Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 3, 2012 · 16 Comments
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 … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Baking, blueberries, British, Cakes, Cool stuff, Country life, Dessert, Eggs, English, Features, Flour, Fruit, Fruits, Godalming, Raspberries, Recipes, Singapore, Stories, strawberries, Sweet · Tagged with Cake, Diamond Jubilee, London, Queen, Singapore, Sponge cake, Tasty Kitchen, Union Flag
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 3, 2012 · 6 Comments
Part food post, part flower show As I’d already posted some of the food-oriented images from our trip to the Chelsea Flower Show, I originally set out to focus this post on a staple recipe that has sustained both my husband and I during these last few turbulent weeks. The idea was that I would … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Basil, British, Cars, Cherry tomatoes, Cool stuff, Country life, Dinner, English, Features, Garden, Garlic, Italian, onion, oregano, Pasta, Recipes, shallots, Stories, Tomatoes, vegetables, Vegetarian, Vinegar · Tagged with Chelsea Flower Show, English garden, Godalming, Italian, Olive oil, Pasta, Queen, Royal Horticultural Society
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on May 30, 2012 · 4 Comments
I’m interrupting my usual blogging schedule with this spur-of-the-moment post. My colleague Jess arrived at work today with special (and early) Queen’s Jubilee cupcakes for us all – YUM-O! And it tasted good…! 🙂
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on May 25, 2012 · 13 Comments
It is what it is Arrrrrrrrrrggghh! All my best intentions flew out the window after my last post almost 3 weeks ago… I’ve always said April/May has never been kind to me and but this year has really been taking the mick… My husband has been really ill, and during that time, I’ve lost a … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Baking, Bananas, British, Butter, Cakes, Cool stuff, Country life, Dessert, Eggs, strawberries, Sweet · Tagged with Baking and Confections, Chelsea, Chelsea Flower Show, Cooking, Cupcake, Home, London, Waitrose
Hi everyone I have been offline for some weeks now and I’m sorry if I haven’t responded to your comments or been to visit your blogs. It’s been a turbulent April/May which has sadly included a family funeral. My husband’s Nanny passed away after a few tough months of poor health. She is in a … Continue reading →
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on April 18, 2012 · 17 Comments
Sticking to the tried and tested Heston Blumenthal made a TV programme all about cheese recently and one of the dishes he ‘re’-made was the humble but utterly delicious cauliflower cheese. I went online to look at his recipe but in all honesty, I don’t have 5 hours spare to make all the component parts … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Alcohol, American, Baking, broccoli, cauliflower, Cheese, Country life, Dinner, English, Flour, Ingredients, Lunch, Milk, paprika, Recipes, Wine · Tagged with Black pepper, Brie, Cauliflower, Cauliflower cheese, Cheddar cheese, Cheese, Cook, Gruyère (cheese), Heston Blumenthal, Parmesan, Recipe
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on April 14, 2012 · 11 Comments
Couldn’t have asked for a nicer accident On Easter Sunday, my husband and I roasted a rib of beef. Our butcher threw in a few veal bones as I wanted to make a bone marrow gravy to go with the rib of beef. As there’s only two of us, we had plenty of roast beef … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Baking, Bread, Breakfast, British, Cool stuff, Country life, English, Ingredients, Toast · Tagged with Baking, Bread, Celsius, Easter, Flour, Milk, Milk bread
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on April 9, 2012 · 13 Comments
Crispy squidgy chocolate goodness As some of you may know, I’m married to a chocolate fiend. My husband has to eat chocolate every day and I’ve never known him not to. So imagine my surprise when this Easter, he told me he didn’t want me to buy him an Easter egg. I thought this was … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Brownies, Butter, Cakes, chocolate, Cookies, Cool stuff, Country life, Dessert, Eggs, Flour, Hazelnuts, Nuts, Stories, Sweet, Walnuts
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on April 4, 2012 · 16 Comments
The legend that is Mary Berry I only have one recipe to post this week as I spent last weekend with friends and so I only made it into the kitchen late on Sunday night after everyone had left. I was however determined to herald my husband’s return from his ski trip by making him … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Baking, Bread, British, Butter, Cakes, chocolate, Country life, Dessert, Eggs, Flour, Ingredients, Recipes, Stories, Sweet, Vanilla · Tagged with Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Chocolate cake, Cocoa solids, Flour, Mary Berry, Recipe
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 31, 2012 · 19 Comments
Certainly healthier than a kebab 🙂 With my husband away, I have free rein to eat all the things that he normally doesn’t like or tend to eat. I’d bought myself a lamb steak but with it being so warm and sunny last weekend, I really didn’t fancy a piping hot meal. I wanted finger … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Avocado, Bread, British, Cherry tomatoes, Country life, Ingredients, Lamb, Lemon, Lunch, Recipes, Rocket, salad, Spicy, Stories, Tomatoes · Tagged with Avocado, Cooking, Home, Hot sauce, Lamb and mutton, Salad, sandwich fillings, sandwich wraps, Sauce