September means that the Season of mist and mellow fruitfulness is approaching. It also means that Shimelle is running her annual class, Learn Something New Every Day.As with the previous few years, I’m recording what I’ve learned throughout September here. Day 11: Walking the 4 miles to school and back is not a bad way to begin the day. Day … Continue reading Learn Something New Every Day | September 2020 | Days 11-15
Ingredients (serves 3): Olive oil Salt and pepper 3 chicken breasts, cut into 1" pieces 3 tablespoons flour 3/4 cup apricot jam 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 and 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar Chopped chives, for garnish Method: Toss the diced chicken with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the flour all over and … Continue reading Sticky Apricot Chicken
Ingredients: 3 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 350 g new potatoes, big ones halved 4 skin-on chicken legs (I used chicken breasts) 2 large leeks 1 tbsp plain flour 50 ml chicken stock 200 g crème fraîche 2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley Method: Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. Heat 2 tbsp of … Continue reading Crème Fraîche Chicken
Ingredients: As many tomatoes as you like (there is no such thing as too many tomatoes) Two chicken breasts Olive oil Salt and peppper 1/2 onion, sliced into thin half-moons Pasta of your choice (enough for as many people as you are feeding) 1/2 cup chicken or vegetable broth 1/2 cup of apple juice 1/2 … Continue reading Roasted Tomato and Chicken Pasta with Caramelized Onions
Week 25: It was a slow news week. The Boy Child had a Zoom meeting with his teacher and fellow students. Tilly had the right idea. We met up with my lovely SiL for a socially-distanced walk in the woods with the dogs. Week 26: I had an appointment at my GP's surgery. I made … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 25 and 26
Mary Berry came to the rescue recently, when I couldn't face making yet another chicken dish for supper. Her Lasagne Express is different to a traditional lasagne, but it is equally as delicious. Source Ingredients: butter, for greasing 6 large dried lasagne sheets 75g/2¾oz mature Cheddar cheese, grated For the pork and spinach sauce: 1 … Continue reading Lasagne Express
I saw this recipe in a recent issue of Good Housekeeping magazine and I've made it twice. My finished dish looks darker than the image in the magazine, but I think that's because of the cider I used. Pancetta and celery might have been scarce in the Lockdown larder, but The Brainy One was coerced … Continue reading Chicken Normandy
Ingredients:•85 g butter• 75 g soft brown sugar• 1 tsp vanilla essence• 75 g dried cranberries• 50 g plain flour• 75 g porridge oats• 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda• 1/2 tsp salt Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 180 C/gas mark 4. 2. Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in … Continue reading Lockdown Baking | Oat and Cranberry Cookies
Week 17: Week 6 of Lockdown and one of emotional highs and lows. There was the cooking to new recipes. There was the birth of our latest great-nephew; he arrived in dramatic style, in the car, in the car park of the hospital. Mummy delivered her own baby while Daddy was parking the car. All … Continue reading Project Life Revisited | Weeks 17 and 18
The Boy Child made this loaf as part of a home-schooling Food Tech lesson. The recipe is easy to follow and tastes delicious. Ingredients: 260 grams plain flour, 55 grams caster sugar, 4 teaspoons of baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt (we went with a generous pinch), 320 ml milk (we used semi-skimmed), 125 grams … Continue reading Lockdown Baking | Peanut Butter Loaf
