I have been thinking about pulled beef for sometime now .. Doing some research.. Looking at cuts.. All that.. When it dawned on me.. First thing why don’t I just ask my fantastic butchers at ee lee & sons about… Read More ›
Dinners/Suppers
Dinners & Suppers
Mid week roast beef with trimmings !
That piece of topside has served well.. Three dinners .. !! This outing was a mid week roast .. Roast beef … Yeah… Mmmm… Yeah Mid week as well!! YEAH!! Now topside is not favourite roast.. Yet it works.. I… Read More ›
Beef kinda bourguignon
I found this big lump of topside in one of the freezers.. It’s not my favourite roasting joint and I had forgotten to portion it onto more manageable lumps! So a few things.. A chilli type affair.. That will have… Read More ›
Pie and chips twice.. Please..
Pie.. Mmmmmm.. Pie… What is it about pie that gives you a hug? Well done who first thought of pastry meets scrumptious filling.. Jolly well done! I had a couple of suitable entrants for the fillings.. One a beef kindabourguignon… Read More ›
Best steak supper! EE Lee& Sons steak
There is a particular cut if beef that I just love.. Go slightly potty for actually! I think it’s because it’s scarce . Just one strip of this on each beast.. It’s hard off me to locate.. Yet thanks to… Read More ›
An almost vegan supper..
Almost? Yeah I had some great chorizo with mine do I guess that throws it out right? But in essence this was a vegan supper.. Great rustic artisan bread.. Bought from the Celtic bakery.. On the turn as I bought… Read More ›
Rasta kebabs ? Lebanesey flat bread
Why call these Rasta kebabs? Well I was going to call the Rasta-bation kebabs yet though that was a bit rude sounding.. All though they have been ‘basted’.. ? Rasta just due to the red yellow (gold) and green peppers….. Read More ›
Baked potatoes with leftover chilli
Baked potatoes .. when you just need something that’s gonna work without much work.. Who cannot love the baked potato? Not the anaemic chef ping alone jobbies.. That’s just nasty.. A baked potato needs to have an element of bakedness… Read More ›
No bean chilli and iberico pork fat breads
No bean chilli? Huh? It’s pretty easy really.. We are out if beans.. So that means a meatier number instead.. Ho-Humm… Now I am not going to get into fantastic details nor talk about the myriad of what should shouldn’t… Read More ›
Mr Fitz lamb ‘curry’ and olive oil breads
The car? That’s my pal Peters red corvette.. But the ‘curry’? It would be good to know what this dish would actually be called.. Yet probably it wouldn’t have a name.. Why ? Because I make it up each time!… Read More ›
Soft tacos, surf and turf?
I needed soft tacos .. Like really needed soft tacos.. Why? I think it’s because we haven’t had that type of food for a while.. And the weather has been so muggly hot something like soft tacos were perfect.. Also… Read More ›
Yakatori duck rolls and easy peas -ey rice
Duck is lovely… I reckon so., it’s a bit of a weird one for me as I really like the cute looking things in the wild! Yet duck meat is very good indeed.. These were three gressingham legs bought on… Read More ›
Doner kebob/kebab/gyros and chips please..
Sometimes you just can’t beat a great fake-away.. And this seriously takes some beating! First the mix.. Gone for pork and beef as I have a pal that doesn’t do lamb too well and I wanted to give them some… Read More ›
Roast lamb stuffed mushrooms
Having had the family over for a while it’s been lovely.. It has also meant that we have been cooking hard.. Good news? Great leftovers!!! This is the leftovers from a leg of lamb .. Stuffed with anchovies, garden rosemary… Read More ›
Roast beef and prudys batatas fritas, feta, mint and peas
Gotta love roast beef.. A good bit of roast beef always goes down a treat.. We have family over so this made for a great sharing supper.. I had to cook the beef for just a little longer than I… Read More ›
Simple steak supper
Such a simple delight this steak supper.. Sometimes it’s best just to let the meat do the talkings .. Starting with a very fine cut of steak from butcher Dave.. Aged beautifully The only thing with it was there was… Read More ›
Porky goodness.. Ribs!
