2019-02-28

2019-01-10

  • Lamb kleftiko
  • Half shoulder of lamb (between 700g and 1kg)
  • Juice of half a lemon (whole one is too much)
  • Half a head of garlic, crushed
  • Black pepper
  • A few leaves of rosemary
  • 30ml of Olive oil
  • four table spoons of oregano
  • Place all ingredients in a bag, leave overnight in the fridge
  • Empty bag into oven-proof dish
  • Cover with foil
  • Cook in oven for four hours at 150C

2018-12-30

  • Chicken mirepoix
  • Three leeks
  • Two carrots
  • Two celery sticks
  • eight bay leaves
  • thyme
  • salt and pepper
  • four chickens legs
  • 750ml veg stock

2018-12-26

  • lamb shank harissa
  • 3 red finger chillies
  • 1 sliced red onion, sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves, remove
  • 2 or 3 lamb shanks
  • can of tomatoes
  • ground cumin
  • ground coriander
  • salt and pepper
  • olive oil, use less

  • 4 tbsp harissa paste

  • preheat oven to 140C

  • season lamb shanks, sprinkle over cumin and coriander
  • brown lamb shanks, then remove
  • soften onion and garlic
  • remove garlic cloves
  • add chillies
  • add harissa paste and tomatoes
  • put in oven for 3 hours

2018-06-11

  • meal ideas for three days:
    • steak
    • pork
    • chicken mirepoix

2018-05-23

  • Steak
  • Chips
  • Peas, broccoli, carrots
  • Bro

2018-05-04

2018-04-27

  • home-made burgers and oven fries

2018-04-26

  • pork medallions pan fried with mustard and rosemary

2018-04-25

  • mozzarella stuffed chicken for two
  • two chicken breasts
  • brown chicken in pan on hob
  • cut chicken, almost in half
  • slice one mozzarella ball, not to small
  • slice one tomato
  • add mozzarella, tomato and frozen basil to chicken
  • tie chicken with string
  • chicken in brown earthenware dish
  • put any leftover mozzarella on top of chicken
  • cook for 15 to 20 minutes in pre-heated oven
  • served with pasta and boiled courgettes
  • next time do more tomato - maybe just cheese in the chicken, tomato around the chicken
  • idea: add some seasoning to the chicken - salt and pepper

2018-04-14

  • dinner: roast chicken, crown only, skinned
  • lunch: Spanish omelette made with four peppers, 200g potato, five eggs

2018-04-13

  • lunch: Spanish omelette made with roasted asparagus, 200g potato, five eggs
  • dinner: coconut chicken stir fry

2018-04-11

  • cod + parsley sauce
  • cook cod for longer than instructions
  • put sauce on once cod is cooked

2018-04-09

2018-02-20

  • Flapjack
  • butter: 160G
  • sugar: 75G (muscovado sugar)
  • oats: 350G
  • golden syrup: 3 rounded tablespoons
  • oven for 25 minutes, pretty good maybe try a few minutes less next time.
  • 150 degrees C
  • used biggish metal oven dish. next time try baking tray

2017-09-05

2017-04-15

  • asafetida
  • beef mince
  • tin tomato x 2
  • courgette
  • bay leaves
  • thyme
  • olives
  • green pepper
  • bunch spring onions
  • carrots
  • celery
  • Parmesan

2017-02-04

2017-01-08

2016-09-29

2016-05-09

2016-04-29

2016-04-14

  • Cod wrapped with prosciutto, baked for 15 minutes at 180C

2016-04-08

  • salmon crustless quiche
    • one cooked salmon fillet portion
    • four eggs
    • sour cream
    • 50g flour
    • frozen chopped spring onions
    • mix in bowl
    • egg spoon of dried dill
    • oven for 25 minutes - brown earthenware dish
    • next time could try adding spinach, leave out dill

2016-03-27

2016-02-12

  • roasted peppers:
    • rice - long grain
    • veg stock
    • english peas
    • frozen spinach cubes
    • sweetcorn - freeze leftover
    • onion
    • garlic
    • tomato puree
    • chilli flakes - not too much
    • cover with foil

