Woke up to a windy day.. The sea still so pretty though.. And c’mon with the weather back home? Brrrr.. 🙈 A great breakfast of arabic? Foul medames with breads .. Delicious! A good days chill in a hammock cabana… Read More ›
Dinners/Suppers
Dinners & Suppers
Bukharah at Kempinski Ajman (injun bbq)
What a place! Great deco and all that yet lets talk food right? Everything is done on the tandoors they have.. Like everything! They even have a tandoori salad! (Umm that’s about it for the veggies i think!).. Ooh no!!… Read More ›
Shepherds pie sans truffle!
Ok.. Am feeling just slightly truffled out.. Decadence can only last so long huh? 😉 So a lovely shepherds pie is just the ticket as we both have chills and coldesque type shivers at the moment.. Don’t forget that shepherds… Read More ›
Truffled hanger steak, truffled potatoes, truffled green beans
Truffle everything right now!! That beautiful Umbrian winter black truffle is just calling out to be eaten.. I have already shared a little of it with some pals.. One of them the butcher that ‘donated’ the steak in return.. The… Read More ›
Eat at joes in amsterdam
Here I am in amsterdam .. It’s rainy and cold off the canals.. Yet hey. It’s such a lovely place.. Just so pretty .. Good home style food was needed though so eat at joes it is.. A great place… Read More ›
Steak and beetroot salad yoghurt breads
That a heap of words written up just there in that title huh? Well with leftover steak to use up.. And some red ticket items to eat up before I fly to amsterdam.. Wraps is the answer.. Oh yes and… Read More ›
Argentinian stylee Steak & chips with wild rocket and Chimchurri
Argentinian stylee Steak and chips… Always a winning supper.. Especially when you have Steak like this! Super piece of hanger/bavette.. Sinewy bits removed and the meat beaten out.. That one bit of meat will yield at least 8 steaks.. A… Read More ›
Roast top rump for lunch
Roast beef .. Mrs Fitz’ s fave.. So who am I to say no?.. The beef was a red ticket piece of top rump.. About 815grms.. So that’s more than enough for two persons and also means quick cooking.. First… Read More ›
Valentine’s pie
Valentine’s Day.. Think of it what you will.. It’s a nice time to have a treat though.. And pie is always a treat! So after a long walk in the woods with the hounds.. A trip to the butchers nearby….. Read More ›
Ox cheeks Mrs Fitz cooks
Mrs Fitz always ensures that there is something welcoming and hearty for when I return from my adventures.. This supper was no let down! Ox cheeks , slo cooked for sixteen hours.. Yup sixteen in red wine a ridiculous amount… Read More ›
Monaco eating
Well I am in Monaco .. Famous for quite a few things.. That being the most famous perhaps? It’s not the greatest weather yet hey! It’s still pretty cool.. Now eating.. After all I am in a place that must… Read More ›
Two meat & bean chilli and chips with dips
Am currently in Monaco yet prior to going a simple supper was needed.. What better than a chilli with fresh chips? With nice dips? The chilli was made by frying off red ticket rose veal mince with white spanish onion… Read More ›
Beef two times.. West meats east perhaps?
Huh? Well easy really.. The first outing for this bit of brisket was as a trad meal.. Slo cooked with carrots, shallots, celery and stock .. That made a hearty dinner.. Lovely! And with leftovers.. Chopped Dusted in cornflour and… Read More ›
Scottish style supper ( wasn’t great!)..
Having missed burns night.. My attorney made haggis .. He sent me a kit also with the OX bung and all yet I didn’t get time to go to the butchers for the meats.. Yet I fancied a scottish style… Read More ›
Doner kebab, gyros, kebob,fake-away of course!
Ok.. First thing is that this is not actually on a rotisserie so there is no spinning or turning. Which is indeed where the actual name comes from.. (Fun meat fact right there!..) Yet this is bang on the flavour… Read More ›
14 hour magical mutton /shepherds pie
Fourteen hours? Yup.. Let’s press the play button .. Still having a mutton vibe i cooked this shoulder down in red wine , seasonings and some star anise , fresh thyme.. Probably more things and cinnamon (scared it may go… Read More ›
Mutton stew
We are lucky enough to be able to get our hands on good mutton.. And after all that chicken something needs to change! Mutton is a great meat yet does need a lot of cooking.. So is very suited for… Read More ›
It’s official we are chickened out
It’s official.. Like there should be a memorandum or decree drawn up.. Signed by all parties.. (Well me and Mrs Fitz anyways..).. We have eaten enough poultry to last a good while now we reckons.. With all those spatchcock numbers… Read More ›
Beans on toast
A simple lunch, supper , or even as an appetiser? A great snack anyways.. Of course the beans have to be heinz!! That’s a given right? Yet how to make em even better? Try this out.. Chopped white onion.. Garam… Read More ›
Two day chicken eating
Still on those spatchcock numbers! It really is due to the half price event at waitrose.. This chicken cost 2.37gbp.. Four suppers out of it? You do the math! And super tasty to boot! The backbone snipped out.. Ankles snapped… Read More ›
92 year old lamb stew
Ninety two year old stew? Huh? Well it was a neck of lamb stew I made to take to eat with my 92 year grandfather .. Defrosted the neck.. That’s on the defrosting plate I got .. It’s brilliant! Fried… Read More ›
Had to spatchcock and CHUCKON again!
