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After making my steak pie the other day I had some puff pastry left over and went hunting for a recipe to use it up and so I came across this nice little recipe from James Martin. It took minutes to make and was really delicious.
Having an 18 week old hasn’t left me much time in the kitchen lately but this is slowly changing. For dinner this evening I turned to one of my favourite cookbooks and one which has featured on this site on a couple of previous occasion, that is The Great Big Burger Book by Jane Murphy and Liz Yeh Singh. I used organic minced beef for added flavour, I really think it makes all the difference.
Sorry for the absence dear readers but as you can tell from my last post all those weeks ago we’ve been really busy here since Matthew arrived!
Stewart my darling husband has been taking care of mealtimes as I take care of Matthew’s bedtime routine.
I’ve been breaking myself in gently back into the way of cooking and so last weekend I made a huge pot of chilli. The weather today was really hot and we decided to go for a picnic so when we got home we weren’t in the mood for anything too heavy and so after trawling through the cupboards I came up with this quick and healthy snack.
One of my favourite dishes to make with minced beef is of course burgers!! I was really happy yesterday when Stewart reached for my copy of The Great Big Burger Book when I asked him to pick something for me to make with the minced beef I had in the fridge.
The Great Big Burger Book by Jane Murphy & Liz Yeh Singh is an essential for any burger lover or BBQ fanatic and I’ve featured recipes from it here in the past (See Guacamole burgers with Spicy Chili Con Queso & Braised Fajita Turkey Burgers with Fiesta Corn Salsa).
Stewart decided he wanted to give the Guinness Pub Burgers a try, I read through the ingredients and everything seemed pretty straight forward so without further ado..
Since the other night when I made Cod Wrapped in Parma Ham and discovered the most wonderful marinade sun dried tomatoes from Betty Bossi stocked in the Coop I have been trying to think of other ways of using them. For lunch today I decided upon another, when I looked into the fridge I saw that there was an incredible sandwich pleading to be made out of some delicious Italian ingredients.
How could I possibly resist?
I really love making burgers and I’m always up for trying new recipes. A couple of weeks ago when we were back in Glasgow I picked up a couple of new gadgets from Lakeland. Lakeland is the most amazing homewares company and the great news is that they deliver overseas!!!
My new gadgets were a burger maker and a quarterpounder press. Here is how I put the my burgerpress to good use… It’s similar to a previous recipe but still a work in progress in my never ending journey to find the perfect burger recipe.
Ever since I was a small child I have always had a real aversion to egg mayonnaise. I love eggs and I love mayo but the combination of the two I have always detested. That was until a few years ago..
Back in 2002 I had the misfortune of being diagnosed with acute cholecystitis or an acute inflammation of the gall bladder and I was told I would need surgery to remove said gall bladder.
Any know who has ever suffered from cholecystitis will back me up when I say that the pain is excruiciating and due to the nature of this condition many foods consumed can aggravate the pain.
It was to my surprise that whilst awaiting surgery I found myself cravings egg mayonnaise and for days that was all I ate.
After surgery my cravings disappeared along with my gall bladder and to this day egg mayonnaise has never passed my lips again.
That was until this morning…
I love the bread in France and the bakery in the local supermarket in St.Louis bakes the most wonderful baguettes which they call flutes, they make the most amazing sandwiches!
I haven’t eaten red meat in a couple of weeks and when I saw the entrecotes in the butchers I knew immediately what I wanted for dinner tonight, the Ultimate Steak Sandwich. So here it is..
I had the day off work today and the weather was much cooler today, ahh relief at last!!!
I was searching for a nice healthy recipe to inspire me for lunch today, I found a weight watchers recipe which inspired recipe.
We’re still firmly in the grip of the heatwave which has completely engulfed Europe for the past couple of weeks. I didn’t sleep very well last night and so I wanted something quick and tasty for dinner tonight and burgers fit the bill perfectly!
