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English Mum |
May 9th, 2012
Red lentil and tomato stew (enhanced with some big fat sausages)
We LOVE lentils. The texture is almost creamy, satisfying in that way that only a big dollop of mashed potatoes is usually satisfying, plus of course they have the added bonus of being VERY good for you and low fat too. This recipe is one of our favourites – I often make double and blend the leftovers with stock the next day to make soup. It’s best, though, served with some big, fat, meaty...
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English Mum |
Mar 27th, 2012
Testing… testing… substituting yogurt in recipes for Yeo Valley: yogurt scones and ice cream!
l love cream. But with double cream containing 48% fat, it’s not exactly your healthy option. Fine for the occasional treat, but not for every day. So how can we still make all the lovely creamy recipes and sauces that we love whilst reducing some of the calories and producing a lighter, fresher end result?
Well, last time I was there, the Yeo Valley chaps set me a bit of a challenge: have a go...
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English Mum |
Nov 25th, 2011
Fish on Friday! Gorgeous kedgeree
So as you know I’m involved with the Fish is the Dish project, a fabulous endeavour from Seafish.org encouraging families to eat more fish. Basically I get challenged every couple of weeks to cook with a different fish ( love it when my delivery man appears at the door clutching my parcel – it’s like a fish version of Christmas). This week it was beautiful fillets of undyed smoked haddock...
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English Mum |
Sep 12th, 2011
Slow cooked leek and tomato pasta sauce: versatile and sneakily healthy
I’ve been writing on Ready for Ten recently (I would link to it but it’s not published yet – patience, grasshopper) about the age old dilemma of getting the kids to eat enough fruit and veg. I make this sauce a lot (I use it as soup as well) and although it’s got plenty of green veg in, it still looks like plain ol’ tomato which puts paid to ‘ewww – what’s that?’...
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English Mum |
Jun 28th, 2011
Hugs, dinner, Waitrose, oh and prawn and courgette pasta with fresh peas
So we’re home, then.
The last few days have been a bit of a whirl, what with the drunken madness that was the Cybermummy Conference this weekend, but we’ve got everything into the storage locker (the last few things were just hurled in, to be honest) and my long-suffering mum is looking after us until we move in to our new pad. The Ninja Cat of Death was very good on the way over – apart...
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English Mum |
Jun 8th, 2011
An Arabian evening: lemon and mint cocktails, hummus and Arabic Chicken Machboos
Lemon and mint cocktail
On our amazing trip to Dubai, we were served a refreshing drink made of lemon and mint. I got quite addicted and since coming home have found myself drinking it a lot, with the addition of a slightly less traditional little ‘freshener’ of gin. Oh it makes all the difference. Those little minxes at British Mummy Bloggers challenged me to vlog a summer recipe, so I cheated...
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English Mum |
Sep 5th, 2010
Easy paprika chicken with garlic roasted vegetable couscous
Easy peasy one, this. Tomato sauce forms the basis of a large number of our meals as it’s one thing that everyone really likes. I tend to buy the large jars of passata (sieved tomatoes) as de brevren are not over fond of lumps (insert your own joke here). You can use this sauce for masses of other things, or keep the chicken, ditch the paprika, and just serve with rice or potatoes. Oh and if...
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English Mum |
Oct 30th, 2009
Recipe test: Arancini (crispy risotto balls) from Jamie Magazine
So I’m pretty sure I’ve made these before, but seeing as they’re made with leftovers and we’re such utter pigs that there’s rarely any leftovers in our house, it was always going to take a while. Yesterday, though, I made a chicken, pea and spring onion risotto and made sure I made some extra so I could give this one a go.
First thoughts: it’s damned messy. I mean, I’m...
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English Mum |
Jun 18th, 2009
A Curiously clever combination: butternut squash risotto and NZ wines
I love butternut squash. I love its sweetness, its softness, and its beautiful orangey colour. I love risotto too, and the combination of both of them is one of my favourite meals. I happened to mention to the lovely Matt, fellow blogger and ’Wine Evangelist’ (I love that title) at Curious Wines that I was going to knock up a butternut squash risotto and he very kindly offered to send me...
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English Mum |
Mar 23rd, 2009
Chicken and asparagus risotto
Ah, Mother’s Day. A day for eating cremated bacon sandwiches whilst smiling broadly and going ‘mmm, delicious!’, drinking the half-cup of dodgy tea that was delivered to your bedside whilst secretly worrying how long it’s going to take you to remove the other half that’s been slopped up the stairs, and being the recipient of approximately fifteen hardly squeezes and twenty five...
