With the weekend nearly upon us here are my next four reviews from selected recipes from Nigella Lawson's Express cookbook.

Chicken Schnitzel with Bacon and White Wine

A simple one this. Pan fried bacon and thinly sliced chicken all brought together with a sloshing of wine in the pan for use as  drizzle before serving on a bed of green beans. This ( Read more... )

So then, 3 days, 2 recipes and several hundred miles of travel later here are the next two recipe reviews from Nigella Lawson's Express cookbook.

Smoked Cod and Cannellini

This was a pleasure to cook and looked awesome, smoked cod poached in a wine and herb stock mixed with warmed through beans. However the texture of the Cannellini beans was too ( Read more... )

As loads of you probably know I love cooking. It's my end of day relax. Every now and again I pick a theme for my cooking for a couple of weeks. I've done countries, regions, diets particular chefs etc. Well in preparation for her new show, Nigella's Kitchen, my current two weekly meal plan (such as it is) is all about tasty Nigella food.

Widely ( Read more... )

Over the course of yesterday and today I have reclaimed the patio ! It's still a bloody mess due to the huge pile of bricks which used to be my TV corner in the lounge but with the addition of a skip by the end of the week it should be a patio once again ! There were more brambles than I have ever seen before. There is still loads more to be done ( Read more... )