Monthly Archives: June 2015

Pork and spring onions in Hoisin sauce

I made this quick and tasty stir-fry for myself on Thursday evening prior to popping out to see Abigail. It’s easy to do but full of flavour and you can augment the dish with any stir-fry appropriate vegetables of your … Continue reading

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Beef Rendang

On Thursday evening Alberto was getting back from Spain late, and I was cleaning the oven, so I needed something that could be done on the hob and with very little preparation, and which could be easily re-heated. Flicking through … Continue reading

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Roast chicken with fennel, marmalade and mustard

Last night I had Figgy over for our usual Tuesday evening bout of wine drinking and Who Watching. It was a bit of a Dalek-y evening as we’d started the William Hartnell 6-parter The Dalek Invasion of Earth last week … Continue reading

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White pizza

Friday night is usually pizza night for Alberto and I and even though he was out for dinner this evening I saw no reason to abandon the tradition. I spotted this recipe whilst flicking through the lovely Dinner by Domini … Continue reading

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Pasta with chicken, peas and rosemary cream

As I was working late on Wednesday evening I decided to make this in the morning so that Alberto and I could eat soon after I got home in the evening. It’s another new recipe from my new cookbook, Dinner, … Continue reading

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Indian mince with a green bean and pomegranate salad

Abigail came over for dinner and a spot of Doctor Who last night and so I decided to try and find something from the other new cook book that Vanessa brought me last weekend. The book is called Dinner and … Continue reading

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Dak Doritang

The lovely Vanessa was down to visit from London at the weekend and brought with her my birthday present, which included a lovely new cook book called China Town. (It actually included two new cookbooks but I haven’t cooked anything … Continue reading

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Chickpea fritters

Alberto spotted this recipe in the Greek Island cookbook that he bought for me for Christmas and thought that they looked tasty and so I decided to cook them on Sunday morning for a light lunch. My friend Vanessa was … Continue reading

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