Lamb and avocado wraps
Certainly healthier than a kebab 🙂 With my husband away, I have free rein to eat all the things that he normally doesn’t like or tend to eat. I’d bought myself a lamb steak but with it being so warm and sunny last weekend, I really didn’t fancy a piping hot meal. I wanted finger … Continue reading
Pan-seared salmon in a ginger and garlic infused oil
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
Savoury Jellies: Crab salad served in a pea shoot and tomato jelly
Jelly making with a savoury twist Some of you may remember that last year, my husband and I visited London’s famous ‘Gherkin’ building to have dinner at Searcy’s restaurant on the top floor. The most memorial part of that night out, apart from the architecture, turned out to be the amuse bouche that we were … Continue reading
Flour-less chocolate cake
Sadly carb free doesn’t mean fat-free When we invited our friends over for Sunday lunch last weekend and I decided to make a flour-less chocolate cake, I thought I’d be doing a ‘good’ thing ie producing a carb-free cake as my friends were all trying to cut down on the amount of carbs they ate. … Continue reading
Meals for many: Lemongrass and curry-flavoured chicken on roasted fennel, onions, shallots and garlic
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
Butter-free banana, apple and walnut bread (no ‘fun’ doesn’t mean no taste…)
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
A Spanish-influenced Three Pork Casserole with Chorizo and Puy Lentils
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
A taste of Spain: Croquetas de Jamón / Serrano ham croquettes (reposting as I’m entering this to the easyJet competition)
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
Lazy weekend brunch for one: baked eggs with ham, cheese and tomato
Hi everyone The good news is that I’m back from my work trip, yay! How’s everyone been? Good I hope…! I’ve got lots of catch-up reading and posting to do, and despite the dire conference food I’ve inevitably been subjected to, I did have some good tapas while I was in Barcelona, and I’m planning … Continue reading
Vegetarian delights: A savoury fried (white) carrot cake from South-east Asia (chai tow kway)
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
