calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
Last one (I think)! And now this is done, definitely time to think about a ‘schedule’ for trying new things :)
- Vanilla apple sponge oh dear, am I in THAT kind of a mood?!
- Oven-baked red pepper risotto
- Better-than-baked beans with spicy wedges
- One-pot chicken pilaf
- Five-a-day tagine
- Yellow pepper rice
- Creamy cheese and tomato macaroni
- Tomato and crispy crumb chicken
- Garlic and shallot spinach
... which definitely goes to show (1) I prefer hearty autumn/winter cooking, and (2) I am sooo in a comfort food frame of mind today!
Features: ‘Make more of eggs’; making your own bread; which oil?; cooking with grapes
In Season: pumpkin and squash, obviously!, brussel sprouts, celeriac, sweetcorn; apples, pears, plums, blackberries.
Sep 02, 2008, 02:58AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
Perfectly in season!
- Mediterranean slices
- Spicy pizza breads
- Chicken tikka tortillas more lunch ideas!
- Roasted pepper soup
- Pesto kebabs with roast veg pasta
Features: storing leftovers; fresh from the freezer; cheap eats; secrets of cooking risotto; grow your own rocket; eat to boost your brain power
In season: early potatoes, artichoke, pumpkin and squash, sweetcorn; apples, plums, pears
Aug 31, 2008, 03:01AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
Almost finished – two to go, I think! And I did actually try to make one of the dishes I picked out a couple of days ago, until discovering it needed 3 hours and 6 peppers…!
- Ginger rice cos interesting sides are a rarity
- Lime and pepper chicken wraps black pepper, not peppers
- Honey mustard chicken pasta racking up lunch ideas!
- Tzatziki occasionally crops up in recipes, but not something I’d want to buy a tub of – with this I could cobble my own version together
- Seared beef with orange and chilli not that I eat much beef, but intriguing ‘sauce’
- Cinnamon chicken pastries like pastry is getting into my diet any time soon!
Features on: pasta; 10 ways to perk up a pizza; secrets of making ice cream; grow your own herbs
In season: raspberries, blueberries, plums, strawberries; artichoke, leek, squash (yay!), new season parsnips and turnips, tomatoes.
Gawd – I can’t believe we’re back into autumn squashes being in season again! It goes so fast! Still, this is my favourite type of cooking, I think – nice, hearty vegetables :)
Aug 31, 2008, 02:23AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
- Chicken with harissa and tomatoes
- Sticky sausage burgers
- Fast-fix fried rice
- 10 quick dips
Hmm. Would have to say summer foods aren’t really my thing.
Also in this edition:
- “Go with the grain” – article on bulghar, quinoa, etc
Aug 29, 2008, 02:59AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
Slightly late (!), but good to finish all these off (yes, I am like that! ;))
- 10 lunchbox fillers – always up for new lunch ideas! Liking: falafel quick-mix, rainbox rice, ham & cheese rolls ups, pea and pesto pasta
- Sausage and spring mash pie
- Chilli chicken one-pot
Also in this edition:
- “Use it up!” – article on using leftovers
- How to roast a whole chicken (why I’d want to do that, I’m not sure, but it’s got to be a life skill!)
- “Eat your way to fabulous skin”
In season: asparagus, new potatoes, spring greens, cherries, strawberries, rhubarb
Aug 29, 2008, 02:20AM PDT | 3 cheers | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
I haven’t renewed my subscription – it’s been nice, but I figure I have more than enough magazines and recipe books stacked up, and the thing to do is start actually cooking! :) And my shelf space is definitely getting limited, anyway…!
- Quick sausage bolognaise
- Rice and peas with mango chicken
- Peperonata
- Cherry vodka (okay, so not a food recipe…!)
- Cherry crumble pies
- Spicy couscous (aka ‘john’s couscous)
- Spiced pork fillet with cashew stuffed pepper
Also in this magazine: article on pulses
In season: blackcurrants, corn on the cob, mange tout, sugar snap peas, peppers, aubergines, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, raspberries, etc.
Aug 28, 2008, 03:35AM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
- Sticky maple pork with apples
- Easy chicken tagine
- Morello cherry and almond crumble
- Leek braised in wine and thyme
This Next (?!) month’s edition comes with all sorts of useful tips, like don’t put knives in the dishwasher (they’ll go blunt) and that Cheshire cat cheese is an alternative to feta.
April’s In Season includes watercress, spring greens, new potatoes, carrots and parsnips, and forced rhubarb.
Mar 09, 2008, 08:02AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
I’m obviously in a cooking mood – just flicked through this for the second time, and marked twice as many recipes! Think the actually cooking is more a post-exam activity, however!
- Braised chicken and beans
- Spiced rice and lentils with
cauliflower broccoli I hate cauliflower! - Curried parsnip and apple soup
- Superb squash soup
- Sticky lemon pork
- Fastest-ever lemon pudding10 minutes fast! And I have lemon curd needing used!
- Orange and white chocolate sponge most interesting choc and creme fraiche frosting
- Biscuity lime pie
Mmm, yeah – thoughts of “I’m chubbifying and must be ‘good’” are the quickest route to craving sweet things!
Mar 07, 2008, 06:49AM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
I’ve decided not to renew my subscription after this year – I do love flicking through, but I think I have enough recipes marked to keep me going for quite some time, if I just go back and try them! ;)
Anyway, first publication of the year (the Feb edition being released at the start of Jan!) is of course full of healthy food – excellent!
- Sticky pork with spring onions
- Red lentil dhal looks suspiciously easy!
- Lemon-spiced chicken with chickpeas
- Spicy beans
- All-in-one roasted veg
- Yellow rice
‘Fast and Healthy’ supplement booklet:
Best in Feb: sprouts, cabbage, celeriac, curly kale, pak choi, parsnips; purple sprouting broccoli, shallots; clementines and pears.
Jan 12, 2008, 09:11AM PST | 0 comments
calypte happy holiday-of-your-choosing, everyone! :)
November- Spiced turkey burgers
- Spicy chicken fried rice
- Squash and chorizo stew
- Chunky cheese pasties
- Tapas-style potatoes mmm, tapas :)
- Squash gnocchi sounds so yummy, but I doubt I’ll ever go to the effort, to be honest
- Sausage, bean and olive casserole
- Celery gratin just… weird enough to intrigue!
- Butter bean and squash crumble
- Duck tagine with clemetines thinking, chicken and a great way to use up an overdose of clementines?
- Zesty orange marzipan didn’t occur to me you could make your own marzipan!
- Chicken tikka with spicy lemon rice
In season: brussel sprouts (yum!), cabbage, squash, celeriac, parsnip, turnip – eee, I love winter veg! And clementines – right when I need encouragement to eat more fruit!
DecemberNada from the main mag (although I’m sure there’s plenty to keep me going above!) – I’m just not feeling Christmassy! However, the sponsored recipe calendar had:
- Apple simnel tart March, but I’ve agreed to make it for my dad sooner :)
- Roast squash with Moroccan spices November
Nov 11, 2007, 06:20AM PST | 2 cheers | 0 comments