Fuss Free Flavours

Week ending Friday 19th June.

A second week of holiday food.

Saturday

We went to the Scilly Isles today and were back late so had supper out – A Cornish Fish Trio of lemon sole, gurnard & monkfish fillets with a cream and prawn sauce.

Sunday

Quinoa, rice and chicken stirfry.

Monday

Another crab.

Tuesday

Ed’s birthday, we went out locally for dinner  started with a scallop and bacon salad, followed by lobster.   We had specially ordered the lobster on Saturday when having supper – the fisherman was at the bar in the pub and had promised us a good one – sadly my camera battery went flat when I tried to take a photo.    Suffice to say that a 4lb lobster is a lot of lobster and a treat probably best enjoyed once per year!   (We managed yet another crab at lunchtime)

Wednesday

Megrim – a type of sole bought in Cadgwith.

Thursday

No photo – fish chips which we ate in the car before flying the new power kite!

Friday

One last crab for our last night’s supper!

Week ending Friday 12th June 2009.

With 2 weeks away and a busy week back in London I am horribly behind with my food diary.

Saturday

We had pollack and chips in the pub in The Lizard where our holiday cottage was.   No photo.

Sunday

Sticky chicken with fried rice, recipe to come, but the stir fried chicken had a large dollop of chutney in it to add flavour and a sticky coating. Continue Reading »

Weekending 5th June 2009.     It has got to week 4 of WWALW and I have already forgotton one night’s supper!   I think that the only sensible way to keep this up is to start writing the post on a Saturday, save it as a draft and update it everyday. 

Saturday

Ed was away, I had been hard at work sorting out the flat all day so I ordered a pizza in.

Sunday

I can’t remember what we ate and did not take a photo!

Monday

Warm garlically puy lentil salad with roasted beetroot, feta, and Dijon mustard dressing.  Delicious.  I cheated and used ready cooked beetroot which only took 10 minutes to roast.

Tuesday

A very quick supper of smoked mackerel, poached egg and cous cous – delicious and very simple.  I usually hate poaching eggs, so was very pleased at how this one turned out.

Wednesday

We were away again, but had a lovely fish pie and peas.

Thursday

We had the June Daring Cooks Challenge (to be revealed on the 14th) with a dish of griddled asparagus with charred capers and balsamic vinegar.

Friday

BBQ – sausages, chops, burgers and butternut squash (which BBQs well) followed by the June Daring Bakers Challenge to be revealed on the 25th!

Week ending Friday 22nd May 2009.

Saturday

Sumac crusted baked tofu with a pomegrante dressing on cous cous and pea shoots.   I had found a recipe for sumac coated feta in the Ottolenghi cookbook, which looked delicious, sadly this wasn’t.  I need to experiment, but the sumac coated baked tofu was bitter and oddly tasteless at the same time.

.Sunday

Pasta with charred peppers and capers, this has the potential to be delicious, but needs twice the quantity of peppers.   Watch this space for the reworked recipe.

Monday.

We were out for supper, a non cooking friend prepared a feast of baked potatoes, cold meats and fish, cheese and salads.  All washed down with far too much fizz and wine!

Tuesday

We were away last minute and had supper at the local Chinese – crispy duck pancakes, followed by beef in black bean sauce.

Wednesday

We were still away, supper was asparagus, followed by fishcakes then strawberries and ice cream – 3 course suppers are a treat mid week!

Thursday

A quick freezer led supper, fried  mixed rice & cous-cous, aduki beans, peas & corn and green olives.  Served on wilted spinach with nutritional yeast, chill flakes and soy sauce – simple, delicious and instant.

Friday

Having been away for half the week I had missed my kitchen.

Golden Syrup & Plum Cake I loved this,  Ed took most of it sailing and it was greatly appreciated.

Lunch was a ciabatta (bought last week reduced to 25p and frozen) filled with the  frozen left over filling from the black bean and butternut squash tortillas.   Fiona the Fugal Cook would be proud of me.

Supper was 3 types of veggie burger that I found in the freezer, One each of a chickpea, black bean and mung bean base, served with queso, which; although vegan tastes of cheese and has the texture and colour of a cheesy dip and is utterly addictive and delicious.

The original queso recipe is from the talented Crystal of Vegan Explosion, I have changed the recipe to make it more UK kitchen friendly and have simplified the cooking and will be posting my version soon.