We enjoyed that chicken so much the other day it just had to be done again! Two chickens in almost the same amount of days! Again slashing and spatchcocking .. And varied up the chuckon .. Veal jus powder, thai… Read More ›
12 hour roast pork & veg brown rice & ranch coleslaw wraps
TWELVE hours.. Yup it’s an all nighter.. One where you keep waking up sniffing the air wondering if it’s time to get up yet..(i suppose if you didn’t like roast porky goodness then it may offend.. Doubt it though big… Read More ›
Spatchcocked chuckon
Seeing how we normally feed the hounds chicken it seemed like quite a treat to be actually eating ourselves! First the spatchcock .. Simple as long as you have good scissors .. Just cut out the backbone chop it into… Read More ›
Sweetcorn & baby courgette fritters & last of the veal in lettuce cups
That’s a long title! I like these fritters. Like really like them.. Haven’t made them for ages though! So whilst looking for another thing I came across spooning with Rosie.. A great cookbook thing that Father sent years ago.. This… Read More ›
Veal Laab namtok thingy lettuce cups with awesome crisps
I am still unsure if this is called Laab or namtok.. I think it’s Laab .. Although this probably isn’t either! Rose veal cooked in some water with shallots.. The water helps break down the meat quickly.. Then the seasoning… Read More ›
Green verbena crispy chicken & big hasslebacks
Green verbena harrisa paste.. That’s what the lovely thigh fillets that I skinned and removed that one bone from got a smearing with.. They were left all afternoon to hopefully gain flavour.. Chicken is such a bugger to get flavour… Read More ›
Italian sausage casserole? With gratin
Why the question mark? Because I am not sure if this actually is a casserole? Let me tell you and then we can decide? Cool.. Now as you know I prefer to make my own delicious sausages.. Yet these Italian… Read More ›
Rotisserie chicken tortillas
Managed to pick up a red ticket Free range corn fed chicken.. Cool ! That’s some for the hounds and some for us.. they are having theirs with brown rice and quinoa .. Ours are being uplifted with taco seasoning,… Read More ›
Cottage pie = cows
Ok .. Now we all remember that cottage pie is made with cows right? Not sheep , pigs, ducks, (I had a duck cottage pie on a flight to Portugal once, although it was indeed rather good it’s not right!)….. Read More ›
Janssons temptation and hanger steak
Janssons temptation .. ?? It’s a wonderful Swedish dish.. A great potatoey number with cream onions, potato and anchovies.. Anchovies? Mr Fitz?? Fish? Really? Yup.. Really really.. Slice the potatoes and onion.. Layered in the dish.. Anchovies added at each… Read More ›
Leetle scones , jam and cream and chicken pie and roasties
Strange title ? Not really! I was pretty darn proud of myself cooking these scones.. Ok for bakers out there and cake people I am sure you can churn them out all day.. ! Yet I do savoury not sweet….. Read More ›
Saturday night injun food..
So we at last get to have great injun food once more! We started by visiting balas sweet centre which is to be fair a good way a way from us.. It’s so worth the drive though! The samosa chaat… Read More ›
Mutton chop curry and failed naan
Well fiesta friday is in fine swing! And I still have an abundance of mutton chops.. Must be time to make a curry.. ! Easy peasey.. Fried Spanish onions .(I love brown Spanish onions..). The chops added too.. Then a… Read More ›
New Year’s Day mutton chops 1002 posts!
Well there we go it’s another year over, and a new ones just begun! ( there may be a song in that ..).. So happy new year to all.. Let’s all agree that 2015 will be much nicer than 2014….. Read More ›
Laab or is it namtok? (spicy noodles with veal)
New Year’s Eve suppers need to be quite nice indeed I think.. And it’s always good to try out something different .. So this I believe is a Thai dish? Perhaps not fully authentic yet hey! It’s darn tasty!! Minced… Read More ›
Chicken chasseur and buttery herb mash
Baby it’s cold outside.. Brrrrr!! That calls for a chicken stew.. A tasty one.. And chicken chasseur is just the ticket.. Chicken thighs, onions, tarragon, white wine and herbs and stuff.. Cooked in the crockpot/slowcooker.. First the chicken skinned and… Read More ›
Brioche bun burgers and spud skinz salad
Home made burgers .. The best there are really.. You get to choose the meat .. Reduce the fat and collagen percentages and season as you choose.. Cool ! Tonites were seasoned hard.. Veal jus powder , italian mix from… Read More ›
St Stephens day ( Boxing Day).. Use-up..
