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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 19, 2012 · 26 Comments
Cooking with cherries Many moons ago, I tried the Atkins diet. I did lose weight but as with all fad diets, the weight definitely crept back within a few months. One take-away from that episode in my life was certainly never to try fad diets again, but some of the recipes and techniques I researched … Continue reading →
Filed under Adventures, American, Beef, Carrots, chillies, Fruit, Fruits, Garlic, Herbs, Lamb, paprika, Parsley, Rosemary, Stories, Sweet, Thyme · Tagged with Burgers, Cherries, Cook, Feta, Home, Meat, Mincing, Paprika, Recipe, Teaspoon
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on January 10, 2012 · 16 Comments
A dish I’m really, really proud of I’ve just made it past my first week of healthier eating (apart from Sunday’s foie gras) and, so far, I’ve managed to stick to my healthier exercise plan too. I’ll even admit that I’ve secretly enjoyed the exercise. A little. If I had a choice, I’d probably still … Continue reading →
Filed under Adventures, Cabbage, cavolo nero, Cheese, Cherry tomatoes, chillies, Country life, Dinner, Garlic, Italian, Lunch, Pasta, Recipes, Stories, Tomatoes, vegetables, Vegetarian · Tagged with Cook, Garlic, Home, Kale, Meat, Olive oil, Pasta, Vegetable
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Posted by thebigfatnoodle on November 18, 2011 · 5 Comments
Sweet sherry I don’t get to eat lamb very often. My mom couldn’t stomach the taste or smell of it so when we were growing up, she’d only concede to roasting a leg of lamb (which she herself wouldn’t eat) once every couple of years. Unfortunately, my husband’s also not very keen on lamb. He … Continue reading →
Filed under Alcohol, Carrots, Celery, Chives, Country life, Cream, Dinner, Lamb, onion, Parsley, Rice, Sherry, vegetables, Winter · Tagged with Bay leaf, Black pepper, Cook, Home, Lamb and mutton, Meat, Paprika, sour cream, stroganoff, Teaspoon
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on September 18, 2011 · 12 Comments
Slow cooked rolled roast pork (with a sage, bacon and cranberry stuffing) Whenever I have a big group of friends coming over for dinner, like I did last night, my favourite recipe to turn to is this, a slow cooked rolled roast pork belly, stuffed with my own mixture of cranberries, bacon, sage from our … Continue reading →
Filed under Adventures, Apples, Country life, Dinner, Fruit, Herbs, Ingredients, Lunch, Pork, Recipes, Sage, Stories, Tomatoes · Tagged with Apple sauce, Bacon, Cooking, Crackling, Home-made, Ketchup, Meat, Pork, Pork belly, Pork rind, Roast, Roast pork
Posted by bigmonster77uk on August 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment
On some of my filming trips across the world, I have had the good fortune to shoot at lots of high quality restaurants and hotels. One of the perks, I guess, is to target the kind of cuisine that you like. Allegedly the best beef in the world is Kobe beef, from the Waygu breed. Originating in Japan, it … Continue reading →
Filed under Adventures, Beef, Herbs, Italian, Marjoram, onion, oregano, Rosemary · Tagged with Beef, Cattle, Food, Japan, Kobe beef, Marinara sauce, Meat, Meatballs, Olive oil, Steak, Tomato sauce
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on August 2, 2011 · 3 Comments
My ma’s deviled ginger wings Ma, or Ma Waung (pronounced wong), is what my husband calls my mum so that his mum, my mum and I know who he’s referring to, but my mum’s real name is actually Mary… She was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hong Kong (where she married and had … Continue reading →
Posted by thebigfatnoodle on July 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Hawker-style roast pork There isn’t a day that goes by when I don’t miss having one of Singapore’s hawker centres at my door step. Day or night, whatever the time, there’s a hawker centre or coffee shop open where you can get fed for under £2. When i was little, my mum would go to … Continue reading →