Posted on November 19, 2008 by Marion
My apologies for the huge gap between posts. My evenings have recently been somewhat consumed by creating, printing and writing all the thank you cards for our wedding (almost done!) … and then designing, compiling and ordering the photo book of our wedding. It’s been fun to revisit what was such an amazing day, but [...]
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Posted on October 21, 2008 by Marion
Well, I must say that I’m intrigued to look into the blog stats for this blog, and to see which of my posts are getting the most traffic. Especially since I’m not really doing all that much to ‘push’ the profile of the blog, aside from naming and tagging my posts in an SEO-friendly fashion. [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2008 by Marion
To follow on from the fabulous pancakes that are a weekend breakfast staple in our house, now that the weather’s getting colder another option finds its way into my kitchen – steaming bowls of lovely, creamy porridge.
The method for perfect porridge is super easy, and the results are so much better than the packets of [...]
Filed under: Breakfast, cooking | Tagged: Autumn, Breakfast, comfort food, Home cooking, my kitchen, Porridge, rolled oats, seasonal food, Winter food | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 4, 2008 by Marion
Autumn is now in full swing here in England, with the leaves starting to turn (they’ll look fabulous sometime in the next week) and the shops full of seasonal goodies. Especially mushrooms. I remember an ad campaign that was on TV when I was little that sung praises for mushrooms, with the tag-line of ‘they’re [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by Marion
After my post of last night, this post may seem to be an odd follow-up, but bear with me here.
Hubby and I were watching the Bloomberg coverage of the fallout of the vote failure and the after-close analysis last night and after such a huge amount of uncertainty and bad news, what seemed to be [...]
Filed under: Dinner, Finance, cooking, musings, vegetables | Tagged: cabbage, comfort food, Dinner, financial crisis, Heavenly vegetables, Home cooking, recipe, Savoy cabbage, winter vegetables | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 25, 2008 by Marion
After the previous post of much seriousness and general concern, I wanted to share a new way of doing vegetables for dinner that’s better than simply steaming them, or stir-frying them, or serving them raw in a salad.
Generally speaking I’m just cooking for two (although I always seem to over-cater!), and I use the veges [...]
Filed under: Dinner, Personal, cooking, vegetables | Tagged: cooking, Dinner, Home cooking, Moroccan inspired, musings, spices, vegetables, winter vegetables | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 16, 2008 by Marion
After a heading like this, I hope this recipe lives up to expectations!
These pancakes are a weekend staple in my kitchen (together with porridge and scrambled eggs on toast), especially on colder mornings and on weekend days that we have the luxury of starting slowly.
What you’ll need:
a medium or large mixing bowl
a whisk
a medium or [...]
Filed under: Breakfast, Brunch, Personal, cooking | Tagged: Breakfast, Brunch, Cinnamon, cooking, Home cooking, Maple syrup, Nutella, Nutmeg, Organic, pancakes, recipe, Weekend | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 10, 2008 by Marion
After the second gray and dreary day in a row (so much for an English summer), I’m in the mood for a bit of comfort cooking. I simply love messing about in the kitchen and filling the house with smells of deliciousness, and today only cooking a lasagna will scratch the itch.
However I’ve noticed two [...]
Filed under: Personal, cooking | Tagged: beef, cooking, Home cooking, lasagna, pasta, Ragout, recipe, Summer | 4 Comments »
