Home-made beats shop bought yet again: easy peasy hummus

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on April 20, 2012 · 16 Comments 

Easy as long as you don’t mind the washing up I’ve had a can of chickpeas sitting in my cupboard for almost a year – that’s how long it’s been since I’ve wanted to try making my own hummus. Sooooo many people have said that hummus is easy to make but when you work a … Continue reading →

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Category Bread, Carrots, Celery, chickpeas, Country life, cumin, Ingredients, Lemon, Lunch, paprika · Tagged with , , , , , , ,

Easter Sunday roast: Rare rib of beef and bone marrow gravy

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on April 12, 2012 · 12 Comments 

The bones hold all the flavour!  This Easter it’s just been me and my husband last weekend. No friends, no visitors, just him, me and the cats for company. Sadly, it was a bit of a miserable weekend in terms of the weather, full of blustery, cold wind and the ever present drizzle – not … Continue reading →

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Category Alcohol, American, Beef, British, Carrots, Celery, Country life, English, Fennel, Garlic, Ginger, Herbs, Ingredients, onion, oregano, Recipes, Roasting

My oriental brunch: chicken and egg congee (my way)

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 25, 2012 · 15 Comments 

It’ll be lonely meals for one for the next 10 days for me! As I post this on Sunday morning, my husband will be in France, driving off to the mountains for a week of skiing with friends. I will miss him and also miss seeing my friends but I opted not to go because … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, Breakfast, Carrots, Celery, Chicken, Chinese, Country life, Dinner, Eggs, Ginger, Lunch, Nuts, Peanuts, Recipes, Rice, scallions, Sesame seeds, Spring onions, vegetables · Tagged with , , , , , , ,

A Spanish-influenced Three Pork Casserole with Chorizo and Puy Lentils

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 13, 2012 · 29 Comments 

Cooking with chorizo I’m still in a Spanish frame of mind after my recent trips to Spain. I was there two weeks ago but what some of you might not know is that I actually had to go back again last week for a couple of days. This last trip was for a different work … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, Alcohol, Baking, Carrots, Casserole, Celery, chillies, Country life, Dinner, Garlic, Herbs, Ingredients, Lentils, Lunch, onion, paprika, Pork, Potatoes, Puy lentils, Recipes, sausage, Sausages, Spanish, Spicy, Stew, Stories, Thyme, vegetables · Tagged with , , , , , , , , , ,

My favourite Chinese soup of all time: Spare rib and mustard green soup

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 24, 2012 · 32 Comments 

What do you eat when you’re ill? I have decided that I am impossible to cook for when ill because I become a very horrible patient. Colds are f–king annoying! One’s not sick enough to be confined to bed but the snot-filled, streaming-eyed person it turns one into means one isn’t fit for company either. … Continue reading →

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Category Cabbage, Carrots, Celery, Cherry tomatoes, chillies, Chinese, Country life, Dinner, Duck, Features, Pork, Recipes, Soup, Sour, Stories, vegetables · Tagged with , , , , ,

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

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 6, 2012 · 28 Comments 

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 … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, Apples, Bacon, Cabbage, Celery, Cheese, Cool stuff, Country life, Dinner, Fruit, Fruits, Honey, Ingredients, Leftovers, Lunch, Mushroom, onion, Pears, Pork, Recipes, Stories, Sweet, vegetables, Vinegar, Walnuts · Tagged with , , , , , , , , ,

Stir fried brussels sprouts, yes, SPROUTS!

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 3, 2012 · 32 Comments 

Are you in the love ’em or hate ’em camp? I love brussels sprouts. Absolutely 100% adore them. Sadly though, eating sprouts in our house is a lonely affair; as in if I cook them, I’ll be the only one eating them. However, I can’t stomach them if they’re boiled – YUCK! – and I … Continue reading →

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A baked bean special: chinese-y pork and beans

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on November 29, 2011 · 7 Comments 

Cooking with baked beans If you haven’t guessed from the title alone, my post today is all about cooking with baked beans. Everyone here normally eats baked beans on toast, or as part of an English breakfast. For me, a tin of baked beans evokes a completely different memory, and that’s because the only time … Continue reading →

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Category Alcohol, Beans, Carrots, Celery, chillies, Chinese, Country life, Dinner, Garlic, Ginger, Lunch, onion, Pork, Rice, scallions, Singapore, Spring onions, Stories, Tomatoes, vegetables, Vinegar · Tagged with , , , , , , ,

A rib-sticking winter warmer: sherry stewed lamb stroganoff

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on November 18, 2011 · 5 Comments 

Sweet sherry I don’t get to eat lamb very often. My mom couldn’t stomach the taste or smell of it so when we were growing up, she’d only concede to roasting a leg of lamb (which she herself wouldn’t eat) once every couple of years. Unfortunately, my husband’s also not very keen on lamb. He … Continue reading →

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