Feeling all American .. The wings were great .. after wings though must come ribs.. A great rack of ribs from butcher Dave.. Got him to whip off that paper like piece on the underside .. it’s really worth doing… Read More ›
Chicken wings- buffalo style
What is it about chicken wings? There is just something that makes them so good to eat.. Considering they are not used to fly just to flap about.. Me and my attorney were in Niagra one time and gazed longingly… Read More ›
Easy fish pie & Christmas turkey nuggets
Fish pie.. Some people just dig it.. I don’t.. So I made this for Mrs Fitz.. I have been hard gardening.. Like seriously hard.. Why mention it? Because I ache like a big achy thing.. (Getting there though, the ‘vision… Read More ›
Double baked potatoes
Double baked spuds are the best .. I reckon so anyways.. Rubbed with mrs Middletons Lebanese pimped herb oil . Dusted with fine sea salt , skewered and into the oven on the rack ., They would to be fair… Read More ›
Last of the Sunday beef= katsu curry
So let’s figure this out.. Four big beefy ribs.. Very cheap.. Have so far yielded : Two big Sunday suppers.. 7 pasties.. Delicious.. (Two given away to a chap that had leant me an extension lead.. ), two left for… Read More ›
Sunday lunch BEEF RIBS!!
Ok.. This is a quick post.. Why? Because I’m a day late and the leftovers have already become great dishes ! I need to tell you about the start though right? It’s big beefy ribs.. Bought on a red ticket… Read More ›
Brazilian rice with BBQ lamb and French beans
The World Cup continues.. And I needed something to get my teeth stuck into.. Ahem.. It’s also festival weekend and fiesta friday.. This is a dish perfect for both.. Still in use up mode.. A quick scan of the indoor… Read More ›
Fish and chips supper
Contrary to many beliefs .. Just because we live in England doesn’t mean we eat a lot if fish and chips.. Very much the opposite ! Sure there are the romantic notions of fish and chips by the sea.. (And… Read More ›
Baked red potatoes .. Leftovers for supper
That wonderful keema that Mrs Fitz made in Sunday had another roll out .. That’s the greatest thing about leftovers! Not with lettuce cups this time., something a bit more hearty .. And what better than baked potatoes? Who can… Read More ›
A proper hog , a cow, a chicken and a lamb
It’s been a lovely weekend, the start of summer is surely upon us.. We have had the waterside festival in the village.. Attracting quite a few thousand people.. Bands on three stages and a heap of activities .. Very nice….. Read More ›
Leftover beef ribs.. Equals chilli!
Leftover beef ribs? Really? Didn’t they just get eaten? Sometimes the best thing about a meal is knowing you are going to be left with leftovers.. Big beefy leftovers.. In case you missed it, those beef ribs were cooked low… Read More ›
Big beefy ribs..
Ok.. I succumbed .. Yet they needed eating right? I picked these fantastic scotch beef ribs from Ian the butcher last week.. That’s how long good quality meat lasts you see .. I have to pop over and see him… Read More ›
Barbecue chicken & biryani
I think this is the last of the chickens.. Here may be another hiding in the chest freezer yet I reckon this is it.. Buying those chickens at such a great reduced price from waitrose has supplied us with many… Read More ›
Store cupboard soup for supper? Really?
You may have noticed that we have been eating rather a lot of the beefs recently.. Even to the point where Mrs Fitz and my Attorney have pointed this fact out.. Humph .. So deciding against cooking down the lovely… Read More ›
Pie and ‘posh’ peas
last nights supper.. We have been hitting the steak hard recently.. so time to turn it down a notch.. a delicious steak pie! This pastry covered delight is store bought (on a reduced ticket) yet very very well done indeed!… Read More ›
Picanha steak ?
The picanha steak.. New one on me.. Think I had it a few years back in Rio at one if those amazing grill joints.. so much meat !! They just keep bringing it on over! If you dig meat you… Read More ›
‘Fake’ flat iron steak and smashed potatoes
There is much talk in various circles about ‘different’ cuts of steaks.. The World Cup fever is for sure setting in and cuts like the picanha are making a long overdue feature in almost all good stores yet a at… Read More ›
Steak sarnies
Sometimes all you want for supper is a couple of easy food sarnies.. This is them… Simple sour dough bread toasted.. Black pepper for Mrs Fitz. Butter And horseradish for moi.. Rocket dressed in Italian balsamic dressing.. And a smack… Read More ›
Steak and masala beans
Now this post may twist you up a bit… You sitting down? The steak is for Mrs Fitz and the vegetarian option is for moi.. Yup Mr Fitz can also eat vegetarian you know! I know my pal the novice… Read More ›
Pulled pork noodles & black truffle bone marrow butter steak
Just tapping in the title of this post made me smile ! Pulled pork noodles? Remember the pulled pork cooked the other day? Well this is another way of using it up.. Simply defrosted added to half a store bought… Read More ›
When life gives you ground lamb..
