A 30-minute summery take on pork and beans – grilled lemon and thyme pork chops with a cider bean casserole

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 23, 2012 · 12 Comments 

My summery take on a classic pork and beans recipe. Grilled lemon & thyme pork chops with a bean stew cooked with cider.

Cooking by weather Unfortunately, the ever-changing climate we are experiencing in Europe has turned summer topsy-turvy. I know people already associate the UK with rain and bad weather but what we are going through this summer really is bordering on the ridiculous. Parts of the country are flooded again while in the South-east where I … Read more

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Simple pleasures: a red cabbage, stilton and walnut salad (with caramelised red onions)

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 6, 2012 · 28 Comments 

Our surprise recipe that I know we can be really proud of

Simple pleasures = happiness   It has been way too long since I posted a salad recipe and I’m doubly happy about this one because it was a fluke and a surprise. It was also a joint creation with my husband (making it that much more memorable) and something that we threw together in haste … Read more

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You can’t get more autumnal than making French toast for breakfast on a cold, misty morning

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on October 8, 2011 · 3 Comments 

Eggy bread is one of the most awesome of awesome breakfasts

Simple is best It’s not even 9am on a Saturday morning today as I sit here typing. I didn’t actually even want to be up before 9am this morning on a Saturday. But I was up, on a Saturday, at 9am (get the message yet? ) because at 5am, I was woken up by what … Read more

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Barbecue buddies: my ultimate potato salad

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on October 2, 2011 · 4 Comments 

Up close and personal with my ingredient-packed ultimate potato salad

The bigfatnoodle’s ultimate potato salad Potato salad recipes can be a sensitive subject. Everyone has their own favourite recipe which they naturally think is the best and I’m not one to argue with them. With so many types of potato and thousands of ways to make a potato salad, every one of them’s a winner … Read more

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