St Stephens day.. As it’s called in eire.. Or Boxing Day as others may be more au fait with perhaps.. It’s a day of leftovers mainly.. A good bubble and squeak with cold cuts perhaps? ( now find right that… Read More ›
Chapli style kebab & lavash bread
Lovely soft lamby kebabs.. Yummmmmm.. I love kebabs.. They have to be good though , the meat of a good quality for starters. And not left sitting around too long.. Also I do think they need to be flavoured.. Sure… Read More ›
Pat makes sausages welsh dragon & merguez-esque
I couldn’t let my godson Patrick leave our house without him making sausages.. First the style? Two types .. The first for supper.. Welsh dragon.. British Belly pork ( of course all our meat is antibiotic free and grass at… Read More ›
Patricks pie
We are lucky enough to have my Godson staying with us for the weekend.. Mr Wentworth and Vora Murley have thoroughly enjoyed having Patrick around.. Anew cuddle friend! Patrick has an Australian Mum and a welsh/English dad.. So he must… Read More ›
Injun veggie supper, red Brussels and mushroom peace
Yup you read that right.. Veggie supper.. Absolutely no meat.. And it was lovely!! First the mushrooms and peas number.. Fried onions in desi ghee.. Added ginger and garlic paste and spices.. Masala and the like.. Adding the mushrooms ….. Read More ›
Roast pork chow mein using the last of the leftover pork
That lovely porky delight just keeps giving! This was using up the last of it.. It made four good tubs.. Which meant a pal got to share in the joy of porky noodley goodness.. I love chow mein!! First chopped… Read More ›
Roast pork & potato croquettes
What’s the best thing about roasting ‘ high’? (meaning to cook more of a roast than you needed at the time..).. Leftovers! This outing of leftovers is a fave.. I dig croquettes .. That outside crunchiness .. Giving way to… Read More ›
Roast pork supper
Roast pork .. If you don’t dig pork turn over now.. Inspired by my attorney who was having a bit of a pre-Christmas thing as the countdown has now begun .. ( hope it went swimmingly!).. A piece of yellow… Read More ›
Masa chips and use up bits ala mehican
I have been waiting and wanting to use my little Hugo that I brought back from Mexico City for a while now.. Also wanting to use that smuggled back masa flour.. Just mixed with hot water with a good hit… Read More ›
Steak, breads and sauces
Couldn’t think of what else to call this post .. Suppose could have called it seriously tasty!! The bread to begin.. 250 grms of plain flour.. The last of one of the bags smuggled back from mexico .. With a… Read More ›
Tuna steak , French beans and potatoes
Tuna steak.. Huh? Not like.. Real steak?? Nope.. The fish variety.. Marinated in Bharat spices Wonderful new potatoes .. I forget the type yet very good and not those nasty. Maris peer things.. Yuck!! Mixed up with spring onion, French… Read More ›
Short rib cottage pie
Cottage pie Not shepherds pie The difference? The animal inside.. I have to admit to it bugging me slightly when they get mixed up.. Cottage pie has to be beef, and to include veggies and herbs found around the cottage…. Read More ›
Spaghetti bolognesey and chilli garlic toasts
Good meaty red sauce and pasta.. Cool.. Always cool .. Reminds you of great movies.. I reckon it should always be eaten when in a vest .. I am all out of vests.. (Note to self.. Get vests ..).. This… Read More ›
Beef short ribs with inca bella roasties
Short ribs.. Yeah.. I am gonna write that again.. Short ribs… Mmmmm With the weather definitely developing into the winter we have been waiting for its time to pull out dishes like this.. Two short ribs.. Browned on one side… Read More ›
What’s under those then? & Fidee cent y’all
After what felt like a long day indeed.. Including taking back the most ridiculous clown car-esque hire car ever.. We kept expecting that clowns would pour outta it every time we parked up!! We had these.. With this great wine!… Read More ›
Hotel room buffet.. A hotel in Cork – Ireland
You may recall posts like this one on cookingwithmrfitz.com .. https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2014/10/17/in-room-dining-mr-fitz-stylee/ It’s how we love to eat when we stay in hotels.. Sure the room service menu is sometimes fun.. Yet when you can snack out in your suite all… Read More ›
Hanger steak wraps with Arabic salad
My favourite piece of steak.. Cut out of an English bullock that has been aged upon passing.. And of course from my favourite butchers! Onglet or hanger steak is simply wonderful ! And if you think that there is just… Read More ›
Eating up leftovers, perhaps a fusion too far?
