Lockdown Larder – Day 15

Pork Chops with Apricots (and more roasted broccoli)   I don’t have a good track record with cooking pork chops. Nine times out of ten they end up dry and tough. If I take them off the heat early, in the hopes of still being tender, it’s usually to find they aren’t cooked through, and … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 15

Lockdown Larder – Day 11

Instant fish ‘n’ chips The firewood arrived this morning. This meant that today was exhausting. Tidying the garage and making space. Stacking the firewood in two separate piles (two different wood types), separating the kindling and sticks, and then sweeping everything afterward. Then when it was all done, we had to set off a bug-bomb, … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 11

Lockdown Larder – Day 10

Something like a chicken doner… We are missing the local Turkish takeaway shop, and so decided to try and recreate a chicken doner kebab. I found a recipe that looked good, and we investigated the larder and freezer. Okay, so we don’t have everything we need, but we can make something doner-like. I had almost … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 10