23rd September 2011

Simple BBQ lobster tails with butter and lemon. 
Waitrose lobster (underside of shell removed) grilled for around 7 mins over a high heat. A perfect example of  good ingredients needing the least amount of fiddling to produce an extraordinary flavour.

23rd September 2011

Another photo of the Boy’s birthday -a picnic feast that included a fresh Spanish tortilla, cheeseboard, grilled lobster, chicken caesar salad, zimabwean coleslaw, seafood tians and lots of champagne!

23rd September 2011

Looking forward to my birthday tomorrow!Here’s a photo of Nigella’s worryingly addictive chocolate cherry cupcakes that I made for the Boy’s birthday last month…

22nd September 2011

Just returned home after a fairly eventful night at the hospital (mysterious abdominal pain). We popped in to Windsor Farm Shop on the way back to buy some fresh bread and I collected those butchery bits that I had ordered earlier.

I doubt there’s much that is more surreal than picking up a bag of curly pig tails whilst in a woolly post-hospital morphine haze!

21st September 2011

Ah, The Great British Bake Off, telly heaven!
I’ve got myself into a little routine of baking a treat and making some tea in preparation for each episode.
Yesterday I made dark chocolate cake pops (scruffy since I was in a hurry not to miss the beginning). These were a vast improvement on the chocolate Guinness cake from last week which was delicious but somewhat large for a lone eater!