Oookay. On the grounds that we wasn't near no kitchen and didn't 'ave no wine on Thursday last, I declare tonight a New Year's Eve replay. We are officially celebrating with my No. 1 New Recipe for 2010. Cabeza y asadura de cordero a la Navarra, from the Spanish cookbook (in Spanish) BF gave me for my birthday last yearOnly... well, it's not * ( Read more... )

52 Recipes 2009

Hubby and I both enjoyed this one so much I'm doing it again. Credit once more to neadods from whom I stole the idea. (ETA 4 Jan: this time he's playing too...)

January

01 Cabeza y asadura de cordero a la Navarra (Cocina Tradicional: Navarra, p118)
02 Picadillo (Wise, Victoria - Mexican Cooking, p59 ( Read more... )

Thank you so much castlevonklink for the idea. Used this recipe with a number of to-hand substitutions - chickpea flour instead of masa flour (chosen for being fine-ground and because I'm sure I've seen some channa dhal recipes involving steaming somewhere), olive oil instead of corn oil, and banana leaves instead of corn shucks. Made about 1/3 the quantity; ( Read more... )

Just pulled an 11-hour shift - kids' Christmas party. Which is always great fun as long as I can avoid nibbles duty (which I did this year, yay!).

( hugs from alumni made my day, RAH continues to suck, tooooooo many parties )

Reading up on Kim Coates' filmography, and lengthening the To See list. Latest updates: Skinwalkers, Blood: A Butcher's Tale, Open Range. Anyone seen, have an opinion, what ( Read more... )

Another quad off the recipe meme tonight - steamed spiced spuds, pollo en chilindron, coriander chutney and an extremely experimental Home Yoghurt 'cos we didn't have any. Amazing what a bit of milk, lemon and cornflour can do. (Simmer gently, with a bit of lumpy cream, add cumin & garam masala). Good enough to pass, any road, and nicely citric ( Read more... )

...barely dinnertime, feels like midnight :)

Madly ambitious dinner should knock another 4 off the 52 recipes meme - they count even if I fuck it up, right? ;) In which case 42 down, 10 to go ( Read more... )

Slightly insomniac at the moment - can't bear it, lying there trying to relax & just getting twitchy. All that inner Do Something Constructive talk wakes up, ugh. So, up early ( Read more... )

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Made dhal makhani for the first time in ages - you can't get the lentils you know - and yesss. Very nice indeed; I'd forgotten how gorgeously creamy it was. Doesn't count toward the 52 Recipes though ( Read more... )