With the fridge holding stock of various delicious ‘ just can’t bear to throw them away’ items.. It had to be a simple supper of leftovers.. Leftover cous cous.. And the lamb ras thingy.. (Originally part of this!).. And little… Read More ›
Wild saffron cous cous & pouisson & puffys
Remember that wild saffron I said that father Fitz got me in morocco ? Well it arrived from Amsterdam in great shape!! And also some great smelling ras al hanout.. So that shaped supper .. The cous cous is scary… Read More ›
Low and slow duck chinese-esque?
Finger food for supper.. And what better than duck wrapped in chinese pancakes with green onion and cucumber.. Just why does that work so well? Who invented that flavour combo? I think they deserve a great big hat for that….. Read More ›
Twice baked karate chop Italian spuds
It’s definitely the weather for baked potatoes.. The mornings are now frosty and misty.. There is a damp in the air and it’s squelchy underfoot! That calls for food hugs.. One of the best simple pleasures I reckon is the… Read More ›
Hanger steak wraps & sabzi pollo herby puffys
That steak just lasted and lasted.. A superb purchase!! (One more bit to go after this!! ).. (That was just a reminder for ya!..).. So what next to turn it into? Wraps.. Well wrong language really.. What would you call… Read More ›
Left over fava bean lamb with cous cous
Had some of those chops left over. That’s the good thing about cooking just the little extra when can.. Inspired by Father Fitz’s recent trip to morocco .. Am thinking a cous Cousy number.. (Although it turned into more of… Read More ›
Steaks & Chops & Padron peppers
Steak and chops for supper… Yeah! The chops? Lamb.. Great deal on lamb at the moment in the UK.. I heartily suggest buying it and enjoying it , you could always freeze some too.. Although why not just hook yourself… Read More ›
Easy beef bourguignon & panko roasties + sheesh kebab chigwell
Many fine recipes for beef bourguignon .. That classic dinner party dish.. The make life easy yet everyone thinks it was complicated dinner party dish.. Marinating the meat in wine for 24 hrs..adding boiled pork rinds scraped.. Lardons, those tincy… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz lamb stew..
With the travel over for a couple of weeks it’s nice to reset the body clock properly.. The cold weather has definitely appeared, which is quite nice as you get to wear your cold weather articles.. Seeking the scarves and… Read More ›
Peppercorn fillet with sprouts & inca bella roasties
Last of that fillet steak need eating… What a wonderful purchase of a great bit of beast.. Perfect for rolling in very strong pepper .. Umm a little too strong.. Simply cooked in lurpack cooking butter.. The inca bella potatoes… Read More ›
Chinese supper for one.
With Mrs Fitz over in the Emerald Isle it’s supper for one.. Chinese .. Dish one: Chow mein – plain.. Roscoff onion. , Chinese garlic & ginger, shredded carrot .. All cooked in chilli oil diluted with sunflower oil.. Beansprouts… Read More ›
Spatchcock pouissin & inca bellas
Chicken and veg.. Meat and potatoes .. Simple honest eating.. Ok.. ‘Poshed’up a bit by having the pouissins.. Yet they were red ticket items ! Simply taken out of the packet.. Straight onto the oven bars.. Above the wonderful (… Read More ›
Pains perdu.. & dim sum
First the dim sum .. Bought from waitrose.. Mrs Fitz loves dim sum.. Any good? With loads of dressings .. Nah.. Nopey dope dope nope.. Ahh well I know not to ge them again .. Mind you the complex packaging… Read More ›
Red ticket fillet
Wasn’t planning on having steak again for supper.. Yet with this red ticket special on a fantastic piece of Hereford beef fillet it just couldn’t be missed! Reduced from £43 per kilo to £12!!! Now that’s a saving!! So you… Read More ›
Steak & spuds
(The lead picture is not the steak we are having.. Just to let you know!! ) Sometimes all you want fur supper is something easy peasey.. (Not japaneasey..).. Steak .. Mrs Fitz loves steak.. I quite like it too.. I… Read More ›
Mr Fitz ‘carnitas’.. Home again
I have arrived back home.. It’s been a long one this trip.. It feels long.. The journey through the hills back into Mexico City was interesting.. A slight possible altercation with some ranchero narco .. We were driving.. On a… Read More ›
Restaurant & hotel MATEA ixtapan
This is a great place.. And just right for my last meals in the state of Mexico.. The chef is cool and his team great.. They have a kitchen and surroundings to kill for! The food was very good.. Mexican… Read More ›
Mexico City eating.. I need to cook..
I’m getting the ‘haven’t cooked for while’ itch.. Even maybe it’s becoming a scratch… Annoying.. The food is also starting to grate me a little… I gotta refocus.. A good lunch though .. Made a nice break in the working… Read More ›
Tacos & protests.. Mexico City #43
Ok! Had to get over that steak supper.. Luckily lunch was provided at work.. Now we are changing through the gears..( umm not on the roads in Mexico city though!!).. Sheeshola! Lunch was tacos topped with alfalfa ( other toppings… Read More ›
Stoopid price steak .. & breakfast ‘tapas’ ..
