Food & Drink I Love at The Moment
1. Melt in the Middle Chocolate Pudding with Chantilly Cream and Malibu Syrup
This is served at the restaurant I work in. It is the ultimate desert and if there’s any going spare I’m first in the fist fight to grab it. It’s a possibility for desert at this year’s Christmas dinner (what? nobody else planning christmas dinner yet?)
2. Frangelico
Another gem unearthed at work. I love tia maria and Franchellico kind of reminds me of it, its a liquer made from hazelnuts, quite strong but the perfect accompaniment to the chocoate pud. Yum.
3. Parmesan Chicken
So simple. Pan fry some skin on chicken breasts, make sure to give a good colour to the skin. Cook in the oven for around twenty minutes. Sprinkle some parmesan over the skin, be generous, then grill until golden. Serve with a green salad and a lemon wedge.
4. Lemon & Rosemary Baked Chicken
Take some skin on chicken and arrange in a dish with potatoes, pour over a good glug of olive oil, and a glass of white wine (I prefer a sweeter wine, it helps counter balance the sharpness of the lemon). Cut a lemon into segments and arrange between the chicken breasts. Add some fresh rosemary and season well. Place in the oven for around 40 minutes (check the chicken breasts are golden and cooked through). Serve.
This is a tasty one dish dinner that takes barely five minutes to prepare. Some nice crusty bread for the juices and you’re in heaven.
5. Quesadillas
An american favourite that we only discovered recently. Looking forward to trying out different combos – any suggestions?
6. Gu Chocolate Souffle and Mackays Ice Cream
Ready made Gu puddings are the ultimate in luxury deserts. For a special occasion (and we have been having a lot of ‘special occasions’ recently!!) this is a real treat.
7. Vanilla Creme Round
I order my shopping online and when it’s delivered I treat myself to one of these or a slice of walnut bread. Makes the unpacking go quicker….
8. Flake Ice Cream
Flake + ice cream = yum
Flake Ice Cream = Double Yum
What more can I say?
Quesadilla photo by flickr user Rooey202
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I found your blog when looking for ideas of things to do with my 3 and 1 year old here in Edi. I went to uni in Southern Cali and my husband is from Texas so we love Mexican food-including Quesadillas! Our standard combo is: grated cheese, sliced salad onions and sliced avocado topped with Marks & Spencer roasted pepper salsa (the BEST salsa in the UK!). Sometimes we add chicken or black beans. Enjoy!
Really yummy recipes and I would liek to try them all but I think I will start with the flake and ice-cream (but just for me!).
I’ll need to get a tub of that salsa
I am a planner too and am interested in the recipe for your chocolate pudding with chantilly cream. Any chance I could get it?
Scottish side of the family is coming, any other suggestions?
Loved this blog, BTW, I subscribed.
Hi Susanna, thanks for subscribing! The chocolate pudding comes from my work, I don’t have the recipe yet but when I do get it I don’t think I could post it anyway – I don’t think my work would be too happy me publicising it
(I could drop you a private email though…) Marks and Spencer does a very similar ready-made version. The malibu syrup is made with sugar syrup and malibu.
I love having curry nights when the family come over, perhaps you could do an american theme?
We do quesadillas all of the time- burritos, too. Quesadillas are a great way to use up any meat- chicken, beef, pork. Its also fun to change the cheese. Ham, spinach and feta or pizza or more traditional mexican…
Thanks for the tips, this week I’m doing a roast chicken which I will shred and put in passata. I’m planning to use the leftover chicken in the quesadillas, perhaps I’ll add a bit of chilli to liven it up.