Hey, not sure you remember me. Lots has happened since I was last in your inbox, including GDPR (did that actually stop any of the spam in your inbox?!) and a scorching hot summer (too hot? I could do with a nice cool breeze, personally). Lots has happened in the It’s Not East Being Greedy house […]
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Week 35 – lunch at Ottolenghi’s (review)
As I explained last week, due to travels to Paris for work I didn’t have much luck in the way of planning. I did indeed have pork chops, salmon and faggots, a tasty crab sandwich, plus a delicious Sunday lunch with local pals Isi and Michael earlier today. I made a speculoos cheesecake for pudding […]
Week 34 – gooey cheesy aubergine / eggplant bake (new recipe)
There’s not much for me to share with you about my week ahead, so I thought I would share with you a recipe for gooey cheesy aubergine (eggplant) bake which I made on Monday as one of our meat-free Monday meals (Andrew is getting wise to this, but he has realised that you can have […]
Cake, bread and more cake
I made my mum’s 60th birthday cake on Sunday using the recipe described in my last blog, and also decorated it on Monday. In fact, the sponge was a slight disaster, because I added a packet of caramel chocolate drops I had been given at last year’s Cake and Bake show, and I forgot to […]