by Alet | Apr 22, 2013 | Cooking
What do you do when you are stuck with a bunch of grapes past their “best by” date? Other than cooking jam or making a fruit cobbler? Have a quick look on the Internet whether anyone else has had the mad notion of combining grapes with butternut, which was my only...
by Alet | Mar 4, 2013 | Cooking
As usual, I had to make do with what I had, so this is how I came up with a stunning salmon dish: Ingredients: 2 salmon steaks ½ an onion, chopped 1 garlic clove, chopped ½ a mild chilli, deseeded and chopped ½ – 1 bell pepper, chopped a large handful of baby...
by Alet | Oct 21, 2012 | Cooking
Serves two. Ingredients: For chicken: 1 poussin or chicken portions of your choice for two juice of ½ lemon drizzle of olive oil 10ml of Nomu One-for-all Rub (or a mixture of salt, onion, black pepper, garlic, coriander, sugar, mustard, parsley, rosemary, thyme, cumin...
by Alet | Oct 14, 2012 | Cooking
Tired of the old fruit salad and cream? Scale down to an amuse bouche fruit salad of fruit you have available, cut up into tiny pieces – the odd exotic fruit does make a difference (physalis/Cape gooseberries), serve on a dinner plate with a dash of strawberry...
by Alet | Oct 14, 2012 | Cooking
Beef stew with juniper berries, served with mashed potato, aubergine and asparagus I was inspired by a recipe in the Country Living magazine and have blessed my husband countless times with this lovely braised beef dish. Preparation: 10 minutes Cooking: 3-4 hours...
by Alet | Sep 1, 2012 | Cooking
What to do with those leftover BBQ steaks? I used two leftover steaks that were medium done, had been in the freezer, and were looking dreary. It doesn’t matter exactly how much of the rest you add – it’s all a matter of taste. I had butternut and fresh pineapple...
