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.

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

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...

06/02/2012

Next couple of days lunches... Courgette and cheese quiche

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.

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

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!