Every day should be pancake day

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on July 14, 2012 · 22 Comments 

Pancakes. One of the best comfort food around.

Be careful what you wish for… When I was growing up, I always wanted to break a limb, ideally my arm. It had nothing to do with wanting broken bones and everything to do with wearing a cast. Kids in the neighbourhood who did break bones and wear casts lorded it over every other able-bodied … Read more

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It’s curry time! Curry puff puffs, curry filo puffs and curry cups

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 17, 2012 · 12 Comments 

thebigfatnoodle's curry puff puffs - stay away if you can't handle spicy food!

Curry in a hurry If there’s one type of food that the Brits have truly taken to their hearts and made their own, it is the curry. It’s Britain’s favourite take-away and I daresay the number of Indian restaurants could rival the number of pubs in the UK quite easily. Anyone know if that might … Read more

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I dare you to stop at one… les chouquettes

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 9, 2012 · 13 Comments 

Les Choquettes. Simple to make and totally awesome to eat.

One of the perks of my job is that I get to go to Roland Garros (or more commonly known as the French Open) every year. The company I work for is one of the main sponsors of Roland Garros, so we take a bunch of journalists to meet up with some of our execs … Read more

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For her Majesty… thebigfatnoodle’s Diamond Jubilee cake for the Queen

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 3, 2012 · 16 Comments 

Our contribution to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee As I sit here typing, I’m watching the Queen’s floating pageant take place on our TV. The 1,000 ships that are taking part in the flotilla will actually end up right outside our flat in London at the end of the day. Unfortunately, we no longer live there so we are … Read more

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Simple salads: Apple, bresaola and cambozola salad

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on February 21, 2012 · 40 Comments 

I love putting fruit in my salads and apples always work with cheese, and the cambozola went particularly well with the bresaola.

Changing a lifetime of bad eating habits I am really, really annoyed with myself. I’ve been looking forwarding to making and posting this recipe for some time now, but when I finally made it and took my usual pictures to show you, I forgot to add the toasted walnuts before I took the final snaps. … Read more

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A lime and ponzu dressed salmon carpaccio

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on February 13, 2012 · 27 Comments 

salmon carpaccio in a lime and ponzu flavoured marinade

Valentine’s Day – celebrate it because you want to and not because the calendar tells you to… Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, which I and many others I know cynically call Hallmark Day. I personally don’t believe that we need a special day to celebrate love when we should be celebrating it every moment of every … Read more

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Crispy and chewy cranberry oat biscuits in less than 30mins

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on February 11, 2012 · 32 Comments 

Crispy and chewy cranberry oat biscuits. Perfect with a cuppa of your choice.

If you’re an impatient baker like me, you’ll love that these biscuits take less than 30 minutes to make and bake Yay, it’s the weekend and that can mean only one thing – a chance for me to tinker in the kitchen! Which is exactly what I did the moment I woke up this morning. … Read more

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The Big Freeze is back! A stroll through my own backyard winter wonderland

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on February 9, 2012 · 26 Comments 

This is the River Wey. The water's not quite frozen but at least it's clean ie no floating rubbish frozen onto the surface :)

No recipe today I’m afraid… in fact, I’ve not cooked all week but I’ll be back with some recipes soon enough. Meantime, do you fancy a virtual walk with me through my town in our little corner of England? Last weekend, our town was only lightly dusted with snow so our planned walk turned out … Read more

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