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
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 29, 2012 · 14 Comments
A bit too sweet for my liking… It was Mother’s Day in the UK recently and this year, and I decided to bake some chocolate chip cookies for my mother-in-law and my husband’s Nanny. Nanny unfortunately has been really poorly and the day before Mothering Sunday here, we drove to see her with my husband’s … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Baking, biscuits, British, chocolate, Cookies, Country life, Dessert, Eggs, English, Recipes, Sweet
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 27, 2012 · 15 Comments
In a pink frame of mind As you may know, I’m fending for myself at the moment. I spent Sunday making some spaggie boll sauce (as you do), most of which I will freeze but some which I’ll keep to re-heat quickly during this week. However, just because I had to cook for myself this … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Aubergines, British, Butter, Country life, Courgettes, cumin, Dinner, Fish, Garden, Garlic, Ginger, Herbs, Ingredients, Lemon, Limes, Lunch, onion, paprika, Peppers, Recipes, salmon, seafood, Stories, vegetables, Vegetarian · Tagged with Oil infusions, Olive oil, Paprika, Potato, Roast, salmon, Sunday, Sunday roast, Vegetable
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 22, 2012 · 22 Comments
Jelly making with a savoury twist Some of you may remember that last year, my husband and I visited London’s famous ‘Gherkin’ building to have dinner at Searcy’s restaurant on the top floor. The most memorial part of that night out, apart from the architecture, turned out to be the amuse bouche that we were … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, amuse bouche, Bread, British, chillies, Cool stuff, Country life, Crab, Dinner, English, Fish, Garlic, Ingredients, Lemon, Lunch, onion, seafood, Shellfish, Sour, Tomatoes, vegetables, Vegetarian · Tagged with Cooking, Daily Telegraph, Home, Jams Jellies and Preserves, London, Salad, Tomato, Tomato Jelly
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 15, 2012 · 9 Comments
A healthier way is possible Banana bread has to be the most versatile and universally well-loved recipe ever. Every week, I’ll come across someone posting their take on a banana bread recipe. When I got back from Spain recently, my husband asked me if I could make another banana bread because we had 4 sad … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Apples, Bananas, Bread, Breakfast, British, Butter, Cakes, Country life, Dessert, Eggs, Features, Flour, Ingredients, Nuts, Oat bran, oats, Recipes, Stories, Sweet, Vegetarian, Walnuts · Tagged with Apple sauce, Baking powder, Banana, Banana bread, Bread, Butter, Butter-free, Flour, Oat bran, Recipe
Hi everyone The good news is that I’m back from my work trip, yay! How’s everyone been? Good I hope…! I’ve got lots of catch-up reading and posting to do, and despite the dire conference food I’ve inevitably been subjected to, I did have some good tapas while I was in Barcelona, and I’m planning … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Arugula, Bread, Breakfast, British, Butter, Cheese, Cherry tomatoes, Chives, Country life, Cream, Eggs, Ham, Herbs, Ingredients, Lunch, Recipes, Rocket, salad, Spinach, Toast, Tomatoes, vegetables · Tagged with Baked eggs, Cook, Cream, Cream cheese, Egg white, Eggs, oven, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Salad, Toast, Tomato
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on February 18, 2012 · 23 Comments
Puppy love My husband and I set off this morning to see a couple of bitches in Oxfordshire. You heard me, I said bitches! But before you think this is some story about handbags at dawn between me and some other women, don’t worry because the bitches I’m referring to are furry and of the … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Almonds, Beef, Bread, British, Butter, chocolate, Cool stuff, Country life, English, Features, Lunch, Stories · Tagged with Buckland House, Faringdon, Godalming, Kingston Bagpuize, Lamb at Buckland, Oxfordshire, Public house, Valentine's Day
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on February 2, 2012 · 36 Comments
Should I or shouldn’t I? I love blueberries. I never actually tried a proper, fresh blueberry until I went to Australia but once I did, I was well and truly hooked. That they’re so healthy and good for you is irrelevant because I just love how they taste. I also love the fact that they’re … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, biscuits, blueberries, British, Butter, Cakes, Cheese, Cookies, Country life, Cream, Dessert, Eggs, Ingredients, Lemon, Stories, Sweet, Vegetarian · Tagged with Biscuit, Blueberry, Blueberry cheescake, Butter, Cheesecake, Cook, Cookies, Cream cheese, Home, Lemon
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 20, 2012 · 24 Comments
Little Venice – the one in Maida Vale, London I have taken to going for a brisk 30-40 min walk every day during my lunch break. In the past, I’ve always eaten lunch at my desk, preferring to work through the lunch hour in the hope that I would be able to leave work on … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Alcohol, British, English, Limes, London, Paddington, Rum, Stories · Tagged with Cocktail, Cooking, Home, Honey, Ice cube, Limes, Little Venice, London, Maida Vale, Rum