I am alone at home today. My husband has gone to visit his family, providing me with the rare treat of having the house to myself to veg out in as I see fit. I am using this time to clean up this blog and am creating new tabs so it’s easier for people to … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Cheese, Country life, Dinner, Garden, Herbs, Ingredients, Italian, Lemon, Lunch, Parmesan, Pine nuts, Sage · Tagged with Cook, Olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano, Pasta, Pine nut, Recipe, Sunday
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 →
Category Adventures, Basil, British, Cars, Cherry tomatoes, Cool stuff, Country life, Dinner, English, Features, Garden, Garlic, Italian, onion, oregano, Pasta, Recipes, shallots, Stories, Tomatoes, vegetables, Vegetarian, Vinegar · Tagged with Chelsea Flower Show, English garden, Godalming, Italian, Olive oil, Pasta, Queen, Royal Horticultural Society
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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
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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 →
Category Adventures, biscuits, Breakfast, Butter, Cakes, Cookies, Country life, Cranberries, Dessert, English, Features, Flour, Fruit, Fruits, Garden, Godalming, Honey, Ingredients, oats, Recipes, Stories, Sweet, tea, Vegetarian · Tagged with Baking, Biscuit, Cake, Cook, cranberries, Cranberry biscuits, Flour, Home, Oat biscuits, Oat cookies, oven
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on November 13, 2011 · 6 Comments
Chicken galantine stuffed with sausage, onion and sage On 25 May, I was contacted by a Wiki project contributor for mycitycuisine. org who asked to me to submit this recipe to their Wiki site! Thanks very much for the offer Daniel! Chicken galantine (stuffed with a sausage, onion, sage and garlic stuffing) A few days … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Bread, Butter, Chicken, Country life, Dinner, French, Garden, Herbs, Ingredients, Mushroom, onion, Pork, Potatoes, Recipes, Sage, sausage · Tagged with Bay leaf, Chicken, Cook, Galantine, Garlic, Onion, Poultry, Roasting, Sausage, Stuffing
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on October 28, 2011 · 13 Comments
Chinese rainbow salad (with teriyaki salmon and seared scallops) One of the other food bloggers I follow is on what she calls her rainbow diet, eating healthy food the colour of the rainbow, the brighter the better. She’s made some amazing dishes and after the richness of some of my recent creations, I’m going to … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Beans, Chinese, Country life, Dinner, Edamame, Fish, French, Garden, Ingredients, Japanese, Lunch, onion, Peppers, Recipes, Rice, salad, salmon, scallops, seafood, Singapore, vegetables, Vegetarian · Tagged with Cook, edamame, Fish and Seafood, Green bean, Home, Olive oil, Salad, salmon, scallops, seafood, Tablespoon
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on September 27, 2011 · 7 Comments
It’s pizza time! Home-made pizzas If you read my post on Sunday about my disastrous whoopsie pies, you’ll know that I’m not much of a baker. I can cook up a storm but when it comes to baking, I seriously don’t think I have the touch required. That’s why I’ve mostly avoided doing any baking. Until now… … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, American, Cheese, Country life, Dinner, Garden, Herbs, Ingredients, Italian, onion, oregano, Pasta, Shopping, Stories, Tomatoes, Vegetarian · Tagged with Dough, Jamie Oliver, Kneading, Mozzarella, Olive oil, Pizza, Recipe, Tomato sauce
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on September 10, 2011 · 5 Comments
friday was for fish: crab linguini with crispy sage and prosciutto Bad enough I had to work late but after getting this dish prepared, photographed, eaten and then typed up, I couldn’t get my internet to work properly and now that I’m finally connected, it’s already Saturday! 🙂 It’s been a while since I posted … Continue reading →
Category Cheese, Country life, Crab, Fish, Garden, Herbs, Ingredients, Italian, onion, Pasta, Recipes, Sage, seafood, Shellfish, Stories · Tagged with Cooking, Crab, Crab meat, Linguine, Olive oil, Prosciutto, Sage
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on August 16, 2011 · 14 Comments
Even though I love living in the country, there are some days, like today, when the long commute in and out of London wears me down. That was until I finally got home and was reminded of this … a food parcel from my brother-in-law which he brought over on Sunday. None of my husband’s … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Apples, Cherry tomatoes, Country life, Features, Fruit, Fruits, Garden, runner beans, Stories, vegetables · Tagged with Apple, Bean, Food, Garden, Gardening, Growing, London, Plant, Runner bean, Tomato, Vegetables
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on August 11, 2011 · 2 Comments
Our edible garden I feel horribly, horribly guilty. I have thoroughly neglected our garden this year. Starting this blog has only made it worse as I’ve realised I’ve barely set foot in my backyard in the last three weeks. There’s still a few more weeks of decent weather left (she says hopefully), and everything still … Continue reading →
Category Adventures, Country life, Curry, Fruits, Garden, Herbs, lavender, oregano, Rosemary, Sage, Stories, Thyme · Tagged with Garden, Home, Home and Garden, Marjoram