I thought I would have a little treat and make myself some raclette. Monthly Mingle #1 is being hosted by Meeta over at What’s For Lunch Honey? and I wanted to make a dish worthy of submitting. Thanks for hosting this event Meeta, what a great idea!
This time the theme Football’s Coming Home, in reference to the upcoming World Cup.
Since the country of my birth (Scotland), is no longer present in the competition I wanted to make a dish in honour of my adopted country Switzerland.
Every day I try and visit each of my favourite foodblogs, yesterday Celia over at English Patis posted the most wonderful recipe for fishcakes.
I’m not a huge fish lover but I do like cod and so I thought I’d give Celia’s recipe a try. I have adapted the original recipe slightly by using low fat mayonnaise and bärlauch (wild garlic) since it’s in season at the moment.
Makes 4-6 Fishcakes
I really admire Jamie Oliver, he’s a great chef and his contribution in revolutionising the diet of school children all over the UK cannot be understated.
Jamie’s latest cookbook ‘Jamie’s Italy‘ reflects his journey through Italy which he undertook to rekindle his passion for cookery. He certainly achieved his goal, reading through this book you experience the different regions of Italy and their very different use of ingredients.
Here is the recipe for Spaghetti Tetrazzini from Jamie’s Italy:
Since our visitors went home this morning I decided I wanted something for dinner which was quick and easy so thought I would make some chicken fried rice.
When Natalie & Gareth came to visit us for the first time a couple of years ago they wanted to cook for us one night, they made the most amazing meatballs I’d ever tasted. I’m sure Natalie said it was based upon an Antonio Carluccio recipe she picked up in the supermarket.
My Parent’s In-Law’s arrive tonight for a short break and I thought meatballs would be the perfect warming dish since the weather is so wet and dismal at the moment.
Here is my version of the recipe Natalie & Gareth cooked for us.
I’ve not been very well over the past couple of days, I’ve had an upset stomch since Wednesday. I’ve been living on soup and fancied something a little more substantial today. I found some ramen noodles in the cupboard, chicken and the fridge and came up with this.
The past two weekend’s we’ve had beautiful sunshine and temperatures of 24°C. Today it’s freezing cold and we had snow!! I long for this winter to finally end but in the mean time there is nothing left to do but make chicken soup as some small comfort for the soul…
This recipe is very simple and very tasty.
I came across the most amazing blog today, it is Appon’s Thai Food. When browsing through Appon’s recipes I found her recipe for Pad Thai. I didn’t have all the ingredients so here is my adaptation
To use the guacamole I made today and the fresh corn tortillas I bought yesterday I decided to make some quesadillas. I wasn’t following a recipe, just making it up as I went along, since it turned out really tasty I decided to post it.
On the way back from the Messe yesterday we stopped at the little Mexican shop in Riehen and picked up a few sauces and some fresh corn tortillas, I decided to make some guacamole today to accompany the tortillas.
