Posted by thebigfatnoodle on July 14, 2012 · 22 Comments
Be careful what you wish for… When I was growing up, I always wanted to break a limb, ideally my arm. It had nothing to do with wanting broken bones and everything to do with wearing a cast. Kids in the neighbourhood who did break bones and wear casts lorded it over every other able-bodied … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Breakfast, British, Butter, Cool stuff, Country life, Dessert, Dinner, Eggs, Flour, Godalming, Lunch, Milk, Sugar, Sweet · Tagged with Breakfast, Butter, Cook, Flour, Home, Pancake, Shrove Tuesday
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on June 27, 2012 · 12 Comments
Japanese cheesecake If you’re a fan of cheesecake but have never tried Japanese cheesecake (chiizu keeki) before, all I can say is that you really don’t know what you’re missing. Japanese cheesecake is pure unadulterated pleasure – it’s soft, pillowy, creamy goodness – and what gives it its unique, velvety, gently cheesy creaminess is that it’s … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Baking, Butter, Cakes, Cheese, Country life, Cream, Dessert, Eggs, Flour, Ingredients, Japanese, Lemon, Milk, Recipes, Sugar, Sweet, Vanilla · Tagged with Butter, Cake, Celebration cakes, Cheesecake, Flour, Japanese cheesecake, Recipe, Whipped cream, Whisk, Zest (ingredient)
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 →
Category Adventures, Baking, British, Chicken, chillies, Cool stuff, Country life, cumin, Curry, Dinner, Edamame, Eggs, English, Features, Flour, Garlic, Godalming, Indian, Ingredients, Lemon, London, Lunch, Mangoes, Noodles, onion, Potatoes, Recipes, shallots, Singapore, Sour, Southern Indian, Spicy, Spinach, Stories, vegetables · Tagged with Boiled egg, Curry, Curry noodles, Curry puff, Filo pastry, Godalming, Gordon Ramsay, Indian cuisine, Noodles, Pastie, Pasty, Puff pastry
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 →
Category Adventures, Baking, Breakfast, Cakes, Cool stuff, Country life, Eggs, Features, Flour, French, Godalming, Ingredients, Recipes, Stories, Sweet · Tagged with bakery, Butter, cakes, Centre Court, choquettes, Choux pastry, David Lebovitz, French Open, Gare Du Nord, Nib sugar, Paris
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 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 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 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
Please send me on holiday to Barcelona! A taste of Spain: Croquetas de Jamón / Serrano ham croquettes These little babies were my lifesaver when I was in Barcelona last week… My colleagues and I were so busy that we barely found time to eat so it wasn’t until about 10pm on Day 2 of the … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Bread, Butter, Chives, Cool stuff, Country life, Dinner, Eggs, Flour, Ham, Herbs, Ingredients, paprika, Recipes, Spanish, Stories · Tagged with Barcelona, Cook, Croquette, Home, Jamón serrano, Olive oil, Paprika, Spain