Super-galactic travelling friends,
It may only be the beginning(ish) of September, but Halloween vibes are already in full swing, from decorations to costumes, to delicious snacks.
I thought this year I'd start early with the purchasing of Halloween snack food to try and make sure I get a chance to try as many as possible, and my first top was Marks & Spencer.
Super-galactic travelling friends,
It's been a busy week for me, so without further ado, let's get this week's photo dump going!
The other day my partner made a delicious savoury mushroom, squash and spinach feta strudel with pre made puff pastry. Whenever we make something with puff pastry there's always some left over, and we never have a plan for it...well this time I did, in the form of marmite and cheese twists!
the other day my partner and I visited London for the day, and while there it reminded me of a conversation we've had the last couple of times we visited...what flavour crisps are each of the underground lines?
Below is each underground line, and what flavour they could be. Some were fairly obvious in their flavours, while some my partner and I debated about. Let's see if you agree or disagree with our conclusions...
the other week I made some air fryer wedges, and couldn't believe how quick and easy they were to make (kinda wish I'd take some pics so I could have done a post with the recipe, but I'll do that next time I make them!)
It got me thinking though about wedge based foods I could do in the air fryer...sweet potato wedges...squash wedges...root veg wedges...and then I thought, oooh, apple wedges as a pudding!
many of us love a barbecue, but I think many of us also, a lot of the time, can't be arsed to have one.
Getting out the barbecue, realising we didn't clean it well enough last time we used it over a year ago and having to give it a good clean, or realising it's gone rusty and having to rush out to buy a new one if you have people coming over.
You then have to get the charcoal for it, which you struggle to light, go back out to get firelighters, wait for it to get up to temperature, then finally when you can start to cook you have to fiddle around with the food because of the temperature due to hot and cold spots, and then about eight hours late you finally get to eat.
Of course, you can always just buy an electric barbecue, but then you miss out on the lovely smoky flavours a barbecue brings, and honestly at that point just buy an air fryer that can grill as it's cheaper and easier to store, plus you can use it indoors all year long...that's how I felt anyway, until I learnt about the Ninja smoker.
I am a spicy food fiend, and am always on the look out for the newest spicy things for me to try.
I currently have a backlog of spicy foods and hot sauces I've bought here and there, and I'm always finding new ones to buy, so I thought it would be fun to write reviews of them on here talking about foods partner or I have spotted and bought, where I bought it from, and is it as spicy as advertised.
I personally have a highish spice threshold, so what I don't find overly spicy someone else might find very spicy, so take my ratings with a pinch of salt (or chilli flakes if you will) but I shall try my best to comment on how spicy the foods actually are. I'll also ask my partner, who likes spicy food on occasion but doesn't have as high a spice tolerance as me, to try stuff too to see where his spice rating is where possible, as some things I eat he would rather not try!
It's been a bit of a quiet week for me due to the weather for a lot of it being pretty miserable, but still managed to get out the house a couple times, plus ate some delicious food from the comfort of our home while the rain came down. So with that, let's get this week's photo dump started!
We all have foods we're not a fan of, but may from time to time retry them on the off chance that maybe you were wrong, and liquorice is in fact a delicious treat that you've finally come to appreciate (spoiler, it will always taste terrible!)
Over the years I've learnt to appreciate lots of foods that I previously wasn't a fan of, and every time it opens the culinary world up just a little bit more for me. There are however, some things my palette still refuses to enjoy. Some of them are pretty easy to avoid, but there's one that's often hard to escape from...coriander.
Coriander (or cilantro) is very much one of those love it or hate it herbs, and for me it's always been on my hate list. Anytime I eat something with the scourge of a leaf hidden within it, my joy from that meal soon turns to sadness, and I have to hope after pulling it all out it hasn't imparted too much of its flavour onto the other ingredients around it, so I can somewhat enjoy the rest of my meal.
But you know what? I'm tired of coriander ruining my food!!! I want to eat a pho and not have to take out all the coriander! I want to enjoy a salsa at a restaurant that has hidden coriander in it rather than having to leave it on the side! I refuse to let coriander dictate what I can and can't eat any more!
The question is though, is it even possible to go from hating coriander, to liking it (or at least tolerating it)? I think it might be...
Super-galactic travelling friends,
It's Sunday, which means it's time to share a few of this week's memories in the form of photo collages...let's begin!
it's time for another charity shop meal, and boy do I have an interesting recipe to review for you today!
When I was visiting my parents earlier this year I popped into town to look around some charity shops, when I came across the cookbook, Classics of the American Midwest, presented by Lancaster County Medical Auxiliary Lincoln Nebraska.
I've watched the TikToker That Midwestern Mom who makes those Minnesota salads that aren't really salads videos lots of times, so when I came across this honest to goodness classic style Midwestern cookbook, there was no way I was leaving it behind.
Because I've always been intrigued to try a Midwestern salad, I decided to go for one of the savoury salads. After a quick browse I came across the hot chicken 'salad' recipe, which had one of the most interesting collection on ingredients I'd ever seen!
A few years back I started collecting recipe books I thought were interesting. I have a few from regular shops, but most are from charity shops.
We've cooked from some of the shop bought books but we've not really done a lot with the charity shops ones, so last week my partner proposed we start cooking with them more, starting this week!
My partner was the first to choose a recipe, and decided to pick one from A New Style Of Cooking by Anton Mosimann.
The recipe he ended up picking at random was poached sole fillets with smoked salmon sauce (filets de sole a l'ecossaise.)
We love white fish, smoked salmon, and creamy sauces, so what's not to love eh! My partner wanted to try and plate it as closely as possible as the image example. He wanted to try and plate it as close to the image in the book as possible, and this was the result!
Super-galactic travellers,
Another week, another bunch of photos on my phone excitedly waiting to be shared, so lets get on with this!
Hello fellow super-galactic travellers,
I thought I'd do a weekly photo dump of photos I've taken but not used in any of my posts rather than letting them waste away on my phone never to be looked at again, because I took them, so why not do something with them!
Hello super-galactic travellers!
Recently I have discovered the joy that is plain yoghurt.
By itself it's not great,
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| 'my blandness is my strength, not my weakness!' |
but boy is it a fantastic ingredient to have in the fridge at all times!
Super-galactic travelling friends, why is receiving a delivery so dang hard!?
