The weather has been really good this year. Proper weather, if you know what I mean. In the winter it was cold and snowy (OK so I was moaning about the interminable snow when it stretched on, week after week, but looking back? Well… it was fun at times, wasn’t it?) and now we are into [...]
Continue reading about Meatfree Monday – Monkfish in a cream, vermouth and pea sauce.
As part of the Bear’s training process ( in order to be truly omnivorous, he must learn to eat everything… and that includes shellfish) I am trying out various prawn recipes on him. He used to get a very stubborn look on his face when I suggested shellfish and shake his head fiercely but he [...]
I can always be tempted by salt and pepper dishes from our local Chinese restaurant and when the Bear returned home clutching raw king prawns and a bottle of rose it seemed that this would be the night to make salt and pepper prawns. I didn’t want to do a deep fried dish (lovely though [...]
I was cooking for some friends recently and bought monkfish tails. I didn’t use all the monkfish so I froze a tail fillet knowing that it would come in handy one night as a quick supper for the two of us. That night was Friday night. I had a few tomatoes and the last bit of [...]
I do so love a good breakfast and when breakfast almost turns into lunch that’s even better. That means you are up later so you missed breakfast and you are hungry but it’s too early for lunch. That’s why they call it brunch. Weekends and lazy days. like today (our anniversary) are perfect times for relaxing, celebrating and enjoying cooking [...]
Fish is brain food, or so people say. What could be better than a nice piece of fish, in a crispy crumb, baked to perfection? We got some line caught cod as a treat and I set about making a crunchy covering for it. I started to think about what to do for the crispy crumb… breadcrumbs? [...]
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