You gotta make Shepherds pie… That cosseting comfort dish that just hands over a big hug and says everything is ok.. Sure there are a zillion ways of cooking it.. Yet this one was just simple.. First take the ground… Read More ›
Chermoula chicken with biryani
Still plugging our way through those chickens. This birdie got skinned chopped and slathered in chermoula paste .. What is chermoula paste? It’s a North African kinda thing .. Full of flavour. And just brilliant with chicken.. Am sure though… Read More ›
Potato gratin??? Nooop!
While picking up the evenings libations Mrs Fitz also picked up a handy recipe for potato gratin ala coop recipe card.. After deciding that this would be a perfect dish to accompany the lamb supper we had planned.. Followed it… Read More ›
Yoghurty spiced chicken with prudys batatas fritas
Those chickens in the freezer ain’t gonna eat themselves.. defrosted skinned and chopped.. So this bird got a pasting.. A pasting of sheek kebab spices , Greek yoghurt and mrs Middletons pimped Lebanese herbs oil.. Left to get its thing… Read More ›
Padron peppers & pulled pork pancake rolls
Padron peppers are the business .. A relatively short season unfortunately .. here’s what wikipedia says… Padrón peppers (Spanish: pimientos de Padrón) are a variety of peppers (Capsicum annuum) from the municipality of Padrón in the province of La Coruña,… Read More ›
Do pigs have hands?
Yup they sure do.. (Cows also have wings..) Porky lovely ones.. And in my mind the best cut for pulled pork .. Cheap as chips.. Mind you chips ain’t that cheap anymore!! You probably need to get friendly with a… Read More ›
BBQ burgers & spuds
Looking in the fridge revealed a couple of things, a few burgers that needed eating.. Along with four of those delicious jersey royals already cooked.. Well that says it gotta be weber time! Seasoned the patties with creole seasoning and… Read More ›
Super garlic chicken & just jerseys
Still having a freezer full of chicken means that chicken has to feature on out supper menus .. Gone for a simple supper.. Half a fat free range chicken .. Slathered in morrocan spiced pimped mrs Middletons oil.. Tillypepper and… Read More ›
Arizona beef ribs with hassleback spuds
Had quite a busy day.. Co-hosting fiesta friday has been a blast.. Great to read so many motivated food lovers journeys.. Supper tonite was an easy pack of Arizona beef ribs.. Why buy the pack and not make them myself?… Read More ›
Toad In the hole =soaker upper!
Well fiesta friday eighteen seems to be running along quite nicely .. Some great participants and a lovely mix of peoples.. A fantastic although a little scary co – host.. Yet it’s time for supper here .. Let’s try using… Read More ›
Butchers and black bean lamb and fried rice
I went off to see my pal Ian at e lees and sons butchers in earls barton.. It’s a bit of a trek for me yet I needed to go out that kind of way anyways .. Good to catch… Read More ›
Lamb keema breads and lettuce cups
Mrs Fitz makes a great keema.. With the help from the Shan family.. Yet with added zip.. Fresh ginger and garlic amongst other things.. So with this lovely lamby goodness available for supper it had to be a two way… Read More ›
Here chicky chick chick..
I feel like chicken tonite .. Chicken tonite.. Chicken.. Ahh you get it! We feel like chicken tonite.. And I have a bunch of them that I got reduced in #waitrose just before flying out to Lisbon.. they freeze real… Read More ›
Bank holiday BBQ, I don’t care what the weatherman says.
It’s May bank holiday.. That means it will rain.. it just has too! that won’t stop me firing up the coals though.. Yee-haaa!!!! (Why yee-haa? don’t really know it just felt appropriate..) Mrs Fitz had kindly already marinated the lamb… Read More ›
Honorato artisan burgers Lisboa
It’s champion leagues day in Lisbon.. That calls for a champion pre match snack.. Took a stroll along the promenade (probably called something else yet that’s what it feels like)., And saw this place.. Ok the rise of the artisan… Read More ›
Lisbon super supper mission.
I went on a mission for supper tonite, A proper mission.. It began with concierge.. And trying to fix a reservation at a restaurant that my attorney recommended.. It didn’t happen .. They ate just too full, you see in… Read More ›
It’s all about the bones..
