I was lucky enough to have access to a few kilos of lamb.. Great quality with a good fat to meat ratio.. And we all know that’s all important! So what to make? There is a Thai dish we really… Read More ›
Month: August 2015
Spring rolls made easy (Vegan recipe)..
we seem to be on a chinesey trip at the moment.. Funny how you go through phases. Wonder where in the world we will be next? 😶 With a patrick still in my kitchen with us it’s great for him… Read More ›
Gyoza , potstickers , dumplings
whatever you call them.. More inspiration in this nasty weather .. And being inspired this time by my blogger pal over at http://foodisthebestshitever.com Who made something he had never made before.. I decided on these.. And have decided to dedicate… Read More ›
Spit roast lamb breasts , salsa verde, pico de gallo & piada
I suppose this was born outta part-inspiration .. Inspiration by watching the excellent Rick Steins adventures.. Venice to Istanbul .. A great show not just the food yet the sheer obvious pleasure he gets from watching it get made.. And… Read More ›
Chine-easy pork balls
with a slight glut of pork loins. (Yeah I got too many on a special!) 😏 And not wanting to freeze them all.. Needed an easy tasty treat.. I am a huge fan of Chinese deep fried meat donuts.. (Apart… Read More ›
sPATchcocked chuck and pink potatoes
do you get it? I hope so.. (Patrick my godson is staying with us a while).. Taking the chicken snipping out the backbone.. A snip of the bone that I used to love to dry out and then make a… Read More ›
There’s a Pat in me kitchen what ima gonna do?
It’s that time of year again.. The end of summer .. When we are fortunate enough for my Godson Patrick Starsky to still want to come visit.. He catches a coach and it takes over six and a half hours! … Read More ›
Quick pork ,apple & stuffing sausage rolls , so simple!
sausage rolls.. Yummmmmmm Not those ones with indescribable pink slimey/sludge in though! As you will see from here: https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/?s=Sausage+rolls&x=0&y=0 We dig them.. And I saw these type of ones for sale in a pretty expensive store , no names yet… Read More ›
Sooper 12th century church veggies & Serrano ham
very lucky where we live really.. It’s surrounded by historics.. A great Manor House.. Alms houses, an arts centre and a beautiful 12th century church.. All pretty much on the doorstep! Ok so the sound of the bells can get… Read More ›
Beefy/feathery bourguignon and mash
The weather is a changing for sure… The nights get dark quicker (which I quite like actually!).. Yet there is indeed a nip in the air.. Am told the weather will turn back to summer soon.. I hope so.. When… Read More ›
Cyprus baked potatoes
we love potatoes .. Is it a gene thing? Not so hot in rice and other grains .. Yet potatoes are the business.. One day I will make it out to one of those Peruvian potatoe markets I have read/dreamt… Read More ›
Rib eye steak Cowboy chilli tacos
Cowboy chilli ? Yup! According to my attorney ( and he is indeed a wise man!).. This is a recipe that is as close to the chilli on the plains as poss.. It’s a strange one.. The lack of ingredients… Read More ›
Steak teryiaki skewers with blythburgh pork spring rolls and mixed up egg fried brown rice ..
It’s time we ate steaks again.. The abscence has been noted .. What better a reintroduction than lovely teryiaki skewers? Taken the red ticket steaks.. Trimmed ( trimmings gone to a good hound home).. 😏 Beat the steaks with… Read More ›
Aiming for lebanesey type of supper..
Am thinking lebanesey type affair for supper.. Or at least around those parts.. First some salad of aubergine and peppers.. All grilled .. When good and soft and blackened .. Left to cool While the onion fried in… Read More ›
Super simple Sausage & chips supper
sometimes you just want something simple . This is a kinda sausage and chips with buttered bread.. The sausage meat that we had was pimped up with nutmeg, dried coriander, Bristol blend pepper and dried sage.. No skins just rolled… Read More ›
Ramen lunch with ‘that’ blythburgh belly pork
with great leftovers at my disposal it calls for a great lunch.. That pork.. It screams ramen to me.. Spare rib broth disks from the Chinese store .. Into the hot water.. Some egg noodles .. A handful of… Read More ›
Spooning with Rosie inspired rotessiere blythburgh belly pork
this love affair with our new toy continues .. Having worked out some original issues with the gas delivery to the burners.. Not totally fixed as they don’t seem to want to go lower than I would like not higher!!… Read More ›
Rose harrisa cous cous, lamb shoulder fillet & inspired aubergines , fresh pomegranate ,In lettuce cups..
Inspired by my blogger pal at: http://lapetitepaniere.com And the fact that I had an aubergine ( remember there is no such thing as an eggplant 😏) Plus Mrs Fitz reminding me that we haven’t had cous cous for an age….. Read More ›
rotisserie Chicken wings and chimichurri
i was ‘donated’ a grill a couple of years back by an old drinking buddy..it’s been living in the garage ever since.. Yet I somehow felt inspired.. So dragging it out and wheeling it around the house to get into… Read More ›
Vegan samosas & aubergine (not egg plant!) pakoras
samosas.. Who cannot resist a samosa or three? Not talking about those nasty ones with sweet corn and carrots in though.. Or the ones with cashews and raisins ..Yeeuky bukey.. And I know you can bake em yet I think… Read More ›
Meat & potatoes , simple eats
is summer actually here? Well it sure don’t seem like it! The mornings are starting out very bright and sunny.. Yet that seems to move off pretty sharpish ! Yet the warmness/closenessdoes call for simple eats.. What can be better… Read More ›
BIG Chicken kebabs .. Meat on sticks
meat on a stick.. Over fire.. Now I am not going to say it brings the cave person out in me.. Because I really don’t think it does.. It does though give me great pleasure! I like sitting there slowly… Read More ›
Tandoori chicken supper
we are indeed a fan of tandoori chicken, now ideally coked in a tandoor oven thingy me bob.. You can though replicate it pretty well.. First the chicken.. A baby chicken simply skinned and into four pieces.. Due to… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 