Cooking This Week

This week’s round up. With renovations underway, we are still on our vegetarian kick to save money. We’ll have to book in our Hawksmoor Trip to get our meat fix in!

Saturday
After a long day doing DIY to get everything ready for our builders we ended up ordering Pizza from Pizza Go-Go. 

Sunday
Stuffed Eggplant
 from Food52. Jury is still out on these. We baked and grilled them instead of deep-frying them but they weren’t as nice. 

Monday
Lighter Sesame Noodles
 from Martha Stewart. We used normal egg noodles and added some soy beans. Great lunch dish.

Tuesday
Greek Salad with Zucchini and Tomatoes
 from Martha Stewart.

Wednesday
Vegetable Enchiladas from Martha Stewart. These were really yummy. 

Thursday
Easy Sweet Potato Veggie Burger from Lunch Box Bunch. These were a leftover portion from last week.

Friday
Vegetarian Black Bean Chilli
 from Martha Stewart.

A round up from a few weeks ago. 

Saturday
Quesadillas with Guacamole from Jamie Oliver. The recipe comes from Jamie’s Dinners.

Sunday
Wholemeal Pizza, using the a base recipe from All Recipes 

Monday
Easy Sweet Potato Veggie Burgers with Avocado from Lunch Box Bunch. These burgers were really lovely with the avocado. 

Tuesday
Meal out last night: The Dock Kitchen in Ladbroke Grove, London.

Wednesday
Pasta Peperonata from Jamie Oliver - great leftovers for lunch. The recipe also comes from Jamie’s Dinners.

Thursday
Meal out last night: Tayyabs in Whitechapel - so good! The lamb chops are just amazing.

Friday
World’s Easiest Falafel and Tzatziki Recipe from Food52. I failed again trying to make falafels. Quite a few just fell to mush when frying. I suspect the oil wasn’t the right temperature. 

It’s been kind of a funny week, since we’ve been out and about a lot this week. 

Saturday
Cheesy Bean Burgers with Easy Slaw from Delicious Magazine. 
We had enough leftover for another whole meal, plus a serve for lunch. Great value recipe and freezes well. 

Sunday
Special Sunday Lunch Edition: Roast Pork at the Jolly Butchers, Stoke Newington.
Great selection of beers, food was just ok.  
Dinner: 
Chilli Con Carne served in taco shells from BBC Good Food.
We had some leftover mince and used black beans to bulk it up a little. Served with guacamole, grated cheese and salad. Yum!

Monday
Brad had a leftover portion of Vegetarian Thai Green Curry and I had Chilli Con Carne with rice at my local bookclub. 

Tuesday
Courgette, Onion and Cheddar Tart from Delicious Magazine

Wednesday
I had a work function at the British Museum so we decided to celebrate National Chip Week (Yes, really) by going to our local chippie and making chip buddies. Pesto, Peas and Pine Nuts Pasta from the Daily Meal ended up being left for lunch the next day.

Thursday
Our monthly dinner at Hawksmoor. This time we went to Guildhall for amazing burgers. It is such a treat to be able to eat there every month and the service is always amazing. I should we won the prize in their Action Against Hunger charity raffle.

Friday
Yakitori Chicken from Delicious Magazine

Bit late getting the menu from last week out this time around. Had way too much on after work this week which meant that absolutely nothing got done, pregnant = tired all the time! One thing I want to add in the future is a downloadable meal plan and shopping list each week but I’ve still been quite short on time. I should note, I normally cook for two (myself + husband) but usually make recipes for four so we have enough to take for lunch the next day. 

Saturday
Cheesy Bean Burgers with Easy Slaw from Delicious Magazine
This is a great vegetarian recipe, definitely one to make again. 
Dessert: Traditional Pear Crumble with Cream and Chocolate Sauce from Traditional English Puddings

Sunday
Special Sunday Lunch edition: Smoked Salmon Tart from Delia Online 
Dinner: Ale-Braised Cabbage served with Rye Bread from Abel & Cole
The Cabbage recipe was pretty awful if I’m honest and has made it onto the do not ever make again list.  

Monday
Thai Green Curry Soup from BBC Good Food
Not quite as soup like as I expected. Definitely add some stock to this one.  

Tuesday
Stir Fried Tofu with Vegetables and Rice from Delicious Mag followed by a cheeky M&S dessert as a special Valentines Treat. 

Wednesday
Mee Goreng (although our version was vegetarian) from Rasa Malaysia

Thursday
Cheated and ordered take-away from Pizza Go-Go 

Friday
Butternut Squash, Parmesan & Pine Nut Spaghetti from Delicious Magazine 

Just a quick round-up of the meals we had this week, ending 10th February 2012.

Saturday
Thai Larb wrapped in lettuce leaves, similar to a recipe from Taste for Adventure.

Sunday
Swedish Beef Hash similar to a recipe from Freestyle Cookery - no raw egg yolk for me obviously! Plus for dessert, a slice of Mary Berry’s Chocolate and Orange, recipe from Delicious Magazine. There is another similar recipe on BBC Food.

Monday
Home-made Pizzas using the Jamie Oliver dough recipe - Used wholemeal bread flour and still came out perfect!

Tuesday
One pan feta filo tart from Delicious Magazine. We swapped out the ricotta for some leftover creme fraiche with not much success :( 

Wednesday
Grilled Halloumi served with a Chickpea and Carrot Bulgur Wheat Salad from Delicious Magazine. We thought the salad would have been better with a bit of harissa paste! 

Thursday
Meal out - We went to a Mountain Cheeses Tasting Event at Neal’s Yard Dairy. So amazing, although we ate far too much cheese. This is the second one we’ve been to and we highly recommend them for any cheese fan.

Friday
Home-Made Sliders after I had a bit of a cheeseburger craving this week. Ours were similar to the Channel 4 Food recipe.

Just a quick round-up of the meals we had this week, ending 3rd February 2012.

Saturday
Meal out: Rodizio Rico in Islington for Brazilian Grill - Great food, average service.

Sunday
Menu tonight: Bean Chilli Tacos from BBC Good Food, served with salad, salsa and guacamole. I also made an amazing carrot cake. 

Monday
Menu tonight: Impromptu nachos using leftovers, similar to a BBC Good Food recipe.

Tuesday 
Had a major craving and ended up sending the husband out to get a cooked roast chicken. The yellow split pea and spinach dal from Indulge & Devour got relegated to lunch the next day. 

Wednesday
Menu tonight: Roast Vegetable & Houmous Pie with salad from Delicious Magazine 

Thursday
Menu tonight: Sweetcorn Fritters with Salad from Delicious Magazine 

Friday
Meal out: Wahaca, Soho for yummy Mexican food

Birthday dinner last night: Bocca Di Lupo - Great food, average service unfortunately http://t.co/xfMY1aGL

Menu tonight: Spaghetti Bolognese from Delicious Mag http://t.co/nhyvkZ5g

Amazing meal out tonight @ Hibiscus in Mayfair - So many goodies & treats during our meal. Really lovely evening. http://t.co/agXLUV9C