That's about it really - have the
wonderfullest time and if I eat anything interesting, especially if it's sudden,
I'll let you know.
Geordie~Italian Fusion Pizza!
~ Menu ~
Ham
and Pease Pud Pizza
Sparkling
Water
(tho'
should have been Newcastle
Marzipan
Trimmings
Coffee
Today, for a minute or so, I was at a
complete loss for an interesting lunch so decided to sort out the fridge a bit
and see if I could be inspired. I was,
almost immediately.
I took out the almost obligatory ham and
pease pudding and behind it was half a pizza base (I have to admit to cheating
here - if I am only having pizza for myself I buy roasted garlic flatbread from
Tesco, cut it in half and this makes two dinner pizzas for me, I do often make my own pizza bases too - promise!) and inspiration
struck...
I spread the base with pease pudding, topped it with sliced ham, baked till crisp and served it with a green salad all drizzled with balsamic glaze. This was so very much deliciouser than I was expecting!
Traditional Geordie Pizza!
I spread the base with pease pudding, topped it with sliced ham, baked till crisp and served it with a green salad all drizzled with balsamic glaze. This was so very much deliciouser than I was expecting!
Almost every week I cook my real, and
Geordie, man a ham and make pease pudding with the stock, for pease pudding recipe see here, it's very easy and worthwhile!
Whilst my pizza was
cooking I marzipanned our Christmas Cake and then after eating the pizza I sat
down with a cup of coffee and a few marzipan scraps.
After a little while I
went into the kitchen for more marzipan scraps and on my third or fourth visit
for more I decided to gather all the scraps (that were left) and keep them to
make Chewy Marzipan Cookies ~ see here for the recipe,
I don't think you'll regret it!
The ice cream shown in
the picture, sandwiching the cookies so delightfully, was, of course, made in accordance
to my super easy no churn, no ice cream maker recipe which my book Lush Ice Cream without a Machine is all about - in this case I made Cherry Ice Cream, obviously!
overs which is why I wrote Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers to encourage others in my passion!
overs which is why I wrote Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers to encourage others in my passion!
Marmalade on ... Salmon!
~ Menu ~
Courgette
& Lemon Fritters
Hot
Smoked Salmon in Roasted Garlic Mayonnaise
Small
glass of Sauvignon Blanc
Coffee
Sticky
Toffee Sauce Scrapings
We bought a side of hot smoked salmon, half
price, the other day which I portioned and froze all except one piece which I
had for dinner that night. It had been
sold with slices of orange and a sachet of orange glaze which I didn't want to
open for just one piece (or possibly at all).
I was about to stick my bit of fish in the oven when I remembered the
remains of a jar of marmalade in the
cupboard so I brushed the top of my salmon with this before baking. Gorgeous! but of course too much for me to
finish in one sitting.
We had also bought a few baby courgettes so
today I made courgette fritters as per my all purpose fritter recipe which I
flavoured with grated lemon zest. I served it, to myself, topped with the leftover smoked salmon turned in a
spoonful of roasted garlic mayonnaise - one of my store cupboard staples.
Lucky girl me.
Clearing up after lunch I found a Sticky Toffee Sauce pan from last night with just a little sauce left in it. To be frank I had kept this back purposely as I was going to suggest my real man cook his morning porridge in it for a little added je ne sais quoi but forgot to tell him about it this morning. So I scraped the pan and ate it myself for lunch pudding, with a cup of coffee!
Now I know this post isn't very informative
inasmuch as there are no new recipes (although some links to earlier recipes) but
it does demonstrate how with a combination of imagination and greed, a
collection of bits, pieces, leftovers and bargains can make a lovely sudden
lunch.
I love cooking with leftovers, they inspire me so much! I have even written a book about them, Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers in which I give all the recipes, ideas, handy hints, cook's treats and more that I can think of for 450 potential leftovers.
I am also inspired by a bargain! Here is a pineapple we bought yesterday,
not quite ripe as it happens!
You may remember I had myself a little rant the other day about best before dates. I
confuse myself because when we get something like this fine pineapple I am
simultaneously delighted and cross - strange feeling! I have started a collection of irritating, wonderful bargains on Pinterest ~ Best Before, or it it?
.
Back Home in Cornwall and eating "Normally"
~ Menu ~
Poached
Eggs
Black
Garlic Bread
Coffee
and Vanilla Yogurt
Its good to be home and have all our stuff
about us. We went Up North for 3 weeks
but stayed 3 months and I hadn't packed for such an eventuality. I should have taken my roasted garlic, my black
garlic, smoked black pepper, Caribbean seasoning, Tortolian vanilla extract, balsamic glaze, chilli pickle
and so on and so forth. Not being of a
spendy nature I didn't want to waste money replacing these items so had eat in
a plainer manner whilst away. Today I
got back to "normal".
Our friend Carol gave us half a dozen eggs
freshly laid by her "girls" so poaching was the obvious way to
go. Leaving flavour aside eggs poach so
much better when really fresh - for how to poach them see here. I served them with a piece of bread smothered
with black garlic butter and toasted till crisp. I sprinkled the whole lot with smoked black
pepper and weyhey!
My dessert occurred as a by-product of my
aging process, I believe.
Preparing my breakfast I accidentally added the spoonful of instant coffee to my vanilla yogurt instead of my coffee mug. Well you know how I abhor wasting anything; I stirred it in and put it in the fridge for lunch pudding. It worked fine!
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| Not burnt ~ black garlic bread! |
Preparing my breakfast I accidentally added the spoonful of instant coffee to my vanilla yogurt instead of my coffee mug. Well you know how I abhor wasting anything; I stirred it in and put it in the fridge for lunch pudding. It worked fine!
In Other News ...
Well nothing much other than I am working
hard to promote my book of easy no-churn ice cream recipes.
Here's a picture of one I made earlier to tempt you to look into the
matter!
Homemade coffee ice cream (just look at the
texture on that!) with sugared walnuts.
Re:
My earlier Best Before Date Rant
Remember my rant-ette a few days ago? Well, my darling brought home a Christmas wreath yesterday, reduced in price by a considerable amount and much as we appreciate the bargain there is absolutely nothing wrong with the it; no dryness, no sign of wilting, just fine and dandy!
The big question for me, though, is what
kind of nutter makes a Christmas wreath that is out of date by 4th December?!
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