2023-05-16

Courgette, pasta and lardons:

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/creamy-courgette-bacon-pasta https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/bacon-courgette-caper-one-pot-pasta https://www.newworld.co.nz/recipes/pasta/20-minute-bacon-and-courgette-pasta https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/pasta-with-courgettes-creme-fraiche-and-bacon/

2022-12-27

Heat a splash of olive oil in a large pan, add 200g coarsely cut cooking chorizo, 200g diced pancetta and one finely chopped onion, and fry for three or four minutes. Add a glass of red wine, 400ml sofrito sauce and 400ml water, bring to the boil then simmer for five minutes. Add two 660g jars of chickpeas, two cloves of crushed garlic and two tablespoons of fresh oregano, and simmer for a further five minutes. Season to taste, then eat with good bread.

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