november 2011

peppers, chilli fried pototoes, broad beans, rocket

pears, cream, PW, biscuits

black pudding, split peas, chutney, rocket

grilled leeks, pesto, walnuts, wild rice and normal rice

Ate out

Ask, with Jane, Andy, Hope, Charlie

Celery braised then gratinated with stilton, walnuts; rosti potatoes

Sticky toffee pudding

Lunch: spag with cauli florets and breadcrumbs, fennel sausage, cauli puree

Dinner: chicory in cream and balsamic

Chicken thighs braised in tamarind and ginger then roasted; roast parsnips, mashed potato

Lunch: cauli and peas with oyster sauce, rice

Dinner: sweet potato fried with pepper, coconut sauce, coriander; pak choi

WR rum and raisin ice cream ginger biscuits more rum

Avocado, prawns, chilli and tomato, coriander

grilled aubergine, chilli pesto, rocket, ciabatta, peppers

Ate out

separately, Tracey on a jolly and Colin at Bras. Blanc

tagine of potato, peppers, courgette; couscous with olive, pine kernels, lemon

apple and blackberry filo parcels

sardines, capers, potato

chickpeas, fennel sausage; savoy with juniper; red fir potatoes

Ate out

Tracey at the Invariants dinner; Colin at Spice lodge

Lunch: Tracey ate out in Oxford, Colin no doubt had spag

Dinner: Mussel chowder

Jerusalems and hazlenuts; spinach; chickpea and potato fritters

Lunch: dhal, spinach, rice

Dinner: gratin of potato, jerusalems, chestnuts; green beans

Pears with pinoli, sultanas, cream, PW, biscuits

WR sweet potato felafel

fillet steak with olive crust, green beans, potatoes

filo parcels of spinach, feta, potatoes; fried potatoes

WR rum and raisin ice cream, caramelised walnuts, candied ginger

WR felafel, salsa of peppadew and other things from the fridge

Fennel sausage, chestnuts, cabbage, pearl barley (like a grainy stew)

Aubergine fritters, potato in saffron and almonds with barberries; salad

pears, chestnuts, cream, ginger, chocolate

salad, fennel sausage

Osso buco, potatoes, grilled leeks

Lunch: spag, leeks, cream

Ate out

Montpellier Chapter, with Michael

Lunch: Ate out

Gumstool, with Chas and Connie

Dinner: WR crab and langoustine ravioli

red peppers, chevre, spinach, hazlenuts; rocket; ciabatta

Lamb shank, shitake mushrooms, peas, rice

WR cherry tart

potato and olive pancakes, chilli pesto

a gamble that worked. I had some cooked potato leftover and I cooked another 2-3oz one (maybe 4-5 total?), mashed with 2 tbs flour and half an egg (truly this is a leftover special) and some milk to make a thick batter. Pureed 8 olives. Heat oil, fry th ebatter in 4 globs and squash the olive paste into the top. Then turn over when the bottom os fried enough. Ok this doesn't get you the olive paste in the middle (in 3 dims) but it sticks together and doesn't make a mess. And it's really good, the cakes are very light.

Roast onion squash, peanut and chipotle sauce, wild rice, chard and chickpeas.

This looks and tastes fab.

(I think) Tamarind chicken, rice, cabbage?

Figs in balsamic, yoghurt

Ate out

Daffodil, with Diana and Martin

Tracey went to Belgium and Colin isn't saying what he cooked

WR/HB lobster bisque

Fillet steak, olive crust, beans, fried potatoes