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

Meals for many: Lemongrass and curry-flavoured chicken on roasted fennel, onions, shallots and garlic

Standard · Posted by thebigfatnoodle on March 17, 2012 · 13 Comments 

Friend-friendly suppers If there’s one thing I love more than spending my weekends cooking, it’s spending my weekends cooking for friends. I get an obscene, almost indecent, amount of pleasure from it, and nothing pleases me more than having my closest friends around the table laughing, talking, drinking and eating together. Naturally, I use them … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, Baking, Cakes, Chicken, chillies, chocolate, Country life, Courgettes, Curry, Dinner, English, Fennel, Ginger, Indian, Ingredients, Lemongrass, Lunch, onion, paprika, Recipes, Roasting, shallots, Spicy, vegetables · Tagged with , , , , , , , ,

Who needs KFC when you can make a crispy ‘cheep cheep’ chicken at home?

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 5, 2012 · 26 Comments 

Total abstinence is not only impossible, it’s downright silly. I’ve learnt that the more I try and abstain from certain foods, the more I crave them. If I really crave something, I’ve learnt that sometimes it’s good to give in a little, just to get it out of your system so you don’t obsess about … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, American, Butter, Carrots, Cheese, Chicken, chillies, Chinese, Country life, cumin, Dinner, Eggs, Fennel, Flour, Green papaya, Leftovers, Lunch, paprika, salad, Stories, vegetables · Tagged with , , , , , , , , ,

Simple salads: fennel and green papaya

Posted by thebigfatnoodle on November 3, 2011 · 10 Comments 

A taste of licorice  What I’ve really come to enjoy from starting this food blog is seeing how recipes evolve every time someone decides to tweak it to their individual taste. Another blogger I follow has even named her blog Recipe Adaptors.  I do it all the time too, like I’ve done today with this fennel … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, Country life, Dinner, Fennel, Fish, Green papaya, Herbs, Lunch, Parsley, salad, Stories, Thyme, vegetables, Vegetarian · Tagged with , , , , , ,

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