Well February is almost over and in two months I've managed to cook 103 recipes.
This keeps me on track so I'm happy with that! Bit mental though!
Wednesday 29 February 2012
29/02/2012 - happy leap year day!
Tonight I really fancied chicken so we had roast chicken with salad and crusty bread, but I made the hot lemon butter to spoon over the chicken. Although Delia recommends for fish or artichokes, it suited chicken really well.
28/02/2012
A veggie meal tonight - Delia's cheese and herb sausages. They were really good, nice and crispy and really flavourful. We had them with baked beans and potato wedges, proper comfort food.
27/02/2012
A couple of days of no photos I'm afraid.
Our first semi-venture into offal... With a steak and kidney pie made with suet pastry. It was really nice!
Cheated a bit by using the steak and kidney pack from tesco - ready cubed and sliced. And half has gone in the freezer to make a steak and kidney suet pudding later on.
Our first semi-venture into offal... With a steak and kidney pie made with suet pastry. It was really nice!
Cheated a bit by using the steak and kidney pack from tesco - ready cubed and sliced. And half has gone in the freezer to make a steak and kidney suet pudding later on.
25/02/2012
Tonight we had our planned dinner from a couple of nights ago (replaced by a Chinese that hubby really fancied!)
Special cottage pie which I bought 'mushroom ketchup' especially for... Hoping I can find more uses for it!
Then for pud... Choux buns filled with a gorgeous chocolate mousse and sprinkled with chopped nuts
Special cottage pie which I bought 'mushroom ketchup' especially for... Hoping I can find more uses for it!
Then for pud... Choux buns filled with a gorgeous chocolate mousse and sprinkled with chopped nuts
Friday 24 February 2012
21/02/2012
Happy pancake day!
We had a pile of pancakes using Delia's perfect recipe I trialled at the start of the year, mainly with sugar and lemon (classic) but also tried one with jam and cream, one with syrup and one with honey.
Verdict... Still prefer lemon and sugar!
We had a pile of pancakes using Delia's perfect recipe I trialled at the start of the year, mainly with sugar and lemon (classic) but also tried one with jam and cream, one with syrup and one with honey.
Verdict... Still prefer lemon and sugar!
Monday 20 February 2012
20/02/2012
Well yesterday I managed to tick off a massive 4 recipes making vol au vents for my gorgeous nieces 1st birthday party.
First I made Delia's rough puff pastry - I've never made pastry like it before! Basically involves distributing massive chunks of fat throughout the pastry - quite tricky to work but with a fantastic result. So I turned the pastry into mini vol au vents, and made the two suggested fillings - cream cheese and herb, and bacon and mushroom.
Tonights tea was sage and apple pork chops served with swede and crispy bacon... Both very yummy!
First I made Delia's rough puff pastry - I've never made pastry like it before! Basically involves distributing massive chunks of fat throughout the pastry - quite tricky to work but with a fantastic result. So I turned the pastry into mini vol au vents, and made the two suggested fillings - cream cheese and herb, and bacon and mushroom.
Tonights tea was sage and apple pork chops served with swede and crispy bacon... Both very yummy!
Saturday 18 February 2012
Friday 17 February 2012
17/02/2012
Tonight I attempted Delia's quick flaky pastry which I am massively impressed with - tastes as good as any shop bought puff pastry. First of all I made a couple of kinda Parmesan straws with the offcuts and I made her flaky fish pie for main.
It was really good so thank you Delia but no photo as it didn't look quite as good as it tasted!!
It was really good so thank you Delia but no photo as it didn't look quite as good as it tasted!!
Thursday 16 February 2012
16/02/2012
Well I've made a pact to start eating more - the baby weight I had lost is starting to creep back on rather rapidly and I think it's from not eating proper meals through the day and snacking on the wrong things. On Sunday I batch cooked a huge vegetable curry and a mixed bean chilli for me to have for my lunches (all based on the slimming world principles at minimal syns), and I must start eating a decent breakfast. So today I had poached egg a la delia and amazingly it cooked perfectly, and I'll be using her technique for poaching in future. Great as the eggs were a good few days old too.
I'm also vowing to eat more fruit rather than naughty snacks - it's only fair as our daughter is starting to eat solids and we'll be wanting her to have healthy snacks.
I'm also vowing to eat more fruit rather than naughty snacks - it's only fair as our daughter is starting to eat solids and we'll be wanting her to have healthy snacks.
14/02/2012
Our valentines supper, with a little help from the M&S meal deal!
Starter was Italian antipasti (which I can tick off as Delia's charcuterie starter idea) although instead of serving with peppers and pickles we had ciabatta with a balsamic and oil dip, and a balsamic and Parmesan dressed salad.
