There isn’t anything that says “I love you Mum” more than a box of ludicrously tricky sweets. Anyone can phone up Interflora, or ping over a Moonpig card. Sacrificing your Saturday afternoon to fiddle about with meringue is love indeed though. I don’t mean to put you off making macaroons by banging on about how [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Mother’s Day Pistachio Macaroons
Posted in Puddings, Sweet Snacks on March 31, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Trying to make site better…bear with me
Posted in News on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It might have come to the attention of many of you that I am completely incompetent when it comes to doing anything technical with my blog. It’s frustrating because I know what I want to do…I’m just too inept to do it. Anyway, today I made huge steps by becoming acquainted with “themes.” I still [...]
Catherine Fulvio
Posted in News on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Still buzzing after doing a great interview with Catherine Fulvio - my new favourite cook and all round inspiring person. Sadly I can’t say any more about it here…you’ll have to wait for the May issue of Eat Me.
Frozen Coley (I’m alone so I can!)
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I started thinking about what I was going to eat for supper at around half past two in the afternoon. This isn’t unusual behaviour. By the time work had finished, I’d decided that it was going to be a fish pie night. That was all good and well until I [...]
Using my last tub of beetroot: Beetroot Ice Cream
Posted in Puddings on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Okay – so I know that I’ve gone a bit over the top with beetroot recently, but as I mentioned in an earlier post, there’s a 3 for 2 offer on tubs of beetroot at the Tesco’s down the road, so I had my ‘get one free’ pot to use up. A friend mentioned earlier [...]
Egg and Soldiers
Posted in Light Lunch, Savoury snacks on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This morning. Before it started to rain.
Modern (and quick) Stroganoff
Posted in Maincourses on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I had a bit of beef fillet left over from the beef wellington, so I gave my Mum a ring for some inspiration. She suggested that I did a stroganoff, which traditionally uses fillet steak. For me, one of the nicest parts of eating beef fillet though, is feeling and tasting the tender, pink centre [...]
I ♥ beetroot. PART 3 - Beetroot Brownies
Posted in Puddings, Sweet Snacks on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pudding – Beetroot Brownies (inspired by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall) Ingredients (makes about 8 big brownies) 200g dark chocolate (I used Tesco’s Ivory Coast chocolate which has a bite without being too bitter) 200g unsalted butter 200g caster sugar 3 eggs 120g self raising flour 200g beetroot (cooked and grated) Start by preheating the oven to [...]
I ♥ beetroot. PART 2 - Beetroot Salsa
Posted in Maincourses on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For supper, I went for a beetroot salsa to accompany some fish I’d got hold of (again…from the discount aisle – two lovely bits of trout reduced from £4 to £2) Ingredients (to make salsa for 2) 4 beetroots 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 2 tablespoons of finely chopped mint (fresh) 4 finely cut spring [...]
I ♥ beetroot. PART 1 - Beetroot Salad
Posted in Light Lunch on March 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Food prices have been soaring lately. I’m beginning to feel old, reminiscing about when you could buy a pack of butter for less than £1. Last week, Good Housekeeping asked their readers what they did to make the weekly shop go further. As people began to send in complex details of their weekly menu plans [...]