Wednesday’s din dins

Tonight’s dinner is homemade salmon fish cakes with rich tomato sauce and roasted vegetables   

Italian tuesday

   Pumpkin and pine nut ravioli on a bed of spinach with a rich tomato and pesto sauce and grated parmesan

Monday munchies

Stir fry night, yeah!  Cooked lamb(yes you guessed it, from the freezer), noodles, pepper, mushrooms, courgette, green beans and spinach. A large splash of soy, a dollop of sweet chilli sauce, a teaspoon of cornflour mixed with some water and stirred into the stir fry at the end. Tasty and healthy      A beautiful sunset…

Super Sunday supper

What a glorious day, full of sunshine and springness.     Our day started off with a long dog walk in the countryside and finished with a sausage and mash din dins (I do like a good old fashioned sausage now and again😜), courtesy of my lovely husband. Sausages and green beans from the never…

Super Saturday date night

Out for dinner at shillingfords(a pop up restaurant above The Quay in Sudbury) Fantastic food with great service. Thoroughly recommend trying it.https://www.facebook.com/Shillingfordswildfoodrestaurant/    French style bouillabaisse with sea bass, topped with croutons, aioli and cheese.    Haslet (coarse English pate) with piccalilli and sour dough    Saffron milkcap kedgeree topped with a quails egg   …

Friday night freezer frenzy

So… I am trying to empty my freezer ready for the garage being taken down. I found homemade pizza bases lurking in the bottom and some Italian ham and bacon. I had Brie in the fridge so I made a type of pizza with all of the above and some mushrooms. Very fast and tasty…

Chilli tuesday

The chilly weather is starting to drag me down so what better way to heat me up than a big plate of chilli with basmati rice and homemade guacamole. Spice away your winters day too xxx   

Return of the chocolate brownie

Due to popular demand, below is my chocolate brownie recipe. I adapt it a little as I don’t like lumps of nuts adulterating my chocolate feast so instead of walnuts I add the same quantity of ground almonds which help the brownie stay really fudgey in texture. Don’t be afraid of the coffee, it adds…

Mother’s Day lunch

The lamarsh lion was our pub of choice. Delicious home cooked dinners. I chose lamb shank slow roasted with gravy and parsley mash, delicious. Dessert was the gorgeous homemade lemon curd cheesecake Thank you for my lovely lunch my fab husband xxx   

Scrumptious saturday

I been baking! It’s the weekend and brownies were calling me so I got mixing. Chocolate and coffee almond brownies. Spot the piece missing (testing purposes only)     Happy Mother’s Day to me πŸ˜‹    Happy weekend everyone xxx