Jack Daniel’s is no longer found only in the alcohol aisle, now they’ve started making barbecue sauces and glazes. Eager to try them out and to make the most of the remains of summer, I used three of them on some barbecued food. Although I used them as a marinade,Continue Reading
I should have learnt my lesson last week when making burgers that they’re a bit of a faff. These took almost two hours to make (although the recipe says one hour – I’m a slow cook) and I really did think I’d spent two hours making something that was goingContinue Reading
I seem to be going through a pasta and pizza phase at the moment. We had spaghetti on Friday, chilled supermarket pizza on Saturday, Papa John’s delivery pizza on Sunday, pasta bake on Monday and lasagne tonight. Tonight’s lasagne was from the Quorn Kitchen cookbook. It contains pesto and TheContinue Reading
Oh blimey, it’s courgette season again. This means weeks of courgette soup and stuffed courgettes. Just as well I like courgettes then, eh? I found this recipe in Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian and what I liked most about it is that I already had all of the ingredients (orContinue Reading
Free & Easy Roasted Red Pepper and Birds Eye Chilli Sauce is a blend of roasted red peppers, birds eye chillies and spices in a tomato based sauce. Sounds good, yes? Well, here are the good bits: Suitable for vegetarians and vegans Low fat Free from wheat, gluten, dairy, soya,Continue Reading
While I was out running yesterday, I had the urge to make moussaka. I don’t know why, as I usually find it a bit of a faff and I’m not especially fond of faff. I said to The Meat Eater that I was going to make moussaka and he askedContinue Reading
As I was going to be out all day on Wednesday, I’d left instructions with The Meat Eater to rescue the Riverford veg box from the hiding place our nice veg delivery lady leaves our box in if I’m out, and when I got back in late that night, heContinue Reading
This was so quick and easy. You can use whatever you need to use up in the fridge. 1 packet of ready-rolled puff pastry 2 tablespoons sundried tomato puree 2 portabella mushrooms 1 leek 1 pack of mozzarella 1 tomato salt and pepper olive oil Spread the sundried tomato pureeContinue Reading
I had planned to make Lazy cheesy vegetable hotpot from the BBC Good Food website but I didn’t have any leeks and I didn’t want to cook it in the microwave, so I kind of did my own thing and I’m glad I did, as the result was The MeatContinue Reading
Mmm, my first post-detox dinner. I had some spinach, broccoli and chili to use up, so I went to the supermarket and bought some marinated tofu, mushrooms, spring onions, beansprouts and hoisin sauce (oops, processed food, naughty) and managed NOT to buy any wine and went home and heated aContinue Reading