorizo and a prawn for excitement. I shall slip in a green pepper, otherwise I shall feel cheated of a balanced(ish) meal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Pavlova. Eggs from the girls, raspberries from the garden, rodda's cream. Pretty good for food miles - just need to plant some sugar cane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Tonight we are having breaded turkey escalopes, first time for 10 years at least. I really don't care for turkey anymore, but OH is on a bland diet and I couldn't get any chicken. Going to have it with home grown ratatouille (peppers, tomatoes, courgette, garlic and onion) and yet more rice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I did some turkey kebabs recently. I cut the breast into long strips and marinaded it for about an hour or so before cooking as I find it a bit bland. I did approx 400g of Turkey breast in the juice and rind of two lemons, grated garlic (2 cloves I think), salt and pepper and some coriander leaf not seeds and olive oil. It was really tasty so might be worth doing before your coat them, or is that too much for your hubby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Great idea - I think he could cope with that, and it has some of my favourite flavours too, plus lemons, we are not allowed to have a day without a lemon Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Chocolate beetroot muffins for the first time. I am an old hand at the courgette version but my 4 year old nephew was coming on his birthday on their way back from Cornwall and I felt I had to make him cake. He loves chocolate so I thought this might work. They were ok but would have benefited from frosting of some kind I think. He ate his though, a very polite little boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 I made these beetroot chocolate brownies today. They are delicious (can't tell there is beetroot in them). Need cooking for longer that it says though. RECIPE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 We have had one of those really good roasts that really hits the spot today . Too often having gone to the trouble of doing a roast, it is gone in a few minutes and didn't seem to reflect the effort involved. We had a small joint of lamb which was the meaty end of the leg with the bone in, it was very tasty. It was good quality organic lamb. . We served roasted veg with it which was a mix of carrot, butternut squash, beetroot and onion, then some chard wilted in butter, salt pepper and nutmeg. And roast potatoes. All of the vegetables were homegrown apart from the onion Pudding was an apple and blackberry strudel again home grown fruit, made by ED, again it was very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I know what you mean. We've had those sort of Sunday lunches, and you look at the mess in the kitchen and think, really, was it worth it? Well, in my kitchen anyway Your lunch sounded delicious when can I come round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hubby made pizza nearly as well as Dominoes at the weekend and last night we had roast pigeon with Madeira gravy and Welsh onion cake, which is layered sliced potatoes and onions with loads of butter mixed though. Yummy. It was meant to be a special Sunday meal but we decided to go to an event at the literature festival instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 That sounds lovely and very international Last night we had some shell on prawns, cooked in garlic and olive oil, with a bit of coriander, served with bread to mop up juices. They were on special offer, so I'm afraid we were quite piggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well yesterday I cooked some scrumped sweet chestnuts over the fire (not very tasty, food metres not miles, but probably karma ) followed by stir fry chicken with 4 herbs (mint/oregano/basil/lemon thyme) from the garden. Today we are having a variation on pesto to use up the basil before it goes over. I don't have any hard cheese so I am going to use about the only pleasant cheese in Portugal, a sharp ewes milk crumbly one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Pot roast shoulder of mutton, very tasty indeed, we cooked it very low in a cast iron casserole on a bed of veg with some white wine and a tsp of Dijon mustard for nearly 6 hours. We bought it from the butchers at Gloucester services Farm Shop and Kitchen near junction 12 of the M5. There is one both north and southbound and they have very good real meat and fish. Sounds an odd place to shop but it is so good, worth popping in if you are passing, luckily for us it is only 15 minutes drive away. They are owned by the same company that has Tebay services in Cumbria which we have also visited, but it is a bit of treck to buy Sunday lunch . They are eco friendly and sell great produce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...