Neely

Visited our favourite fresh fish shop, this was Monkfish, I hadn’t had it prior and found it to be a good white meaty fish…cooked it with a sweet and sour sauce with the coral off some fresh scallops we had for lunch ( see lunch thread ). Australian asparagus is in the shops and I’m pleased about that.

Dinner last night was rack of lamb quite rare which we enjoyed with salad and roasted sweet potato.

Pancakes with frozen raspberries, dollops of labneh (strained Greek yoghurt) which I often have made in the fridge. No sugar in anything but we’re not fanatical about no sugar just avoid it if possible.

Typical early Sunday dinner, pork fillet, roastie potatoes, gravy plus other vegetables and Dijon mustard. That’s cranberry juice mixed with mineral water.

Thai green curry with prawns and cauliflower. Somehow I always let the coconut milk get too hot and the mixture splits. Still tastes OK though. Also edited to add the apple and almond tart I made. Had it with a spoonful of whipped cream.

Crispy mushroom omelette and toast.

It was warm enough today to have salad as a main… 1st of the season. I poached sliced chicken breasts and there are new baby potatoes… chats

Braised soy pork with crackling over rice. Good to be cooking again.

Back from holiday to my husbands spaghetti bolognaise with a tasty shaved Parmesan. It was a good tasting bolognaise, and I asked him how he made it. He said extra brown onions and no herbs. He couldn’t find the oregano.

I’m home after being away and still in holiday mode. Strawberry yoghurt with fresh berries for breakfast.

I’m away from home atm . I’m at a somewhat tropical place on the East Coast of Australia, where one of my sons and his wife are sailing in a regatta week and I’ve been taken along as the Nanny for my youngest grand child. ( 6 months old ). It is enjoyable but hard work. Dinner out at an Italian restaurant saw me having Oysters Veal scallopini with a red wine sauce, mash and brocollini For dessert I had tiramisu It was all delicious and I am quite full up as I don’t usually have 3 courses. I though you might like to see the area so below is a view of where we are staying. There are lots of islands off shore, you can just make out a couple on the horizon

Dinner was a pork fillet and zucchini, mustard and gravy with roasted cauliflower sprinkled with harissa. I made a free form apple and raspberry tart for a seldom eaten dessert.

I guess you would call these quesadillas as they are fried wheat tortillas with cheese and green onions inside. I am not a Mexican food cook hardly at all and am not terribly fond of eating it, that said, these were very tasty

Lamb (again ) spring lamb is a good price atm, pumpkin with gravy and a dollop of lingonberry jam… from IKEA

@Shelby It has never come into my mind to use crushed packet pork rinds in place of breadcrumbs… what a good idea. Now it’s in my mind I can’t wait to try them for various things… my scotch eggs for example. Dinner for us was a scotch fillet steak with carrots, green beans, potatoes and boiled unpeeled fresh fava beans. ( broad beans ) Of course I do like the 2nd peeled fava beans, but this way was how I grew up eating them and I quite like the beans like this even if they do have a strangely grey tinge to them. Edited deleted twice photo

Saturday morning here and breakfast of mushrooms and small pieces of speck… toast of course.

Dinners we had were below baked chicken breast over orzo Below lamb chops, chips and peas Below… I made a tart tartin with caramelised brown sugar. I used a bought all butter puff pastry.

Lunch was Lentil soup and toast at a cafe on a beach.

Pork stir fry with vegetables. I made the decision to simmer cut up pork a day ago. Then tonight stir fried the pork and veg, and finally added the liquid the pork had been cooked in. Sauce/liquid was hoisin, soy, rice wine, 5 star spice, garlic, sugar and water, thickened with the ubiquitous corn flour.

Scotch eggs with a celeriac puree. The puree was smoother than it looked … all I added was butter, milk, pepper and salt

Breakfast of ham, tomato and cheese on toast

@liuzhou Yes it is pearl barley and the soup is very like Scotch broth. Barley is quite a satisfying texture to me.

Sausage, mash and gravy… good old English fare. Have I mentioned my husband is English!!

This is not an Asian style soup… it is Lamb and Barley Broth with carrots and fresh corn . My husband served it in these bowls making it confusing. The lamb was from Sunday’s roast which was quite pink near the bone so added good flavour to the barley.

Roast lamb early dinner. Meat and 6 vegetables plus herbs in the stuffing… we love our vegetables. Mint sauce and of course … gravy