2016-02-11

2015-09-04

  • <www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5892/greek-roast-lamb>

2015-09-02

  • Ranch: 75ml milk, 3tbsp mayo, 1 tbsp white wine vinegar, 1 tbsp dill, 1/2 clove crushed garlic, chives, salt
  • Cobb salad: lettuce, bacon, chicken, avo, tomatoes

2015-08-28

2015-08-26

2015-03-06

2015-01-19

  • Cod wrapped with three pieces of prosciutto, baked for 15 minutes at 180C

2014-12-29

2014-10-10

2014-09-26

  • Camargue Red Rice

2014-08-26

2014-06-08

2014-06-06

2014-05-16

2014-05-05

2014-05-04

2014-03-19

2014-03-15

Warm chickpea salad: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1804/warm-chickpea-salad

* Recipes serves four, works well for two. One one can of chickpeas. Next time might double the feta.
* Red onion was cut into eight wedges, that fell apart. Maybe cut into 8 wedges, but keep the bottom so they stay as wedges.

Sicilian spaghetti with fried egg

* Try without Jane, or when she is eating spaghetti again
* <http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/sicillian_spaghetti_with_49512>
* Uses up some gherkins

Chicken sandwiches

* For work on Monday: Chicken + Gherkins + Cheese - cheddar or Mozzarella
* Maybe mustard instead of cheese

Lunch idea: potato salad with gherkins

* Need spring onions
* Potatoes, red wine vinegar, olive oil, mayonnaise, spring onions, parsley, gherkins

Lunch idea: cottage cheese and red pepper sandwich

* http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2554636/open-cottage-cheese-and-pepper-sandwich
* 140g cottage cheese, 1/2 red pepper (thinly sliced), basil leaves (?), balsamic vinegar
* layer cottage cheese and red peppers in a cointainer, take to work

2014-01-28

  • Food idea: Alfredo sauce

2013-10-15

2013-07-28

2013-03-24

2012-12-03

2012-04-26

2012-04-22

  • Pluses as a source of protein: soybean, lentil, kidney bean, white bean, mung bean, chickpea, cowpea, lima bean, pigeon pea, lupine, wing bean, almonds, Brazil nuts, cashew, pecan, walnuts, cotton seed, pumpkin seed, sesame seed, sunflower seed
  • Protein ideas: applegate smoked Turkey
  • Shopping list: Foil, mushroom, Applegate Sunday bacon, Applegate smoked turkey, pasta shapes, chopped tomatoes, red onion, minced beef, fruit yog
  • Meal ideas:
    • Chicken: Roast chicken. Chicken mirepoix. Chicken curry.
    • Pork: Sausages and mash.
    • Lamb: Lamb chops. Lamb shanks.
    • Beef: Roast beef. Burgers.
    • Fish: Poached salmon. Tuna kedgeree. Fish pie.

2012-01-08

2012-01-04

2012-01-03

  • Dinner: Chicken dish, out of stock and bay leaves, wasn't so great.
  • Made bread, collapsed in the middle. I had warmed the water in the microwave. Maybe need to try different sugar.

2011-12-31

2011-12-26

2011-11-11

  • Pork loins wrapped in bacon

2011-11-03

  • Jane wants smoked mackerel: done

2011-10-30

  • Make Panna Cotta

2011-10-23

2011-01-13: To try

2008-07-26: Made Cod fish cakes from a Waitrose recipe. {x} {x} {x} {x}

Ideas for unused grated lemon:

  • Risotto with Baby Leaf Greens and Lemon

  • Lemon Thyme Couscous

  • rice

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 large us onion chopped or 2 small onions
  • butter
  • lemon
  • olive oil

  • 2 tins tuna

  • cook rice

  • hard boil eggs
  • chop onion, fry in oil and butter
  • take labels off cans
  • open and drain, in sink
  • add to onions in fry pan
  • heat gently to warm up
  • peel eggs
  • cut up eggs
  • drain rice
  • add rice to fry pan mix with onion and tuna
  • add salt and pepper and a bit more butter juice of half a lemon
  • finally mix in eggs gently, no completely mushed
  • serve with remaining lemon