Recipes, food & cooking posts - page 7
06 November 2011
Lamb Stew With Rosemary & Lemon
I was pottering around the shops the other day and their was some good looking shoulder of lamb. They called out to me "Cook me, take me", so I asked the butcher for them and popped them in the basket. Back at home, I found some lemons that need us...
Read more01 November 2011
A Couple Of Simple Recipes Using Steenbergs Peppermint Extract
Using Steenbergs relaunched organic peppermint extract, I made a few peppermint flavoured sweets the other evening for a Diwali meal that we were treated to by some good friends. They are really simple and quite delicious; the hostess loved the Pepp...
Read more07 September 2011
Kaffee Und Kuchen In Munich
The other thing I always remember about trips to Bavaria and especially Munich was the cakes, or Kaffee und Küchen, either with my Granny or Aunts or in the posh cafés in the centre of town. So we indulged with a visit to Kreutzkamm, but did not get...
Read more03 September 2011
Four Days In Munich - Some Traditional Restaurants (19 - 22 August 2011)
I went to Munich with our eldest, Jay, the other weekend ostensibly to show him Germany and visit my aunts and uncle. However, we managed to sneak in a match at the Alliance Arena between FC Bayern Műnchen and Hamburger SV, where Arjen Robben, Basti...
Read more01 August 2011
Two places for tea – The Old School House and Galloway Activity Centre
I seemed to spend the first week of our holidays driving a triangle from Loch Ken to Cream O’ Galloway at Rainton and then to Kirkcudbright, ferrying our kids from activity to activity. We did manage to break for tea a few times.
Read more12 July 2011
How To Prepare The Meat For Your Burger
But the key to the recipe is the meat. You should not just get the nearest pack of mince that you can find, but should go to a proper butcher and get the mince made for you using the right types of meat. The best beef for a burger comes from the top...
Read more04 June 2011
Recipe For Vegan Tofu And Coconut Curry
Continuing with our vegetarian fest after a successful week during National Vegetarian Week, I was craving a spicy curry that the kids would enjoy but would also be vegetarian - they are beginning to want some meat, but are just about hanging in ther...
Read more29 May 2011
Recipe For Axel's Vegan Mung Bean And Tofu Soup
This week is National Vegetarian Week and we have been enjoying new and wonderful vegetarian recipes including Sally's new recipes for Moroccan Vegetable Stew and Vegetable Fajitas that we have added to the main Steenbergs website.
Read more25 May 2011
Recipe For Traditional Style Rogan Josh
As part of my ongoing attempts to create Indian recipes that have some bearing on genuineness, I have been fiddling around with rogan josh ideas. Rogan josh is a signature dish for British curry houses, but was originally a North Indian meat dish th...
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