We were in Norfolk last weekend, to celebrate the 7th birthday of our grandson. A very nice time was had by all, and on our way home on Sunday afternoon, we kept an eye out for roadside stalls, looking for asparagus and strawberries. Nothing on the roadside, but we stopped at a huge farm shop…
Tag: cauliflower
cauliflower and potatoes with mushroom rice
I’ve been a bit “meh” about cooking of late; trying to lose weight leaves me uninspired. On Sunday, we had planned nothing foodwise. Pete had gone for a nap after garden-related exertions, and I went for a rummage in the fridge, to find: one very tired field mushroom half a lemon a cauliflower that definitely…
asparagus and cauliflower stir fry
Trying hard to do different things for lunch at the moment, and here’s today’s effort. In the fridge lurked a smallish bunch of asparagus, and about 1/4 of a small cauliflower. Pete finely chopped a shallot, some garlic, a red chilli and some ginger, and cut the cauli into little bits, including the stalk. We…
sweet potato and cauliflower curry
The veg box brought us a pair of sweet potatoes, and we had a cauliflower left over. Not wanting to cook too much in the heat, I peeled the sweet potatoes and cut them into 2cm-ish chunks. They were simmered for about 18 minutes, and I put the cauliflower florets in the steamer basket for…
cauliflower and potato, indian style
using up: cauliflower. This didn’t go quite to plan, but turned out utterly delicious. I don’t suppose we’ll ever be able to recreate it, though. I set a pan of potatoes to parboil, intending to deep fry them later, and put a cut up cauli in the steamer on top. Pete did Indian spices –…
cauliflower cheese
Last night’s supper was cauliflower cheese, accompanied by potatoes roasted in duck fat. Not especially “reactive”, but a lovely meal concocted out of things we had. I’m not going to tell you how to make a cheese sauce, because I don’t weigh or measure anything – I’ve been making it too long for that. But…