A 30-minute summery take on pork and beans – grilled lemon and thyme pork chops with a cider bean casserole

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

Cooking by weather Unfortunately, the ever-changing climate we are experiencing in Europe has turned summer topsy-turvy. I know people already associate the UK with rain and bad weather but what we are going through this summer really is bordering on the ridiculous. Parts of the country are flooded again while in the South-east where I … Continue reading →

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Category Adventures, Alcohol, American, Bacon, Barbecue, Beans, Black eyed beans, borlotti beans, British, Butter, Butter beans, Casserole, Cider, Country life, Dinner, Edamame, English, Garlic, Grill, Herbs, Ingredients, Kidney beans, Lemon, Lunch, Olive oil, onion, Parsley, Recipes, shallots, Spinach, Stew, Thyme, vegetables, Winter · Tagged with , , , , , , , , , ,

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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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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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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