Maybe that should have been the other way around? Let’s start with breakfast.. I love the juices available here in Mexico City.. So fresh .. This was carrot , with lemon.. and the tapas ? A sugar ring of course!!… Read More ›
First meal in Mexico City
After a long long flight to Mexico City.. In which I ate all my home packed foodstuffs.. Plus a child meal .. ( good tip that one in long haul.. Kids meals consist of lots of more interesting things than… Read More ›
Wholemeal puffys & sprouts & keema
These puffys are my new best friend.. They are so light and flavoursome.. Mrs Fitz is loving them too! This outing was a wholemeal affair.. Strong Canadian wholemeal flour.. (A little plain to lighten the load..).. Yeast , salt, and… Read More ›
The ultimate roast potatoes? Inca bella
So I ‘found’ these new .. Well new to us potatoes in waitrose.. They claim to be the ultimate roast potato.. Big claim.. We like spuds… Peruvian these I think.. They were also on a red ticket.. So that’s cool….. Read More ›
Lamb & spinach curry & Lebanese puffys
We had some friends popping by tonite.. Just on their way through whilst travelling.. I cannot let people pass through our house without feeding them! So a ‘help yourself , family style’ offering was required.. Lamb and spinach curry is… Read More ›
Puffys
I cannot remember where I saw or heard of these.. I do know I have never made them though! Where to begin? By making the dough .. The tried and tested flatbread numbers.. Whilst it’s rising, time to raid the… Read More ›
Leftover Chimchurri steak tacos
With some of that delicious and now really pungent Chimchurri marinated flap steak needing eating .. It had to be snuggled up with a few buddies in a soft flatbread… The bread? Plain flour 250 grms Teaspoon salt Pinch sugar… Read More ›
Roast buttered miso herbed chicken
Wow! That titles a mouthful !! A delicious mouthful.. It’s a quick one this.. Take French unsalted butter and add thyme, salt and pepper and miso soup paste.. Smush it all together.. Take the FR chicken and cut the backbone… Read More ›
Flap steak Chimchurri of sorts
A pal of mine went over to see the fabulous butchers in Earls Barton.. & picked me up that wonderful cut that is do hard to find unless you either: A: Keep a cow in your place B: Get a… Read More ›
Bone marrow & truffle butter sirloins with no-hassleback potatoes
Does that title grab your attention? It does mine!! This is such a satisfying supper.. Ticks all the smiley boxes.. In our kitchen anyways!! Let’s start with the no hassle hasslebacks.. I would have Prefered to use bigger spuds yet… Read More ›
Mixed chow mein & Chinese sausages
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/13098221/?claim=gt6tkc8cd3w”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> Was time to cook.. Yay!! Thanks to the blue dragon family.. I wanted fresh beansprouts yet it appears that the store near us has decided that now it is autumn that people don’t want… Read More ›
Forgive me ..
For not posting.. At least for the last couple of days.. The reason is I just haven’t really cooked anything.. We have eaten of course.. Yet it has been all from provisions really.. Mrs Fitz made an excellent lasagna when… Read More ›
Malaga meat feasting
Wow what a lovely sunny day here in Malaga , estapona.. Great hotel the hotel kempinski Marbella .. A super day spent in the sun listening to the sea like twenty metres away.. Under the palm trees with no fear… Read More ›
In-room dining Mr Fitz stylee
Good day in the sun today .. Got slightly pink like a veal blush chop.. Must remember to add more cream! (Or actually any! ).. Ahem.. Ok.. Here’s the deal.. You know that in very nice hotels you get very… Read More ›
Balsamic lamb chops & attorneys bouloungere potatoes
A classic dish? I suppose kinda.. An autumnal comforter? Definitely … After discussions with my attorney about potato dishes he reminds me of boloungere potatoes.. That classic French number that would have gone into the butchers ovens at the end… Read More ›
Left-over injun food
It’s true.. It really is true.. Injun food gets better with age.. Just that small holiday spent in the fridge does indeed increase the deliciousness .. Mrs Fitz made the dough as I was out .. No yeast just a… Read More ›
Winner winner chicken dinner
Quite a nice supper indeed .. Potatoes and beetroots par boiled in salty water.. I thought the potatoes were going to go red yet they don’t go that red. .. Roughed up a little., into a tray with some Lebanese… Read More ›
Indian supper
We are supposed to be having an Indian summer.. I think we have been on another channel.. We seem to have missed it.. So instead we are having an Indian supper.. Lucky I made all of this prior to spending… Read More ›
Smoked hock = old school food
The weather is bonkers! First the heavens open and the sky goes dark.. The heating has to go on.. The lights ..and socks and a cardigan! Then the next day it’s sunny .. That’s for another post .. So good… Read More ›
Cott-herds pie?