Main was steak au poivre served with dauphinoise potatoes and mixed veg. Very tasty indeed along with a good bottle of Rioja!
Starter was Italian antipasti (which I can tick off as Delia's charcuterie starter idea) although instead of serving with peppers and pickles we had ciabatta with a balsamic and oil dip, and a balsamic and Parmesan dressed salad.
Main was steak au poivre served with dauphinoise potatoes and mixed veg. Very tasty indeed along with a good bottle of Rioja!
12/02/2012
Bit of a lazy tea but didn't stop me making a gorgeous dessert of lemon meringue pie. Yum yum
Wednesday 15 February 2012
13/02/2012
Lovely hearty Monday dinner - thick pea soup made from yellow split peas and bacon, served with quick wholewheat bread which I loved making as it needed no kneading, and I hate kneading!
Sunday 12 February 2012
Saturday 11 February 2012
11/02/2012
Big day today... Our daughters first meal! She's 4 months old and for the last 3/4 weeks has been very wakeful in the nights and needing extra feeds. So we've been giving her a bit of baby rice every day for the past week and today she had some yummy pureed sweet potato. She seemed to enjoy it! We're following Annabel Karmel's plan and it's carrot tomorrow!
Anyway for tea (a very late tea!) we had pizza - with anchovies, mozzarella and olives. Well that's what I had... Hubby had ham and mushrooms on his!
Love the way because of the age of the book, that mozzarella is a new ingredient you might not find in the shops with an alternative offered.
Anyway for tea (a very late tea!) we had pizza - with anchovies, mozzarella and olives. Well that's what I had... Hubby had ham and mushrooms on his!
Love the way because of the age of the book, that mozzarella is a new ingredient you might not find in the shops with an alternative offered.
10/02/2012
Dinner tonight was Italian baked fish served with saffron rice and salad. I really enjoyed but hubby not so much as he's not the biggest tomato sauce fan. Rice went down a treat though!
Pudding was the lemon soufflé omelette - lovely and light and ever so easy... But not very picturesque so no piccie of that one!
Oh and I can also tick off steamed new potatoes cooked last night
Pudding was the lemon soufflé omelette - lovely and light and ever so easy... But not very picturesque so no piccie of that one!
Oh and I can also tick off steamed new potatoes cooked last night
08/02/2012
In Delia's useful leftovers section there is a ham, egg and cheese risotto, a perfect way to use up the leftover boiled gammon joint I cooked on Sunday!
Really tasty, even if it did go against any risotto making principles I know!! Although I did add more cheese than she suggested...
Really tasty, even if it did go against any risotto making principles I know!! Although I did add more cheese than she suggested...
Monday 6 February 2012
Sunday 5 February 2012
05/02/2012
This weekend has flown by far too quickly! But I'm very thankful to my husband for letting me have a lie in both days after our daughter has been having some very wakeful nights. Gave her a first taste of baby rice today as wondering if she may be ready for weaning...
Back to Delia... Made guacamole for lunch with some perfectly ripened avocados I picked up reduced at Tesco last weekend, then tea was Delia's leek cream sauce and potatoes boulangere served with a boiled gammon joint.
Back to Delia... Made guacamole for lunch with some perfectly ripened avocados I picked up reduced at Tesco last weekend, then tea was Delia's leek cream sauce and potatoes boulangere served with a boiled gammon joint.
Saturday 4 February 2012
04/02/2012
A tasty Saturday supper of pork marinated in coriander... Except it ended up I didn't actually have any coriander seeds so I used cumin instead. Was really tasty with the lemon and wine sauce, I added some honey in to sweeten it up too.
Served with chickpea salad made with the rest of my garlic mayonnaise from last weekend. This was gorgeous with really tangy capers.
For pud was my first attempt at choux pastry and profiteroles. Quite pleased as hubby's comment - best profiteroles he's ever tasted. Yay!
Five weeks gone, 67 recipes down and 482 to go
Served with chickpea salad made with the rest of my garlic mayonnaise from last weekend. This was gorgeous with really tangy capers.
For pud was my first attempt at choux pastry and profiteroles. Quite pleased as hubby's comment - best profiteroles he's ever tasted. Yay!
Five weeks gone, 67 recipes down and 482 to go
Friday 3 February 2012
03/02/2012
Well my Feb plan may not quite go according to plan as I am officially skint until payday on the 18th so we will be eating out of the freezer as well as having some of Delia's more frugal dishes!
Tonights dinner was spaghetti with anchovies, mushroom, bacon and olives. Real gutsy flavours but dead tasty!
Tonights dinner was spaghetti with anchovies, mushroom, bacon and olives. Real gutsy flavours but dead tasty!
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