Posie’s Place

Today was absolutely freezing. Thankfully we didn’t have any more snow last night, I think the five or six inches which fell the day before was quite sufficient. So to chase away the cold I decided to try an Alan Coxon recipe featured the other night on Great Food Live. I’m not the greatest fan of Alan Coxon, I find watching him makes me nervous as he is so hyper on screen but I do often really like his recipes.

I liked the sound of this rich, spicy and warming stew, it seemed like my kind of no nonsense cookery.

In the original recipe Alan Coxon served the Shakshouka with a chickpea curry, fresh tomatoes, fresh mint (which I dislike) and used homemade harissa but I really wasn’t in the mood for messing around with chickpeas (besides Stewart really loathes them), I would rather used canned tomatoes when they’re not in season and I decided that store bought harissa would suffice.

So here for you folks is my take on Alan Coxon’s recipe for Shakshouka..

Continue Reading »

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.

Continue Reading »

Sticking with the Middle Eastern influence I decided to turn the wild boar steaks into koftas. I thought I’d serve them with some Couscous and some natural yogurt flavoured with fresh corriander and chives.

Continue Reading »

Middle Eastern cookery is another type of cookery I haven’t really explored to any extent, what I have tried I have enjoyed. I bought some pitta breads when shopping the other day, I thought these would be really nice toasted and filled with salad.

There was some turkey in the fridge so off I go again on my quest to explore the flavour combinations of the Middle East.

Continue Reading »

Stewart’s off out tonight so I have the house to myself, it doesn’t happen very often so I’m gonna make the most of. As I said in my earlier post I’m trying to do my healthy eating thing so I came up with this simple recipe for marinaded chicken with a couscous and herb salad.

After dinner I have a hot date with Jack Bauer and a couple more episodes of 24!!!

Continue Reading »