We had a slightly different meal this time – 3 starter-sized portions. First up were some snails – you can occasionally get them in Lidl of all places. Of course, they don’t come with anywhere near enough garlic butter so we added more – see the pan at the back Continue Reading
Wine Tip – Lidl, Hawke’s Bay Pinot Noir
This is our go-to everyday quaffing wine at the moment. Light, and an easy drink. It’s normally £6 at Lidl, which is a pretty good price – but 4-5 weeks ago, just before people started panic buying loo roll and we all went into lockdown, they had it on special Continue Reading
Provencal Fish Soup
This was dinner on Sunday night – some fish soup that I had made back in February when a friend came to dinner. I made a batch of it and froze what was left over. It’s actually really easy to makeCook onion, garlic & leeks in a bit of oil Continue Reading
Eggs Benedict, sort of
The basics of a normal Eggs Benedict are there – a toasted roll, some ham and poached eggs. The ham was home-made on Friday – a 2kg gammon boiled for about 90 mins with molasses/dark treacle and various spicings, then baked for 20 mins with brown sugar, English mustard and Continue Reading