Hibernation is in order if this weather doesn’t improve. With no inspiration for tea, I’m cooking jacket potatoes. With lots of butter, salt and pepper and some grated cheese, this is our dinner tonight. Sorry to disappoint. Earlier in the day I made date, walnut and ginger cookies to have for dessert. These are really…
Author: Catherine Pawsey Ling
Living in the Essex countryside, life is all about my family, good food and happy times. I am trained in the food industry but have worked for many years as a textile designer. I have now retrained as a Pilates teacher and try to create healthy meals with the occasional treat thrown in. I create and adapt recipes for my own enjoyment.
Sweet and sour noodles
A speedy supper tonight as everyone is lacking energy. Oodles of noodles. Ruby red pepper. Nutty chestnut mushrooms. Crunchy mange tout. Crisp pak Choy. Pungent garlic. Juicy King prawns. Soy and sweet chilli sauce. A sprinkle of chopped coriander.
Chesnut mushroom and puy lentil pie
My chopping board tonight! This morning was the first of the year where the sun was rising as I walked our greyhound. A lovely crisp, fresh day. As usual my mind turned to food. What could we have for dinner tonight? What sprung to mind was a packet of puy lentils with sundried tomatoes and basil…
Goan seafood curry
A speedy dinner tonight as Pilates beckons me. I have some curry paste in the fridge so I fry that in a little oil, adding courgettes, mushrooms, onions and red pepper. Once soft I tip in a tin of chopped tomatoes and some coconut milk and simmer gently for a few minutes. Juicy prawns and…
Laksa
1st february A windy evening, a roaring fire and the dinner that first springs to my mind is laksa soup. A warming Malaysian dish made with aromatic spices, coconut milk, rice noodles and silken tofu. I find it easily adapts to vegetables and meat or fish that I already have to hand. Tonight I used…
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