~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feasts and festivals, culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad....whilst preparing family food with flair ~
Easter Gourmet 5:2 Diet Recipe: Scallop and Prawn Platter with Chilli Herb Vinaigrette Tomorrow is Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, it commemorates Jesus Christ’s last supper and the initiation of the Eucharist, which is observed in many Christian churches. It’s also the day that the Queen presents special ‘Maundy money’ to local pensioners, last year [...]
The Fast Diet, Meal Planning Monday and Tiger Prawn Curry with Basmati Rice (5:2 Diet) Recipe I am back on my Monday Meal Plans……things all went awry in December and over the Festive period, but I have decided to more disciplined, as much as I can be disciplined, and attempt to plan ahead. My weekly meal plans [...]
Recipes: Fabulous Festive Fish! Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche For my last Fish on Friday post before Christmas, I bring you a simple and very elegant appetiser, Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche, as well as a list of some of my fish recipes over the last year…….most of [...]
Fish on Friday Pink Grapefruit and Prawn Salad (The 5:2 Diet and Weight Watchers) Here I am again with my regular Fish on Friday post, but it’s a day early and is on Thursday! And this week I am featuring one of my favourite salads – a healthy and flavour packed recipe with fruit, seafood, salad [...]
Fish on Friday with King Prawns ~ Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry with Mangoes ~ This week’s Fish on Friday post is a little bit special, not that all my previous Fish on Friday posts aren’t special too, but this is an attempt to cheer us all up with an exotic Asian inspired seafood recipe - Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry [...]
Easy Family Supper ~ Baked Garlic Prawn & Spaghetti Gratin ~ A One Pot Meal! A fabulous and easy family supper that only uses one pot – well, one baking tray actually! This is one of the recipes that I promised to share with you from my meal plan on Tuesday: Meal Planning Tuesday – The [...]
- Salt Cod, Lobster and Mangoes – Interview with Shelina Permalloo 2012 MasterChef Winner “Geert van Hecke taught me to believe in my food style as well as simplicity in cooking” – Shelina Permalloo There will be many of you out there who like me were glued to the television every week for the 2012 MasterChef [...]
Fabulous Fish for Good Friday ~ Marmite Ecossaise ~ Luxury Scottish Seafood Stew Today is Good Friday, a day traditionally associated with fish, and I must admit that I usually cook one of my fish pies for our Good Friday lunch or dinner, but this year I have developed a new recipe – my take [...]
Flaming Garlic & Whisky King Prawns World Whisky Day Celebrate Scottish Seafood and Scotch in one fabulous recipe! Scottish seafood cooking at its best. Take fresh king prawns shell on and sauté them in garlic butter…..then add a generous slug of Scotch whisky – set them alight – flambé them for a minute or so………..serve [...]
Fish on Friday and South Sea Islands Fish & Sweet Potato Stew with Scottish Hake I have received some more wonderful fresh fish from Delish Fish. Delish Fish offers and amazing “shore to door” fish delivery service and in my recent pack of fresh fish I received some wild Scottish hake fillets. I am a [...]
Karen S Booth
