Thursday, 18 March 2010

Kaeng Kua bamboo shoot Thai curry



Very hot! Bit heavy on the bamboo. The recipe calls for a lot of chicken, I used mushroom instead, but perhaps need more or something different next time - tofu or mock meat perhaps?

Sauce is coconut based.
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Monday, 15 March 2010

Eggs en cocotte

Variation of the classic French dish. Under what you can see is some well cooked and well seasoned (and nutmeg) mushrooms and onion. Then you break an egg over it, add some double cream, then top with cheese.

Into a hot oven for 15 mins (in a large roasting pan filled with boiling water so it comes halfway up the smaller containers)

Very rich, but good!


Spring rolls

My famous (ish) Thai spring rolls. Better when just cooked and crispy!

Beansprouts, sweet thai basil, galangal, soy, lime juice, shitake, cabbage, tofu... Deep fried. They taste a lot better than these re-heated ones normally!



Usual Saturday breakfast

Mock bacon, wilted spinach with garlic and butter, fried egg on bagel with cheddar cheese.


Caribbean stew

Great stew. It is spicy with a tomato, coconut and jerk base. Also contains potato, kidney beans and spinach. it is finished with some chopped avocado....


A local pasty

Sometimes you need to lower your standards...


Sushi lunch

I love sushi. Vegetarian sushi is easier and easier to come by these days.


Cereal with yogurt

Standard breakfast fare.



The wife's mock fish cakes

Not bad!

Vegetable samosas

From an North-Western Indian recipe. The filling varies but typically contains mashed potato, onion, peas, spices and cheese. Then deep fried.


Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Stir Fry


Stir fry for lunch, kale with tofu and fried flat noodles.

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Monday, 15 February 2010

Healthy (ish) lunch



Tomato bread, cheese and onion bahjis (alingan), rocket, tomato, brie, Garstang blue cheese, mushroom pâté.

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Monday, 8 February 2010

Quesadilla Lunch


A common classic for us - tortillas filled with refried beans, a spicy salsa (tomato, pepper, chilli, onion, spices) and cheese. Then grilled or cooked in a hot oven until brown. Served with yoghurt or sour cream, chilli sauce and guacamole (if you have it!).

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Thursday, 4 February 2010

Breakfast from Banger Bros


At Victoria Train Station - a veggie sausage on a bun, with some salad, (mild) chilli and alioli.

Not bad, but too much alioli and the sausage is a 'made from vegetables' type, which I find a bit unsatisfying...
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Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Canneloni


Mushroom-stuff canneloni, with a tomato sauce. The stuffing is really just mushroom and onion with some cheese, the sauce just tomato with some herbs - wonderfully simple meal.
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Monday, 1 February 2010

Turnip Rosti


Yes, well, I had a turnip to use up. That's fake bacon around the edge, and some tofu I fried (I had to use that up too).

A real dog's dinner this one, nothing matched up.

Turnip rosti is disappointing...
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Thursday, 28 January 2010

Risotto on Toast


Should be a lunchtime classic :)

Leek risotto, very creamy, very good.
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Left over soup


That is, soup made from left-overs in the fridge.

All the vegetables, boiled up with some stock, then blended.

Not bad, but a bit odd...
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Chocolate cake


Home-made chocolate cake with coffee. Made with ground nuts instead of flour - great stuff!
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Saturday, 16 January 2010

Classic Breakfast


We eat this brekfast a lot :)

Fried egg, fake bacon, patat rissole (potatoes fried with onion), and spinach (wilted with garlic and a knob of butter).
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