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I’m a simple cook. I hate following complex recipes and quite frankly I’m crap at baking. I tend to take a brief look at a recipe and then make things up as I go along.
This is one of my favourite ‘easy and quick’ dinners at the moment.

Ingredients
Serves 2
Pork medallions
One leek
2 cloves garlic
Single cream
Brandy or white wine *Optional
1/2 pint of chicken stock
Olive oil
Tsp wholegrain mustard
Sea salt and pepper
1. Sear the pork medallions (season and coat in olive oil first) on either side until they’re caramelised. …

This is a slideshow of our food at the Port Aventura theme park in Spain. This will appeal to the hardened foodies (englishmum). See below for details of the dishes.

Slide 1: Ribs, chips and side salad at The Steakhouse self serve restaurant in the Far West. Tasty but expensive, a bit cold by the time we sat down to eat.
Slide 2: Ham and cheese breaded fritter from the children’s counter at the Gold River evening buffet.
Slide 3: The worst creme brullee I’ve ever tasted and a …

I’ve spoken about meal planning in the past, I’ve been doing it for as long as I can remember and while some people consider it a symptom of OCD I find that it saves me time, effort, thought, stress and money everyday. I know some people that just have a rotating menu, that’s something I definitely couldn’t cope with, I prefer to collect recipes from magazines, recipe books, meals out and online, these ideas form the basis for my weekly meal plans which are all planned …

I love walnut bread, but at ?1.19 for a small loaf it’s pretty expensive and I therefore have to ensure that when I do splurge I use every morsel….and because it’s yummy and I can’t bear to leave a crumb!
1. Simply sliced and eaten with quality butter, I like Lurpack.
2. Toasted with a little quality cheese.
3. Blended and used as breadcrumbs to top pies/pasta bakes.
4. Chopped chunky and dipped in olive oil and balsamic (I like raspberry vinegar too.)
5. Sliced and used for an open …

There’s been a lot of coverage recently about an impending recession, the american mortgage crisis, and the rising price of food and fuel. Is there anyone who hasn’t given at least a quick thought to their monthly budget and looked for where they could trim some fat? I have, and I’ve also been wondering how I’m doing with my food budget compared to everyone else. This isn’t an opportunity for one upmanship, I’m actually more interested in finding those who are spending less, and how?
Please answer the …

Erin’s up to three meals a day (with deserts). The transition has been relatively smooth with very little outright rejections. The only real no-no’s have been root veg, and plain rice crackers. We are still on the fence about avocado…
Here’s a wee list of the favourites so far…
Mashed Banana
Carrot, Apple and Celery Puree
Courgette, Apple and Celery Soup with Parsley
Organix Carrot Sticks
Rusks
Blueberry, Apple, Pear & Cinammon Puree
Vegetable Ratatouille with Rice
Fromage Frais (The outright winner and favourite!)

What are your favourites?

This is a picnic with a difference though because all the food has to have a summer theme.
Summer Picnic
Ideas for your picnic;
A yellow iced biscuit for the sun
A breadstick with a slice of cucumber makes a tree
A square of wholemeal bread with peanut butter is a sandpit
A bit of cress for bushes
Iced gems for flowers
A baby tomato for a ball
A gingerbread boy for you (that’s you kid…not you!)
1. On a chopping board or plate arrange your summer picnic picture, take a photo, and then eat it all up….don’t …