Sometimes it seems a bit of a waste of time to plan an Easter menu around all that chocolate and hot cross buns, and as much as I like to gorge myself on chocolate eggs (this year’s Cocoa Loco mega-egg next to Alfie for scale), now’s the time where my pregnant tummy needs as wide […]
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A meat free barbecue with Quorn
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to a barbecue by Quorn. As it’s still early days for ‘It’s not easy being greedy’ in terms of making friends with brands and PRs, I’ll pretty much go to the opening of an envelope if it’s food related, so I accepted the invitation despite the fact that […]
Meal planning Monday – 12 May 2014
I have a kitchen again! I HAVE A KITCHEN AGAIN! Okay, there are a few bits of snagging still to do, and half of my kitchen ‘things’ are still in the living room, but we’re getting closer to the end of that tunnel. It’s been coming up to three weeks of refurbishment and I was […]
Meal planning Monday – 28 April 2014
Hooray, I have actually got a plan for food this week! My kitchen is still a state of disaster, but as the builders took a break from their kitchen destruction on Sunday I took the opportunity to clear a space around the oven and make a few bits and pieces for dinners this week. I […]
The easiest dinner – traybake
My kitchen is still a dusty disaster zone, so I don’t have any new recipes to share with you. However, one of my favourite dishes, which happens to be one of the simplest, is a traybake. It scarcely counts as a recipe as you just have to chop up a few things, dump them in a […]
Meal planning Monday – 17 March 2014
Last week was, quite frankly, a horror. I started with a long three days in Paris: as always it was a pleasure to spend time with colleagues and friends out there, but it was also exhausting, and I picked up a bug before I left. Being so tired when I returned to London, of course […]
Marvellous Mauritius – Indian, Creole and French treats
We have just spent the most idyllic week in Mauritius – a true tropical paradise in the Indian ocean, full of the friendliest people I have met, and some of the most delicious food I have eaten. Whilst I was sad to return to freezing London, it has been nice to be the only tanned […]
Thank you Jamie (and Nigella, as always!)
I bought Jamie Oliver’s 15 minute meals at the end of last year, and whilst I would not recommend it as a quick way to cook (it’s not unless you have every gadget in the kitchen and someone to do your washing up for you) the recipes are easily adaptable and very tasty. I thought […]
Vive La France
It has been a busy couple of weeks, including a 3 day business trip to Paris. Whilst I love spending time there, I do not enjoy the early morning wake up call … especially when the heating had not come on and I still had to get undressed for a shower in minus degrees. I […]
Always thinking of my next meal
Having barely finished dinner, I am already thinking about tomorrow’s grub. I suppose at least I waited until I had finished eating – that isn’t always the case! So, Ocado had beef brisket on special offer today which I had delivered. It’s not a massive piece (I thought it was supposed to be dirt cheap […]