Monthly Archives: September 2014

On Friday night I fancied pizza for dinner in the evening. Alberto was going out (and, in the end I influenced his decision and he ended up going out for dinner to a pizza place!) so I was only cooking … Continue reading →

Yesterday, because Alberto had been at work since 5am, I offered to cook dinner and this Gino D’Acampo recipe caught my eye. It’s really tasty and quite quick and easy to do. I accompanied it with roasted asparagus and a … Continue reading →

I realised today that I hadn’t updated this blog for a week. I’ve been doing lots of cooking, but it has all been recipes I’ve already blogged about. So today I texted Alberto and told him that I was cooking … Continue reading →

Last night I had the lovely Fig over for dinner and Sarah-Jane Adventures (Mark of The Berserker and The Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith. And, sneaked in, because it had The Brigadier in, episode one of Enemy of the Bane.) and … Continue reading →

And this was the main course, the culmination, for Saturday’s Thai extravaganza! There were a couple of issues with it though – first, it was a bit too spicy. It was just about ok for me but too spicy for … Continue reading →

On Saturday evening I decided I fancied a Thai extravaganza so I planned a four-course Thai meal for Alberto and I. I cheated slightly and bought some spicy Thai crackers from Sainsbury’s as the first ‘course’. The second course was … Continue reading →

On Wednesday I had a real urge for a tagine. It was just Alberto and I at home in the evening – no guests or friends over for dinner, so I hunted around for inspiration. I partly used a Jamie … Continue reading →

Wednesday was Alberto’s first day back at work after his holiday, and I suspected that it was going to be a long one, so I decided to cook dinner for the two of us in the evening. I fancied something chickeny … Continue reading →

As it’s Tuesday I had the lovely Fig over this evening for our regular dinner and Doctor Who session. (Technically we’re making our way through all of Sarah-Jane Adventures at the moment so it was the last story of season … Continue reading →

I made this for myself for dinner on Thursday. (Sorry, I seem to be very slow in updating this again!) It’s another recipe from the lovely little book Spice Up Your Life and, as I was only cooking for myself, … Continue reading →