goats cheese, mushrooms and pasta

Not terribly exciting, I know, but there was ⅔ of a goaty cheese left in the fridge. So we chopped an onion, some garlic and a bunch of chestnut mushrooms, and fried them off in the smallest amount of olive oil possible. Mushrooms are horrors – they just slurp up all the oil and don’t…

pasta with stilton and mushrooms

There seems to be Quite a Lot of Stilton in the fridge, so yesterday I made a start on it. I had oatcakes with stilton for lunch, accompanied by rather a lot of silverskin onions, and some of the coriander chicken soup (which is a triumph, though I say so myself). Then last night, I rummaged…

15 minute supper

Pete brought home a small bag of trimmed green beans from Morrisons last Sunday. We wouldn’t normally buy trimmed veg, but these were 50p. And I always feel guilty about the food miles with Kenyan beans, but it’s very efficient (the Food Programme told me so), and Kenyan farmers are entitled to a living. Anyhow,…

red pepper sauce

So – 2/3rds of a huge jar of roasted red peppers. Opened. What to do? Finely chopped an onion and about three cloves of garlic, and fried them off in olive oil, then added a slug of red wine and deglazed the pan. Sliced up the peppers and threw them in till they were warmed…

leeks and pasta

We decided last night that, come what may, we should make an inroad into the remaining Christmas pud, so a  light supper was called for. I made it to the greengrocer yesterday, so we were stocked with veg. So, trimmed a leek and cut it lengthways, then cut into thin slices. Set to cook off…

pasta, pancetta, passata (how alliterative)

And here’s what I did with the half carton of passata! I go Morris dancing on a Tuesday (yes, really – I do), and I prefer to eat at lunchtime on those days. Still not done any shopping, so … Chopped onion and garlic, softened off in olive oil. Added a packet of pancetta cubes…

broad beans with feta and pasta

broad beans, originally uploaded by ramtops. I shelled these last night, because I knew I wanted to cook them for lunch – I have taken up Morris Dancing (yes, really!), and practice is on Tuesdays, so I prefer to have my main meal at lunchtiime then. So: chopped an onion, and put it in some…

cabbage with pancetta and mozzarella

We normally have this without the pancetta, but I’m trying to cut my carbs at the moment so I added some meat. I make this in a frying pan with a lid. Chop and onion and some garlic, and fry it off in olive oil. Add the pancetta (I used cubes – you could use…

pasta with chicken, blue cheese and broccoli

using up: half a head of broccoli, some everlasting chicken We had a mound of cold roast chicken left from Saturday’s roast – we had cold with steamed new potatoes and red cabbage, and chicken sandwiches, and dhal with shredded chicken, have put all the bits and bones in the freezer, and were still left…

mushrooms and tagliatelle

We had some button mushrooms and a little cream waiting to be used up, and this seemed an ideal way to do it on a hot day. Finely chopped two shallots and three cloves of garlic, and cooked them down in olive oil. Added some chopped rosemary and thyme from the herb garden^H^H pots, which…