Sunday, 22 January 2012
Maple Buttermilk Tarts With Hazlenut Crust
Followed an amercian recipe from www.honeyandjam.com and got a bit mixed up with the butter measurement conversion - it only wanted half a stick of butter not 1 and a half! But it was rescued anyway. I added chopped hazlenuts in with the maple buttermilk as well. Really nice 9 out of 10. I have frozen the rest of the maple butter milk as I had too much after a disaster with some of the far too buttery pastry, I hope this survives the freezer?
22nd Jan 2012
Jamie Oliver's Jamie At Home - Creamy Asparagus Soup With A Poached Egg on Toast
I actually followed the recipe exactly which might be a first for me but I'm glad I did as it was really good - 7.5 out of 10.
Jamie Oliver's Jamie At Home - Roasted White Fish & Leeks
I used normal leeks instead and just quartered them lengthways before boiling them. I served it with mini jacket potatoes with sour cream and chives - yummy. 8 out of 10.
I actually followed the recipe exactly which might be a first for me but I'm glad I did as it was really good - 7.5 out of 10.
Jamie Oliver's Jamie At Home - Roasted White Fish & Leeks
I used normal leeks instead and just quartered them lengthways before boiling them. I served it with mini jacket potatoes with sour cream and chives - yummy. 8 out of 10.
Saturday, 21 January 2012
21st Jan 2012
Jamie Oliver's Jamie At Home - Beautiful Courgette Carbonara
Made a few changes, added dried thyme as had no fresh stuff and used baby courgettes which I really liked (will use these again), used fresh taglietelle and added pine nuts. I have made this one before and it is now a regular for us. 9 out of 10 Jamie! My cooking skills might be improving but my photography skills are not!
Made a few changes, added dried thyme as had no fresh stuff and used baby courgettes which I really liked (will use these again), used fresh taglietelle and added pine nuts. I have made this one before and it is now a regular for us. 9 out of 10 Jamie! My cooking skills might be improving but my photography skills are not!
Friday, 20 January 2012
20th Jan 2012
Jamie Oliver's Jamie At Home - Potato & Chorizo Omelette with a Kinda Parsley Salad
Well I didn't follow it all that closely, we bought sliced chorizo and quartered it and put it into the hot pan with some olive oil and sliced shallotts and a sliced pepper whilst the potatoes were microwaving (14 mins) then chopped and added the potatoes to the pan with a pinch of paprika. We added some dried rosemary to the pan then the beaten eggs some chopped parley and salt and pepper. After a minute transferred it to the grill for 4 mins and served with salad. Lovely! 9 out of 10 Jamie!
Well I didn't follow it all that closely, we bought sliced chorizo and quartered it and put it into the hot pan with some olive oil and sliced shallotts and a sliced pepper whilst the potatoes were microwaving (14 mins) then chopped and added the potatoes to the pan with a pinch of paprika. We added some dried rosemary to the pan then the beaten eggs some chopped parley and salt and pepper. After a minute transferred it to the grill for 4 mins and served with salad. Lovely! 9 out of 10 Jamie!
19th Jan 2012
Jamie Oliver Magazine - Pea & Popeye Pesto Pasta
This was really nice 7 out of 10, perfect lunch box food. It really tasted fresh and of the summer - shame it's January!
This was really nice 7 out of 10, perfect lunch box food. It really tasted fresh and of the summer - shame it's January!
Monday, 16 January 2012
16th Jan 2012
Jamie Oliver's Jamie Does (Sweeden) - Split Pea Soup
Yummy! 8 out of 10 Added wholegrain mustard and lemon juice but apart from that stuck to the recipe. Really really easy as well.
Jon's 40th on wednesday and out for dinner tomorrow so also made chocolate and peanutbutter rice crispie cakes: melted some milk chocolate, dark chocolate, wholenut peanut butter, honey and butter in a bowl in the microwave, poured in some mini marshmallows and rice crispies and mixed, lined a caserole pan with clingfilm and poured it into. smothed it out and squashed it into the corners, sprinkled with reeses sprinkles and put in the fridge for an hour, then cut into squares.
Yummy! 8 out of 10 Added wholegrain mustard and lemon juice but apart from that stuck to the recipe. Really really easy as well.
Jon's 40th on wednesday and out for dinner tomorrow so also made chocolate and peanutbutter rice crispie cakes: melted some milk chocolate, dark chocolate, wholenut peanut butter, honey and butter in a bowl in the microwave, poured in some mini marshmallows and rice crispies and mixed, lined a caserole pan with clingfilm and poured it into. smothed it out and squashed it into the corners, sprinkled with reeses sprinkles and put in the fridge for an hour, then cut into squares.
Sunday, 15 January 2012
15th Jan 2012
I lost 3lbs this week - half a stone in two weeks! To celebrate I ate a bar of Hotel chocolate I had been hiding from myself since Christmas and I did enjoy it but I got a headache, heartburn and felt guilty so don't think I will have anymore chocolate for a while!
Made a lovely soup for lunch from my scrap book - Sweetcorn and chilli soup. I added two dried chillis instead of one fresh one, some more lemon juice and lots of black pepper then thickened it with cornflour paste. Really nice served with grated cheese and the last of the half fat sour cream.
Made a lovely soup for lunch from my scrap book - Sweetcorn and chilli soup. I added two dried chillis instead of one fresh one, some more lemon juice and lots of black pepper then thickened it with cornflour paste. Really nice served with grated cheese and the last of the half fat sour cream.
Honey & Lime Tilapia - recipe from onelovelylife.com served with my spur of the moment rice. I cooked a boil in the pag rice. made a three egg omelet with dried chilli and chopped chived and stir fried some chopped baby corns and sugar snaps with sesame oli, lime juice, honey and soy sauce.
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