Yellow Basmati Rice
Fry half a tsp cumin seed and a tsp black mustard seed in oil and when the mustard seeds stop popping throw in a chopped onion and stir. Cook gently until soft then add a large mug of rice and stir again. Add half a tsp turmeric, a cinamon stick and a few cadamon pods […]
Quick and easy Chicken Korma
Start the night before In a food processor or with a stick blender puree together: 1 tsp ground ginger 3 cloves garlic 150g thick natural yoghurt half a fresh chilli, including seeds 2 onions 1 tbsp ground corriander 1 tsp turmeric 175g creamed coconut grated quarter tsp salt 2 – 3 tbsp ground almonds juice […]
Sausage Casserole
Ingredients 8 or 9 good quality sausages tinned tomatoes glass of red wine cooking oil large onion 1 green pepper 2 cloves garlic good slug Worcestershire sauce 2 tsp granulated sweetener tabasco sauce to taste Salt and pepper Method Heat the oven to gas 5 etc In an oven proof saucepen brown the sausages a […]
Mavis’s Shepherds Pie
I make this for everyone but as it has no horrid onions or mushrooms, Mavis will eat it without making a fuss. Of course it has to have other ingredients to add flavour or it would be really boring. Ingredients 1k beef mince 4 slices streaky bacon, diced half a cup of red wine a […]
Cheese Nibbles
Ingredients 4oz plain flour 4 oz cold butter 4 oz grated mature cheddar (or any cheese really) Quarter tsp. cayenne pepper 1 egg yolk Method Pre-heat the oven to gas 7, 425 F 220 C. Throw all the ingredientsapart from the egg yolk into a food processor bowl with the metal bald and process on […]
Recipes for Horace
Four years ago, or maybe more, I promised HoraceI would write down all my recipes for her so she wouldn’t starve at university. Despite the fact that she didn’t even know how to bake a potato, and that I completely failed to fulfil my promise, Horace is still as large as life and cooking with […]
Milo and Nellie – progress report
I’ve just read back through the previous post about the dogs and I think things are slightly better. Milo no longer slinks about, he has re-established his place in the family -in fact he is rather bossy with Nellie, particularly if we are in the picture. I think it’s right to say that Milo is […]
A new dog
I think I’ve mentioned that Whizz and I were considering the acquisition of a second mut. On Saturday morning, the first day of the half term break, which is usually allotted as lie-in morning, we found ourselves, at 8.30, meeting a van from Ireland that barked. We had been up since 6.30 and were in […]
Three Husbands
Sadly, but also happily, Sloggo (see The Cast) died recently. He had been suffering from MS for many years and had gone from being a teddy bear to a bundle of twisted sticks. His funeral was held in Cornwall and Whizz and I took a day off work and travelled the 275 miles to Bodmin […]
Theme Tunes
Hum the theme tune to Star Wars. Now… can you hum the theme tune to Indiana Jones? It’s quite impossible to find one after humming the other!