Very pleased to have Masterchef back and looking forward to trying recipes from one of their books I picked up this weekend - Aldi £6.99!

Saturday Night Food

Seems ages since I cooked a proper mea1! On the menu tonight an old favourite - Jamie's Empire Chicken with Bombay Potatoes and Indian Gravy followed by Passion Fruit Pannacotta and Almond Tuile Biscuits.

New Recipes

Picked out a couple of new recipes to try:

Prawn Caeser Salad with Olive Oile Croutons and Blackened  Cajun Cod Burgers with Alioli & Paprika Baked Potato Wedges  :-)

Time to Cook!

Finally out of the 'Breck Bubble' - it's been an amazing project to have been involved in and hope you'll all take a look http://www.breckapartments.co.uk/

Tomorrow I may find time to cook again! Just checking out the latest Delicious magazine.

Cicchetti Manchester

Have been to one of our favourite eating places today - Cicchetti in Kendals Manchester.  They serve small Italian dishes in the same way that the Spanish serve Tapas. We enjoyed Crostini with Chicken Livers, Calamari, Fillet with Mushrooms and Truffle Oil, Baby Chicken with Chilli & Rosemary and Flat Bread with Mozzarella & Nduja

http://www.sancarlocicchetti.co.uk/

Christmas Cooking II

Christmas Dinner was Roast Rack of Lamb with a Herb Crust, Fondant Potatoes and Glazed Carrots. Never cooked Rack of Lamb before so was glad of my Temperature Probe which helped me cook it to perfection. Also not cooked Fondant Potatoes before, I found lots of recipes but the one I used browned the potatoes on butter and then cooked on the hob in chicken stock, worked well!

Favourite Roast

Favourite Roast Dinner today - Rib of Beef to be served with Roasties, Parmesan Parsnips and maybe if I dare Yorkshire Puddings!

Have no excuse for failure as I have my shiny new oven with a door that shuts properly!