A look back in time: thebigfatnoodle spring clean

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on July 27, 2012 · 17 Comments 

Nothing beats a good spring cleaning It was long overdue but it really needed to be done, and what better way to make sure I stayed off my broken foot then to finally finish the blog clean up I started a few weeks ago. It’s taken me almost a month to do so, not just … Continue reading →

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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 

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 … Continue reading →

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I dare you to stop at one… les chouquettes

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

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 … Continue reading →

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

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 →

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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 , , , , , , ,

Red spaghetti… and a grumpy old woman’s take on the rest of my Chelsea Flower Show 2012 piccies

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 →

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Butter-free banana, apple and walnut bread (no ‘fun’ doesn’t mean no taste…)

Standard · 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 →

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Vegetarian delights: A savoury fried (white) carrot cake from South-east Asia (chai tow kway)

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

South-east Asian street food at its best 🙂 One of my earliest posts for thebigfatnoodle was about how I taught myself to make a local dish from South-east Asia called fried carrot cake. Traditionally, it uses mooli (also called daikon) – a white radish – but I can’t always get hold of this unless I … Continue reading →

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Pub review: The Lamb, Buckland, Oxfordshire

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 →

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Crispy and chewy cranberry oat biscuits in less than 30mins

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

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. … Continue reading →

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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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