I thought this pizza was going to be super healthy, mainly due to the fact that I made the base with wholemeal flour. It turns out it’s not that healthy after all, coming in at just under 1,000 calories per pizza. However, it’s a HUGE pizza, and much nicer than supermarket versions (or even Pizza […]
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Celebrating Swedish midsummer with Scan meatballs
A few weeks ago Scan meatballs sent me some Swedish meatballs and recipe ideas. The recipes were for summery, light recipes to celebrate Swedish midsummer, but when I told Andrew about them he demanded that I try to recreate his favourite IKEA meatballs. I bribe him to take me to IKEA by saying that we’ll […]
How to make a 3 course meal in minutes
As I may have mentioned once or twice, I spend quite a lot of time thinking about food – either what I am going to eat next, what I am going to cook for dinner that evening, or what I am going to make next week … essentially it boils down to always thinking about […]
Cookbook challenge – Nigel Slater: beetroot and goats cheese, pork and lemons, rhubarb marscapone tart
I am writing this just after watching the first episode of a new cookery programme by Nigel Slater. As always I am struck by how genuinely nice he seems, and how much I’d like to go around to his house for dinner. In fact, years ago we used to live near to him in Highbury […]
Poached eggs
Poaching is my default way of cooking eggs. I love a solid white and dippy yolk, whereas Andrew likes his yolks set like bullets, so with poaching I can leave his in the poaching water for a bit longer than mine. I’ve seen and heard lots of tips for poaching the perfect egg – here’s […]
Week 21 – Fleetwood Mac, Aliens and The Beach Boys
This week is basically going to be a week of going out, so there’s not going to be much cooking happening. But the going out is going to be very exciting. We’ve got Fleetwood Mac at the O2 (The Chain is one of my all-time favourite songs), then I am going to a food blogging […]
Week 20 – chicken with courgettini
After my two days in Paris I have been struggling to catch up with my sleep, and with my work, so am feeling a little bit stressed. I’ve had the weekend to recover a bit, so am hoping I can crack through with some work this week and get back to feeling under control. Of […]
Cookbook Challenge – Ferran Adria’s The Family Meal: Peas & Ham, Roast Chicken
I was a bit worried that Andrew was being too ambitious when he chose The Family Meal cookbook by Ferran Adria – he of El Bulli fame. The book is called The Family Meal because it focuses on meals cooked for staff at the restaurant as opposed to those cooked for paying guests, which at […]
Three ways with Tabasco in a #Funwithflavour challenge
A few years ago, if anyone had ever suggested to me that I would be using Tabasco in a starter, main course AND pudding I would have reminded them that I am weak around chilli, and when I was younger used to find tomato ketchup too spicy. However, times change, and although I am still […]
Cookbook Challenge – Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food: irresistible pork buns & potted custard
When I originally started my Cookbook Challenge I said it was because I wanted to avoid always picking recipes from my favourite stand-by books, generally by Nigella and Jamie. But when Andrew is picking the book each week and happens to have seen a TV show with Jamie Oliver making ‘irresistible pork buns’, there’s not […]