The bones? Yup.. The bit that imparts the best flavours into meat.. We all know that right? This supper was all about just that .. Sirloin on the bone.. twice baked spuds with sour cream, garden chives and Mr Fitz… Read More ›
Pak choi & oyster mushrooms two ways
We are very lucky to have a fantastic oriental supermarket nearby.. Actually I reckon you could call it a hyper market to be honest. It’s pretty big. and seems to be the go2 place for the restaurants as well as… Read More ›
BBQ black bean lamb fillet & BBQ zatar flatbreads
Two reasons for this dish ..( which I have to say was a stunner indeed !) Reason one is for the fiesta friday challenge .. Run by my good pal the novice gardener .. This challenge is for yeast recipes… Read More ›
Happy as a flaming pig in…. Peas! (& lettuce)
Found a piece of the suckling pig that my attorney sent me for Christmas .. Cool ! I love it when you find things you had forgotten about .. Suckling pig is not Mrs Fitz’s idea of fun so it’s… Read More ›
Leftover beef & store cupboard pie
The end of the beef is insight.. And it had fed is we all week pretty much! It’s amazing just how long one piece of top rump can last .. And I think pretty amazing on how many meals you… Read More ›
A duck and a pig went to sea..
In a beautiful pea green lettuce cup.. Ok.. Not quite the classic story.. Yet this is a lovely supper.. First off lettuce cups are cool, we all know that .. right? We love them all-ways.. And rice fry’s are cool… Read More ›
Eurovision leftover lamb chilli..
After a good weekend if cooking we are still on leftovers.. As we all know chilli gets better with age.. not fur and colour though! Remember that! A fresh salsa is required though just to cheer things up.. A tomato,… Read More ›
Simply lovely Sunday supper
It’s Sunday ..(well actually it’s technically Monday while i write this . Yet you may be reading it on a Wednesday. Or perhaps a Friday.. So does it matter really? ) Ok.. Let’s start again.. Sunday supper.. For Mrs Fitz… Read More ›
Lamb chilli for Eurovision (mexican canapés?)
It’s Eurovision.. Yay! Eurovision is great! (If you don’t know it then you must google it).. Basically a guy in a dress with a beard from Austria won by singing a big number.. Cool! So for Eurovision supper it needs… Read More ›
Mr Fitz burgers , Mrs Fitz morrocan wedges
I have to say Mrs Fitz makes wonderful spuds.. Of all kinds. it has to be the fact that she is from the Emerald Isle .. has to be! Tonites were no exception to this rule.. Parboiled king Edwards ,… Read More ›
Steak two ways and chippies
Mrs Fitz loves steak .. No let me write that again.. Mrs Fitz LOVES steak! It’s always a good supper in our house yet often requires some cajoling to eat a veg with it! Managed to get away with adding… Read More ›
That loving hug of a shepherd
Ok.. Sure the weather is getting brighter.. And it’s almost time to ditch the coats for the season.. Yet not quite., So a knowing hug from a shepherd is called for . A shepherds pie.. Lamb mince seasoned well and… Read More ›
Burgers and Bangers BBQ
Well the weather has definitely decided to be kind.. The sun is shining.. That just has to mean BBQ! Still some lamb leftover from the meat carney the other day.. Do that needs using before it turns on me! Lamb… Read More ›
Rosie and shirley ..
Two types if inspiration tonite.. First one being from a cook book my father bought me a while back ., and a recipe for sweetcorn fritters. It reads far too easy yet really is easy! Rosie says no salt yet… Read More ›
Home made burgers are Tina turner
SIMPLY THE BEST! Ha ha ha.. C’mon you know that you cannot beat a homemade burger. Every ‘gourmet’ burger chain tries to replicate what we are all very good at making .. Ok for sure there are sometimes a few… Read More ›
Topside of beef for Mrs Fitz
Still trying to eat our way through the stored /hoarded supplies we have. This was the turn of a piece of topside.. Mid week roasts are cool. Had mailed my attorney a picture of it and asked suggestions. He came… Read More ›
Homely cottage pie
We are home.. And it’s great to be back! Travelling sure is nice yet sometimes home is just slightly better .. Am what more homely than a Mrs Fitz cottage pie .. Lucky we had a reserve number in the… Read More ›
Budapest lounge & British Airways food
Time to go home.. What a wonderful time was have had in Budapest.. A place that if you haven’t visited you really should , and if you have then you must return. So after checking out of the fantastic Corinthia… Read More ›
Robbie Williams and Room service
Well Mrs Fitz is a happy bunny.. We went to the opening night of Robbie Williams new swing concert.. I have to say that Budapest does concerts very well! Everyone was polite, no jostling, drunks, fake merchandisers , crap food… Read More ›