Cott -herds pie ? Huh? Ok let’s try it this way around lam-tage pie? You there yet? Some help? Well seeing as shepherds pie is lamb based and cottage pie is beef based this is a hybrid.. Why? First off… Read More ›
Friday or fry- day supper ?
First of all happy fiesta friday to all .. Now Friday.. The traditional day of fish eating.. From the good ol Catholics to the rocking st Lucian friday fish fry, wow I remember the first time I was there.. It… Read More ›
Crispy chilli beef chow mein
I love crispy chilli beef.. It is my ‘test’ for a Chinese take-away.. It’s gotta be right.. Not all clumped together like some sugary chewy beef bhaji.. Although writing that has got me thinking.. Hmmmm ! The beef is cut… Read More ›
Bread, chicken & peppers
Simple suppers are sometimes the best ever.. And what can be more simple that a spatchcocked chicken.. with butter seasonings and garlic roasted in the oven? (Ok a few things yet c’mon!)… Super cloudy zatar sprinkled flatbreads .. Fluffy with… Read More ›
No cheese truly non-authentic lasagna..
Sometimes a slice of lasagne with crusty store bought garlic baguette is just what you need for supper.. Particularly as the evenings really are starting to ‘draw-in’.. I quite like making lasagne .. Don’t know why.. This is probably the… Read More ›
Rack of lamb = meat & spuds
Rack of lamb… A rare treat .. I have no idea why it costs so much..? We had a crown of lamb one year for Christmas many moons ago . It was the days before camera phones.. I wish we… Read More ›
Curry mince & sausage rolls
After a lengthy conversation with my attorney yesterday about various supper options .. I actually rang in the first place to get his new chilli recipe that I hear is quite the number.. Not enough time to make the cowboy… Read More ›
Lamb choppies with..
First of all who doesn’t like lamb chops,? Hands up.. Ummm .. Hmmm .. Ok. Apart from the obvious vegan/vegetarians .. ( least we forget that the lamb itself was one of them.. Ahem ).. And what better than those… Read More ›
Chinese chilli chicken & rice
What a fabulous tasting quick supper this.. Chicken and rice in many forms is always a winner! Think jerk.. South American.. African.. Now come back to Asia.. Chicken fillets marinated in sweet chilli sauce.. Chopped .. Fried with scallion and… Read More ›
Proper sausage rolls ‘gourmet?’
Haven’t made sausage rolls for a good while I think.. With store bought puff needed using up.. And having decided on not making the pie nor pasties I thought I was going to.. It had to be proper hearty ‘gourmet’… Read More ›
A mezze of sorts
We needed to put some sunshine food back on our table.. what better than a selection of lovely bits and pieces? Of All kinds! Sitting comfortably? Then let’s begin.. Starting with a carrot dish..Zrodiya bel kemoun (recipe by my virtual… Read More ›
Spatchcock chuck & hassle free hasslebacks
Sometimes Sundays just need a sunday type lunch.. And how about a spatchcock chicken? In a butter and herb marinade.. Roasted in the oven straight on the bars.. above red duke of York spuds.. that have been cut almost through… Read More ›
Six meats burger yup six meats
Six meats burger? Is this some sort of new chain? Umm no… It was my supper This burger may be seen by some as wrong.. Mrs Fitz tutted for sure..I tell you that in advance ok? Ready? Are you sure?… Read More ›
Homemade beet burgers & prudys chips
Ok.. I reckon you may have read that headline and thought “what?” Mr Fitz is making veggie burger?? Well relax my virtual pals .. It’s cool.. It began like this… I fancied making burgers for supper .. Inspired by my… Read More ›
Barnsley chops with brown rice miso butter
Behold the Barnsley chop.. !! That wonderful although very honest when you look at it double chop from the nicest of lambs .. You can see how it sits on the back of the animal.. A thick double chop.. Don’t… Read More ›
Porky schnitzel
You gotta love a good schnitzel .. Not the veggie ones though.. Sorry.. Not even for Christmas.. That soft porky goodness giving way to buttery crunchiness.. Slightly peppery for us.. I remember my gutless taste if a schnitzel in Germany….. Read More ›
No cheese lasagne – easy supper
