My fab step-son Andy and his lovely partner Stella took us out for a meal last night in Bristol. Prior to the evening, I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about it, as we had been isolating due to Denise’s asthma, but it was great to eat out again. The staff at the restaurant wereContinue reading “July 25th – First post-lockdown dinner”
Category Archives: Food
July 17th – Cake….
Mrs L has been doing the baking thing again. I wonder, does a slice of this carrot cake count as one of your 5 a day? It baffles me how food has developed over the years. Who first thought of putting yeast in bread, or vegetables in cake? I also wonder what we’ll be eatingContinue reading “July 17th – Cake….”
June 26th – Harvest time
Our cherry tree is absolutely loaded this year. The cherries are a tad tart, but still tasty. I grabbed a kilo this year and left the rest for our feathered friends. Now to decide what to do with them….. Cherry Gin Liquor, Cherry brandy or maybe a tart….Although, I could do the booze route andContinue reading “June 26th – Harvest time”
June 5th – Weather
Well, as the farmers say, we need the rain. We had a really heavy storm earlier, and I was going to take a photo of that but a cooking incident hampered my efforts. I played in the kitchen again, and conjured up some chicken in Hoisin sauce, with garlic rice and black beans, topped withContinue reading “June 5th – Weather”
May 29th – Dinner party
Just over a week ago two dear friends arrived in their motorhome. Clive and Sarah rented out their house to go on a 12 month trip around Europe in their motorhome. Like many others, this was severely disrupted by Covid-19 and they needed to make a dash back to the UK, but had no homeContinue reading “May 29th – Dinner party”
May 28th – My turn to play….
My turn to play in the kitchen again. Tonight’s meal was chicken breast, wrapped in panchetta, on a bed of spinach and garlic mash. It wasn’t bad, if I do say so myself. The dogs did request some but alas there was none left.
May 23rd – Bee-ing Busy
We’ve all see them, but do we appreciate them. Bees are so important to our agriculture, pollinating our crops. Without bees it is estimated our farmers would spend £1.8 billion to pollinate. Bees also appear in many parts of our culture. From pub signs and town names, from Shakespeare to JK Rowling, from beehive hair-dosContinue reading “May 23rd – Bee-ing Busy”
May 14th – Help required??
You may be able to help. Alfie, our Large Munsterlander has a problem. The symptoms? Well he says that he occasionally has a syndrome which increases the weight of his head. It’s so bad, he needs to rest his chin on something. After much observation, this syndrome seems to be triggered by nice smells comingContinue reading “May 14th – Help required??”
May 13th – Lunch
So I’ve been playing in the kitchen again inspired by Mr Oliver. This is a spinach pancake, with dressed salad, avocado, chilli sauce and a fried egg. Nom, nom is all I can say, really tasty, pretty healthy and good fun.
April 17th – Dinner
It was my turn to muster something up for dinner this evening, yikes, fire brigade on standby…. We’ve been watching Jamie Oliver’s Keep Cooking and Carry on, which is easy watching. We also have a few of his books so along with inspiration from the program and a few reminders from the book. Anyway, IContinue reading “April 17th – Dinner”
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