Supper in Budapest
After a fine walk taking in all the sights .. And Mrs Fitz ensuring that any chance of the snaffled pork fats would not be able to cause damage by walking it outta me! Sheesh we walked! No chance of… Read More ›
Cottage pie supper
I don’t know why yet we needed a big food hug.. Sometimes that’s just what’s needed. Mrs Fitz had been out with the hounds.. A seriously good trompsing… I spent a short period in the local pub. So this supper… Read More ›
Virgin Atlantic plane food
I forgot that this post was sitting patiently waiting to be published.. So I apologise to the post.. Sorry.. Virgin Atlantic at times is a wonderful way to travel across the pond.. There are not many airlines that would give… Read More ›
Venison and duck egg ‘scotch’ eggs fiesta Friday
Whilst feeling in the ‘richer’ end of eating. I decided to use up the duck eggs by making venison scotch eggs.. Venison? Yeah had some left over Mr Fitz venison sausage mix in the freezer .. Perfect for this wonderful… Read More ›
Smoking sausage rolls & a Chinese rice thang
Home now.. Good to be back.. Spring is definitely springing.. Birds chirping away.. Lots of cherry blossom .. A simply lovely time of year.. Simply lovely Right .. Need to concentrate, run a few thoughts in my head.. And the… Read More ›
Breakfast, lunch & dinner.. NYC
A quick posting.. I say that as the weather is so nice today here in New York that we just have to get back outside into the sun! Breakfast.. Morton Williams.. Bacon sausage and breakfast potatoes.. Washed down with a… Read More ›
Blue ribbon fried chicken shhhh!
Ever heard of the blue ribbon sushi bar in manhattan? No? Really? Well actually nor had we.. Yet after a great recommendation from Robert at the Viceroy New York, we had to check it out .. Why? It supposedly has… Read More ›
Supper at Bubbys New York defending the American table
On extremely good advice from a good pal .. Me & Mrs Fitz took supper at Bubbys here in New York.. Www.bubbys.com We took to the one in tribeca, and it was a great choice, this joint has a great… Read More ›
Cottage pie & Moroccan meatballs
Homey food felt required .. What better to wrap you up in a loving food hug than cottage pie? And this one was a doozy for sure.. Made to a proper old school recipe.. With the tastes of old England… Read More ›
Toad in the hole & chanterelle pasta.
It was grand national day .. So I knew that something of stodgy qualities was gonna be needed.. After a marathon sausage making quest, did I mention I also turned out a couple kilos of pork and beef chorizo? And… Read More ›
Chinesey kinda supper
Easy good required .. Quick tasty and easy.. Chinesey.. Perfect! Poached some diced chicken in a liquor of five spice, bay and chicken stock.. Not long at all.. Whooped up a batter of double dragon flour and extra bicarbonate ….. Read More ›
Salmon ‘Wellington’?
Now am not convinced that I have the right word for this salmon in pastry dish that I made Mrs Fitz.. Yet ‘Wellington’ seems about right .. I was still full from my meeting @chefbird in Smithfield .. Yet Mrs… Read More ›
Indian food three ways.. And a couple more.
Fancied some Indian style food .. With the help of the patak family it was easy.. These smaller packs of sauce they have created are very good indeed and just perfect for those quick suppers.. We have two kinds …. Read More ›
Chicken and chorizo fried rice
An back from my travels.. Back to rain, hail, sleet and fog.. Ah well .. Only for two weeks as then it’s off galavanting again.. Needed something comforty -4-tea.. I need to hit the store , so it’s another use… Read More ›
Home .. Sweet chuck home,.
Am home.. After my Arabian adventures worthy of a good novel.. Or at least some novel adventures! Having hurtled around the F1 circuit.. Flown sea planes.. Narrowly missed camels in the sand dunes whilst shooting hard liquor in. 4X 4… Read More ›
Mini tacos.. Poppadom ice creams..
Following on from the mini keema sliders .. That were indeed tremendous.. I just have to share with you the mini tacos.. Mini chilli tacos served with a guacamole ( not as rich as my homemade jobbie ) yet delicious….. Read More ›
Delicious keema ‘sliders’
Was lucky enough to experience these wonderful keema sliders.. Sliders? Maybe not .. Well little sweet rolls .. Built for me by a great chef in Abu Dhabi.. With a wonderful beef keema, great sauces and a sprinkle of chopped… Read More ›
Dessert driving and eating under the stars
Ok.. Look I know that I spelt desert wrong ok? Forgive me.. Yet am being so well looked after and overloaded with food stuffs.. It’s possibly all I can think of! Was driven out to the dessert ( see there… Read More ›
Chinese beef curry ..