Well we are back from an emotional roller coaster in Eire.. Wiped out it’s an easy yet comforting supper required.. Lasagne .. That favourite of that cat.. No cheese version here .. Not dairy free due to the white sauce… Read More ›
Bull & Mcabe plus fishermans catch
After leaving Kinsale and that lovely hock behind.. A quick pit stop at the fishermans catch in Kinsale.. It’s just on the edge if town and is a van.. Been their years am told.. Had to try it out.. And… Read More ›
I cracked! (Cooking in Kinsale )
Got cooking pains me.. I get withdrawal symptoms.. Like a shaky shivery skinny person .. Waiting for ‘the man’.. And my attorney sent me a mail about the delicious sounding lamb dish he slow cooked yesterday.. It got me.. Ok… Read More ›
Over here in Eire
Its been a very sad visit this time around to the Emerald Isle .. My wife’s Father passed away .. Wonderfully proud/lump in throat moments including an amazing guard of honour through his village .. Very emotional indeed.. So no… Read More ›
Lamb hotpot = food hug
Food hugs required in the Mr & Mrs Fitz home.. The kind of hugs that just wraps you up and holds you tightly .. Let’s you know that things will be ok.. And they will.. We know they will.. This… Read More ›
Rotisserie chicken tacos
Those great rotisserie chickens are serving us real well.. And this outing is chicken tacos.. The nice non googly chicken bits are spiced with taco spices.. Peppers and onions fried with some cumin .. All mixed together.. That smells brilliant!… Read More ›
Rotisserie chicken pie
What to do when your favourite store has red ticket free range organic rotisserie chucks on stoopid offer? Buy them all of course!! (I was once told that this was a false economy.. nonsense!).. You just have to plan ahead… Read More ›
Baked spuds, miso butter , maple bacon, sour cream & herbs
I just had to write that title out that long.. Why? Because I have to say that this supper was one of my favourite foods I think I have had the the pleasure in enjoying eating in a good while….. Read More ›
‘Posh’ curry and chips
Curry and chips.. Brilliant.. A fantastic invention.. Not just for the late night revellers.. Or teenage kids hanging out.. Or those in Northern English towns.. Big in eire too! This is not quite the styrofoam cup of yellow gloopiness.. Poured… Read More ›
Laab Thailand eatings .. British rose veal
We don’t often have thai food, firstly because there isn’t really any good Thai restaurants round our way.. And also I’m must admit to not knowing that much more than lots of soupy noodles and seafoods.. Plus of course a… Read More ›
Chicken Sunday supper & blueberry crumble
An easy Sunday supper was required.. So real simple .. Jointed a few pieces off a fresh bird .. Into a pot with carrots, onions and shitake mushrooms, some herbs and seasonings.. A little water, covered and into the oven… Read More ›
Crab linguine. & pressed beef supper
Sounds like a weird combo? It’s not ! It’s two different dishes.. Of course the crab is for Mrs Fitz. (Epic she said!).. Cornish brown crab.. Hopefully no Shelley bits.. With an Italian frozen fridge staple of Italian mixed herbs….. Read More ›
Fougasse again..
Am really on this fougasse thingy right now.. We are having fun with it for sure! Again Mrs Fitz made a great looking dough .. We let it rise and then stretched it and slashed it.. Adding mrs Middletons roscoff… Read More ›
Middle eastern feasting
After all that making of baba ghanoush , tabbouleh , fattoush, and a fougasse .. It’s time to eat! What a spread!! Yet wait… Hold the page!!… Where’s the meats? Aha I gotcha ! I picked up some fantastic Turkish… Read More ›
Tabbouleh First time ok?
It doesn’t stop. The Lebanese feast prep continues.. Actually is this all Lebanese? Not sure.. I shall class it as such.. When I first began this blog me and Mrs Fitz went to Dubai.. And had the most excellent food….. Read More ›
Mr Fitz baba ghanoush
Baba ghanoush .. Yeah.. Baba ghanoush.. Smokey lovely veganess! Wow! Who would thought something could be so good? Ok. Bear with me on this one as it’s my first attempt.. After looking at a zillion recipes on the wonderful worldwide… Read More ›
Fattoush a great salad!
