A last-minute change of plan Employee canteens. Love ‘em or hate ‘em? I’ve ben lucky to work for several companies that have provided onsite catering facilities, and they’ve all been pretty good. Simple, delicious food, and usually for the same cost as buying a sandwich. Saturday’s dinner was a favourite from a works canteen … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 45
The simplicity of a roast chicken Simple dinner again today. It was a busy day for my day-job, with lots of meetings and actions to attend to, and lunch was a hurried affair, grabbing a selection of things from the fridge and then dashing back to my laptop. Lunch, for all its haste, turned … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 40 (Monday)
Simple Sausage Casserole – with lots of veggies! There were 4 sausages to be used, and a simple casserole called. Like the recipe I used a couple of weeks ago, I chopped the bangers into chunks and lightly fried them until golden, then added seasoning (salt, pepper, dried chilli flakes & mixed dried herbs), … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 34
Brunch for dinner? Best laid plans etc etc Dinner tonight was an adaptation of a brunch dish I’ve eaten in a café. Chunks of sausage, fried up with chopped capsicums, and potatoes, with a poached egg on top, and a jug of Hollandaise sauce on the side. The sausages in the fridge turned out … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 26 (Monday)
Old-fashioned Hotpot with a suet-crust pastry lid This is classic North England food, and perfect for a cold day. It was just missing a generous helping of picked red cabbage on the side, but we made do with HP Sauce instead 😊 I don’t have a recipe for this. I’ve made it so many … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 20 (Tuesday)
Leftover Steak & Ale Pie – with Gratin Dauphinois (thank you, Delia!) Easy dinner tonight, with the remaining half of the Sublime Steak & Ale Pie from Friday. I reheated it in the oven (covered with foil) with a little water to reinvigorate the gravy. Then when it was hot, I removed the foil … Continue reading Lockdown Larder – Day 17
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
Sofia Grey 