Friday, 6 January 2012
6th Jan 2012
Bill's Basics Berlotti Bean & Cavalo Nero Soup - made acording to the recipie for one! 7 out of 10 - love the cavalo nero, will definately use this again!
Thursday, 5 January 2012
5th Jan 2012
Disaster! Went to make the bean soup and read that I have to soak the beans overnight!
So decided to make the baked potatoe soup but this was onna take a while and I was starving so I made a starter. I made Jamie's Guacamole:
To make the guacamole I use 2 or 3 ripe avocados, 2 or 3 ripe deseeded tomatoes and a couple of deseeded red chillies, and I throw all this into a food processor with a handful of peeled and chopped spring onions and a good handful of fresh coriander. Once this has been chopped up nice and fine, I add a couple more chopped tomatoes, a good pinch of salt and half of another avocado, chopped, to give it a nice chunky texture. Transfer everything into a bowl and season carefully with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and a good squeeze of lemon or lime juice.
I used cherry tomatoes and left the seeds in and I think this was fine. I cut 2 seeded wraps into 8 and then spread them on the grill pan, drisseled with olive oil and baked for 10 mins. It was a very yummy starter!
Baked potato soup from the Jamie Oliver Magazine - amazing! We didn't bother waiting for the potatoes to cool and I don't think it mattered and we also didn't blend it as we don't have a stick blender we just used a masher. We didn't have bacon so we fried some black forest ham and very thinly sliced some spring onions instead of chives. I didn't like theses cheese with it but the sour cream was great - we used half fat. 8 out of 10. Might become aregular this one, will definately make soups with parmesan rind in again.
So decided to make the baked potatoe soup but this was onna take a while and I was starving so I made a starter. I made Jamie's Guacamole:
To make the guacamole I use 2 or 3 ripe avocados, 2 or 3 ripe deseeded tomatoes and a couple of deseeded red chillies, and I throw all this into a food processor with a handful of peeled and chopped spring onions and a good handful of fresh coriander. Once this has been chopped up nice and fine, I add a couple more chopped tomatoes, a good pinch of salt and half of another avocado, chopped, to give it a nice chunky texture. Transfer everything into a bowl and season carefully with sea salt, freshly ground black pepper and a good squeeze of lemon or lime juice.
I used cherry tomatoes and left the seeds in and I think this was fine. I cut 2 seeded wraps into 8 and then spread them on the grill pan, drisseled with olive oil and baked for 10 mins. It was a very yummy starter!
Baked potato soup from the Jamie Oliver Magazine - amazing! We didn't bother waiting for the potatoes to cool and I don't think it mattered and we also didn't blend it as we don't have a stick blender we just used a masher. We didn't have bacon so we fried some black forest ham and very thinly sliced some spring onions instead of chives. I didn't like theses cheese with it but the sour cream was great - we used half fat. 8 out of 10. Might become aregular this one, will definately make soups with parmesan rind in again.
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
4th Jan 2012
This plan is off to a rocky start! Had to work late so got Mike to cook the recipe - Coq Au Vin from Bill's Basics which was really tasty 7 out of 10, he used 1kg chicken breasts with skin on because I don't like eating meat on the bone (yes I am a wimp) and used dried thyme as we had none fresh but I don't think that would have made much difference. I really love cooking but it is very nice to be cooked for!
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
3rd Jan 2012
Tilapia fillets (skin on) marinated in lime juice for 20 mins then put in seasoned flour with thyme leave (recipe from the internet) then shallow fried for 2 mins each side served with corn on the cob and boiled rice mixed with salt, pepper, butter and boiled chopped green beans and spring onions. I feel healthier already.
Food shop is arriving tonight so will cook one of the recipes tomorrow night.
Monday, 2 January 2012
2nd Jan 2012
Failed at the diet again - rubbish!
Nearly ordered pizza but have decided that home cooked food is much better (with a little persuasion from Mike) and decided to invent something out of what we had in which turned out very well. Sometimes when you think you have nothing in, a tasty pasta dish is hiding in the cupboard!
We chopped up some bacon and put it in the pan with a bit of olive oil for a few minutes then added chopped celery, and paprika for a few more minutes. The the end of a bottle of white wine, some thyme that was nearly dead, and some dried oregano. Next we added some leftover chopped peppers and mushrooms and the end of a jar of Jamie's chilli and garlic pesto. Once the veg had softened I added a couple of jars full of water then the end of a tub of Philadelphia and let this melt in. Next the end of some grated Cheddar and finally a couple of ladles full of the pasta water followed by the pasta with some black pepper and gave it all a good stir - done (yes Mike I'm glad we didn't get pizza in the end but do hate it when you are right).
Nearly ordered pizza but have decided that home cooked food is much better (with a little persuasion from Mike) and decided to invent something out of what we had in which turned out very well. Sometimes when you think you have nothing in, a tasty pasta dish is hiding in the cupboard!
We chopped up some bacon and put it in the pan with a bit of olive oil for a few minutes then added chopped celery, and paprika for a few more minutes. The the end of a bottle of white wine, some thyme that was nearly dead, and some dried oregano. Next we added some leftover chopped peppers and mushrooms and the end of a jar of Jamie's chilli and garlic pesto. Once the veg had softened I added a couple of jars full of water then the end of a tub of Philadelphia and let this melt in. Next the end of some grated Cheddar and finally a couple of ladles full of the pasta water followed by the pasta with some black pepper and gave it all a good stir - done (yes Mike I'm glad we didn't get pizza in the end but do hate it when you are right).
Sunday, 1 January 2012
1st Jan 2012
Well I'm quite dissapointed in myself today, I have not cooked anything and have eaten pretty badly, maybe I was more hungover than I thought?
I had fruit juice, coffee and a bacon, egg and chilli ketchup English muffin for breakfast and another coffee and half a pizza for lunch. should I try to redeem myself at dinner or sod it and try harder tomorrow?
I am a failure on day 1.
Just had Chinese takeaway and Toblerone - tomorrow will be different!
One good thing I have done is tear out all the recipes I want to keep from all the food magazines I had (now in recycling bin) and am ready to organise into a scrap book. How to sort them though, just in a random order or by meat, fish etc or snacks, dinners, desserts?
I had fruit juice, coffee and a bacon, egg and chilli ketchup English muffin for breakfast and another coffee and half a pizza for lunch. should I try to redeem myself at dinner or sod it and try harder tomorrow?
I am a failure on day 1.
Just had Chinese takeaway and Toblerone - tomorrow will be different!
One good thing I have done is tear out all the recipes I want to keep from all the food magazines I had (now in recycling bin) and am ready to organise into a scrap book. How to sort them though, just in a random order or by meat, fish etc or snacks, dinners, desserts?
D-Day is here!
It's 2012 and I am more than ready to start eating healthily. Last night I had a glass of champagne (well maybe a tiny bit more than that), curry and all that goes with it, christmas chocolate and cheese and crakers, I ate so much I couln't sleep. But surprisingly I don't feel tired or hungover so a very good start to the year!
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