In honour of the brave, first spring flowers, I have decided to put a bit of spice on the menu. It is such a joy to leave work in a bit of light instead of pitch blackness. Monday - Spiced pork with plantains and refried black beans Tuesday – Oven fried Sriracha chicken with salad Wednesday – Supposed [...]
The past few weeks, OK maybe months, have been really hard for me but things seem to be brightening up at Lean Times HQ with a lovely little unexpected rebate from of all companies the TV Licensing. It is amazing how just a little bit of hope can change your thinking. This rebate is not enough buy [...]
Since I have not been working as much as I need to money has been quite tight. Hence, I have been trying to convert my meat and potatoes man into eating more vegetarian fare. It is so much cheaper especially since we have a great fruit and vegetable market nearby. Monday – Roast chicken, potatoes [...]
This is my first week of full time work which often keeps me in the office until after 7 along with writing for two blogs, I think I am going to find cooking dinner every night a challenge. When I was working 3 days a week, I would cook in between writing which gave me [...]
It is finally feeling like autumn here in London so I am excited to get back into the kitchen. I love it that there is still lots of summer produce still around so depending on the weather we can eat summery or more hearty. Monday – Pork chops with roasted apples and squash Tuesday – [...]
This is the view around my neighborhood, it is Notting Hill Carnival which unfortunately signifies the end of summer. So out with the BBQ and in with the Dutch oven. I do have high hopes of an warm September so fingers crossed. Here is the menu - Monday – Jerk chicken, rice and peas and maybe even [...]
This coming weekend is Bank Holiday in England, which signifies the end of summer. It has not been the hottest of summers which makes me sad that I did not make some of my favourite foods like gazpacho. I am hoping for a balmy September to give me another chance at true summer fare. Monday [...]
Last week my beloved and I were on a gorgeous holiday in Turkey. It was an all inclusive resort, where the food was terrific. It was all about tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, white cheese like Feta and grilled meat. We both felt so healthy that I am going to try to cook a bit more like [...]
I have planned my cooking this week thinking that it would be warm. Chilled soup in rainy cold weather is just not the ideal. Fingers crossed that the weather works with my menu but if not, with a few tweaks I can do some changes. Monday – Oven-fried Sriracha chicken with new potato salad – [...]
This has been a challenging weekend – my website service provider is having trouble which is impacting on my website, which is why I have not posted my Wednesday post. I was worried that it would be lost in the ether. Monday – Panko Shrimp Cakes with Sriracha Aioli – frozen shrimp are half price [...]
Things over here at chez Lean Times have been a bit nuts this week. There has been good stuff- my beloved has moved in and bad stuff – not getting paid by self important clod of an employer which made the grocery budget very lean indeed. As I wrote in a post last week, Stock [...]