september 2011

Salad of rocket, artichokes, red peppers, chilli, goats cheese; ciabatta

Pears poached in red wine, cream

Ate out

Thai Bras. Then we went to Montpellier gardens to ride down steps.

Lunch: spag, tomatoes, paprika, cream

Dinner: At Martin's

This was an African-theme dinner, because Diana had been to Kenya

Black eye beans with onion, chilli, peanuts, tomatoes

Chicken curry, rice (Diana) chard with coconut milk and chilli (me)

Banana ice cream with mango

2 eggs, 5floz double cream, 3 tbs sugar, dash of vanilla extract and Angotura bitters, 1 smallish banana mashed.

Lunch: spag, gorgonzola, chard

Dinner: celeriac and red pepper, fried potato

Pears baked then filled with soaked dried cherries, cream, amaretti

WR goat cheese and courgette risotto bake

spag with artichokes, parma ham, olives; salad

Spag with cockles, garlic, chilli, tomatoes

Apples and blackberries, lemon custard, toasted oatmeal

tomato polenta chipotle soup

sweet potato and aubergine slices in gram-sesame batter, fried; mango salsa; spinach; basmati and wild rice

I think I have finally got the better of my tree root nemesis

Herb pancakes

BBQ Lamb, lentils and spinach, plums in orange and cardamom salad dressing, bulghar

Lamb was last of the BBQ remains from May, plums lightly poached in a tbs or two in the salad dressing Connie and Chas got us - sounds strange but it works really well. Plums slighly cooked take on different flavours from raw.

ate out

Hotel near Bristol airport

On holiday, Valdeblore, France

Lunch: ate out spag with pesto

Dinner: salad, big chilli, cheese, green beans, potatoes

The big chilli looked to big to be that hot, but they were hot

Strawberry tarts

Lunch: spag, fennel, tomatoes

Dinner: Fish soup

Roast chicken with balsamic and onions, garlic, salad, flag beans, sausage, potatoes

Lunch: aubergine curry, rice

Dinner: green beans, garlic, cheese

Merguez, pumpkin and tomato, couscous

Lunch: spag, aubergine-pepper sauce, tomato, sausage

Dinner: flag beans and tomatoes

chicken legs, cream sauce, fennel and lettuce salad, trompettes pasta

Lunch: spag, pumpkin and pinoli

Dinner: fish soup

ravioli of ricotta, speck, radicchio; braised chicory, cream, balsamic

spag, fennel, tomatoes, olives, aniseed

Dinner: cheese and sausage

round courgettes stuffed with chicken then baked; Turkish potatoes and chilli

Spag tomatoes garlic cream chilli

Dinner: tin of tuna salad

which had been left in the chalet

merguez, aubergines, sauce, couscous

Pumpkin lemon sugar anis cream dessert

Lunch: Ate out, Tende

Dinner: Ate out Le Mirval, La Brigue

Pigna, Italy

Lunch: pasta, artichokes

Dinner: red mullet, egg pasta, lemon and olive oil, chard

melon and prickly pear

Lunch : pasta radicchio gorgonzola

Dinner: courgettes, with flowers stuffed with breadcrumbs, parmesan, herbs, pinoli, lemon

Red mullet, peppers and tomatoes, couscous

Lunch: gnocchi, chard, passata

Dinner: Ate out

Sul Ponte, fab thin pizzas

Lunch: trompettes pasta, meat and porcini sauce

Dinner: parma ham and melon

gnocchi, radicchio in lemon and cream; lentils and sausage

Lunch: ravioli of mortadella and spinach, tomato and cream sauce

Dinner: Ate Out

Hotel Terme, Pigna: veg ravioli, pasta with rabbit sauce: kid with Pigna white beans; wild boar with polenta: two very chocolately desserts

Lunch: gnocchi, ham lemon cream olives

Dinner: ravioli, tomatoes-peppers-courgettes

Figs, blackberries in balsamic and wine; gorgonzola

Lunch: couscous, artichokes, tomatoes peppers courgettes; cheese

Dinner: pasta and meat ragu

lentils and sausage, tomato salad

Lunch: Pizza in Nizza

Dinner: Ate out - l'Ane rouge

chickpeas and seafood, cep veloute: lobster with lobster terrine: dorade

Lunch: sandwich at airport

Dinner: Lentil and squash soup, lime and avocado oil

Lambs kidneys in cream and mustard, sherry vinegar sauce; savoy cabbage, rosti

5-spice pork belly, pak choi, soba noodles

Japonica fool

Lentil and squash soup

Grilled mushrooms with walnuts and parmesan, rosti, cabbage

Ate out

Thai Bras, with Colin's branch

Dinner: with Martin

leek potato cream soup

Pheasant casserole, blackberry vinegar, apple, chestnut; beans, potatoes