Ok.. Following the theme for this evenings supper it had to be fattoush up next! Many countries have a version of a bread based salad.. And don’t get me wrong I love a meat based salad.. Duck, ham , chicken,… Read More ›
Algerian salad
I read this great post from my blogger pal here.. http://wordpress.com/read/post/id/55754782/2922/ .. Algerian Salad.. A simple number of aubergine, long hot pepper ( I call these Turkish?).. Onion and olive oil , Cornish sea salt and balsamic vinegar.. Maille of… Read More ›
Chinese crispy beef with chow mein
I love owning this lump of sirloin I have had for over a week now I the fridge.. Just sat there.. Ageing away, uncovered of course! It means I can just merrily hack away at it whenever I want steak….. Read More ›
Fougasse again…Lebanese stylee
We are a little bit addicted to this fougasse now.. Even when we finished this one up Mrs Fitz was talking about the next.. ! This one we changed slightly.. The dough was aimed more at a ciabatta mix.. Again… Read More ›
Comfort hug- fish pie
Mrs Fitz is still requiring hugs .. So I will be the dutiful husband.. This food hug is far more for her than me.. Yet am happy to make it .. Mixed fish into a sauce made with sauce flour,… Read More ›
Sweet ‘ol cottage pie
Sometimes you just need a giant food hug .. The kind that makes you know the world isn’t so bad and that things will be ok.. This cottage pie falls straight into that category.. Mrs Fitz has returned from her… Read More ›
Mr Fitz chow mein and porky thingy
After long discussions with a pal about the joys if chow mein I just had to knock one up! Chow mein is a wonderful dish.. And by rights should be real simple to make.. So a trip to the Chinese… Read More ›
Help ! Required and pulled pork sandwiches
Help is required please! And who better to ask than my virtual party people at fiesta friday! Ok.. I just cannot get corn tortillas to work for me.. This is now my third attempt! HUMPH! easy recipe .. Two cups… Read More ›
Sirloin steak and home grown spuds
There is absolutely nothing better than eating simply boiled spuds that have just come out of the soil .. And thanks to my pal jack, who kindly let me have a tub of his spuds.. That’s exactly what we had….. Read More ›
Côte de boeuf with prudys chips – decadence
It’s decadent… I admit it… Yet when you can lay your hands on a good priced yet still high standard piece of prime rib with the bone it just has to be done! That’s what happened on my visit to… Read More ›
English summer kofta kebab
English summer kofta kebab? Simple reason for the title of this.. It’s raining .. Of course! It’s the middle of August and it’s raining .. That is not to stop me firing up the coals and grilling these lovely kofta… Read More ›
Shepherds pie. Comfort Sunday
What is it about shepherds pie? Why does it wrap you up in such a lovely comforty hug? And why does just a few ingredients come together in the most magical way? Now let’s start with the mince.. Of course… Read More ›
Onglet/hanger steak kebabs.. Mrs Middletons wraps
First start with the finest piece of well hung beef.. And of course with what I think is the finest of steaks.. The onglet.. or call it hanger.. Or butchers cut.. Either way this is a small piece that sits… Read More ›
Bangers mash and beans
Bangers mash and beans.. Yeah! That classic comfort hug of a food, one that evokes childhood memories.. And how many places do you know that serve bangers sausage mash and peas still? Usually with a good gravy.. It’s the biz… Read More ›
Delicious ham hock supper
I couldn’t think of another name for this dish.. It is exactly as I wrote.. Delicious ham hock supper.. ! It began with watching a re-run of a JO show.. He cooked a couple of these… I twisted the recipe… Read More ›
Bavette / flap steak with bath pots & ‘French peas’
Bavette steak? What? Flap steak? Better? No? Still lost? Think of those wonderful Paris cafe steaks. Actually don’t! Instead think about going to your favourite butchers.. Talking it through with them.. And getting them to cut out fresh from the… Read More ›
Shiitake , petit pois & spud curry
This is a vegetarian supper.. (Ok I can hear the gasps !).. It would have been vegan if not for the butter.. Must get some more Mrs Middletons oil in.. It loosely based around that delightful one from the other… Read More ›
A kind of bolognese (meaty pasta sauce)
Why is this a ‘kind’ of bolognese? Ummm don’t know.. Well it for sure is not the classic red sauce.. Nor is it the more authentic actual Italian number.. So let’s just call it a meaty pasta sauce? It was… Read More ›
Minted lamb salad wrap
Ok.. So I seem to be eating a lot of these flatbreads recently? Well not a lot just quite often! This was a piece left over where I had experimented with no olive oil and a few pinches of yeast….. Read More ›
Salmon,spinach,watercress puff
A dish for Mrs Fitz.. Salmon really ain’t for me.. No fishes are.. Apart from the odd occasion when they have been battered or crumbed.. And who can resist a fish finger butty? I mean c’mon people! Yet here it… Read More ›
Mutton ‘curry’ easy pataks chicken tikka masala
I like mutton.. There is something much deeper in flavour and perfect for curries, stews, ummm and other things like that.. Again I have no real idea what to put with to make it.. Yet gone for the following. ….. Read More ›
Jacks spuds, salmon and lamb chops..
Is there ANYTHING better than spuds? I really cannot think of anything more tasty in the entire galaxy! (Future proofing this post!…) And me good ol ‘pal jack did not let us down … A box of spuds was picked… Read More ›
That’s a wrap.. Another one!
It had to happen again… That pulled beef is just screaming eat me! Do we did.. It was also a good time for Serena to see just how seriously easy those delicious flat breads are.. Remember the recipe? Two cups… Read More ›
Pulled beef ‘burgers’ in brioche, prudys chips
Sooooo.. Lots of delicious pulled beef about the place.. Next outing? Pulled beef burgers.. YEAH! Just formed the pulled beef brisket into patties.. Fried in a medium hot iron pan.. The ultimate brioche burger buns from st michaels.. Those buns… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 