smoked salmon, spinach and goat's cheese omelette

We’re going to be away for a couple of days, so I’m Using Stuff Up. Aldi had some smoked salmon at half price last week, so I bought a pack. About 2/3rds went into a pasta dish, and the rest was still in the fridge. As was about half a bag of baby spinach. I…

leek, spinach and goat cheese flan

Two fat leeks, a bit wrinkled, looked accusingly at me every time I opened the fridge. There was also about 1/4 of a bag spinach left, and some rather elderly eggs. I trimmed and washed the leeks, and sliced them up, then sauted slowly in olive oil and butter; threw in some fresh thyme part…

chicken with blue cheese

I did another stuffed chicken breast on Sunday evening – this time with blue cheese, chopped sage, shallot and some walnut oil. I was going to add pine nuts, but we seemed to have run out, which is very bad planning, I know. It was delicious – accompanied by steamed new potatoes and asparagus. But…

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…

pasta with cauliflower, broccoli and blue cheese

I love “bitsa” cooking – just open the fridge and see what needs eating. And last night, what needed eating was some veg and some cheese. This was ridiculously quick and easy. Divide the broccoli and cauliflower into smallish florets. Put them in a pan with a couple of inches of water and salt, bring…

what to do with Stilton

I bought a big lump of Stilton for the festive table. It’s untouched. www.stiltoncheese.com looks very useful.

good grief …

Ladies and gentlemen I give you The cheese wedding cake.