There is something about Chinese curry.. Much sweeter and deeper than Indian perhaps? ( someone is going to tell me different right?) .. A little hotter than Japanese curry, the kind used for Katsu curry.. And boy do I like… Read More ›
Duck and Chinese rice fry
I like duck .. I forget how much I like duck to be fair.. We hardly ever have it. I also like ducks that are still alive., I think they are very cute indeed.. Maybe that’s why we don’t eat… Read More ›
St Patricks last supper (for 2014)
Well there we go .. It’s over.. Time to put away the green dyes and clothes till next year.. Possibly nurse your heads a little.. Ahem.. Well what was the final supper? The fish pie for Mrs Fitz seemed to… Read More ›
Pea & potato croquettes for st Patricks day plus easy peasey guacamole
My pal lucysfriendlyfoods published a great recipe for potato and pea croquettes, I have been waiting for a time to make these and what better than st Patricks day!! I will be having these for my paddys day super later… Read More ›
St Patricks day fishy pie..
As mentioned before.. Am making Mrs Fitz a lovely fish pie for st paddys day supper.. So here it is!! I went to the store and got a handful of fresh mixed fish.. Made a good milky parsley sauce and… Read More ›
Cottage pie supper
Still in use up mode! Gone for the ultimate comfort food.. Well one if them at least ! Cottage pie .. Mmmmm even just saying it out loud makes you start to feel snuggled and dreamy.. cottage pie And I… Read More ›
It’s a sausage fest in the kitchen..
Still on the use up campaign from the proteins ‘hunted ‘ from the depths if one if the freezers.. This is the tale of a shoulder of pork.. This porky protein has been in there hiding since before Christmas, so… Read More ›
Mid week (almost!) roast beef super supper!
Do you recall the various proteins I hoiked out of one of the freezers? Well this is the beefs turn.. It’s got to be roast beef.. A great piece of corner cut.. Simply dressed with chilli salt and my new… Read More ›
Mexican-esque supper..
Still in use- up mode.. It’s a good thing to do every now and then and will be doing it for a while.. A quick check in one if the freezers has yielded a bunch of various proteins already!! Get… Read More ›
Two simple suppers with leftovers
With leftovers? No sorry I mean usingleftovers… For us we recycled the lamb chops with more biryani , this time adding a yoghurt made with low fat natural yoghurt some roscoff garlic and some umami rush powder. Lovely yet the… Read More ›
I don’t care what the weather man says.. It’s BBQ time!
First BBQ of the season.. Just had to be done.. With all that kofte related products all I needed was the basic gift to humankind… Fire! (Cue the music!)… if you can recall a post from last summer I happen… Read More ›
Chapli kebab , emergency food
We have arrived home after a long travel.. And it turns out that there had been a mini heat wave whilst we have been gone! You know that smell of heat you get when the plane door first opens.. The… Read More ›
East village chicken wings..
Final supper in Cork.. Just had to have chicken wings in the east village… They are superb ! Superb indeed ! With varying degrees of hotness, from mild to insane!! We had them all.. Well there was four of us… Read More ›
Birthday eve supper..
It’s my birthday eleven supper.. Actually am writing this in a very nice lobby of the hotel we are staying at in Killarney.. So it’s a little late.. Birthday eve? Why it’s as important if not slightly more than the… Read More ›
It’s a dogs dinner! Or a dogs life?!
Right.. Outta dog food.. Well not out out per say . Yet the hounds are being fussy.. Oh no longer the super organic all bio superfood that costs more per can than a clowns happy meal.. Nor the super whole… Read More ›
Cottage pie/shepherds pie.. Both groovy gravy
Which ever way around it goes this ( I shall call cottage pie) was lovely.. I had a call with my attorney whilst I was driving back from work on nasty roads.. At the end if it he mentioned that… Read More ›
Sausage hot diggidy dog rolls..
Remember those franks from the other day? The ones that didn’t turn out the best in the end? Well I did say I was going to turn them into sausage rolls and what better than when you are already full… Read More ›
Home made chilli, salsa and chips
We like chilli… Not the searingly hot kick your in the teeth and pull your pants down type though .. A nicer gentler variety! Ok, for sure there are a gazillion ways of making chilli’s.. Yet this one is quick… Read More ›
Christmas turkey.. In Feb.. Fiesta food
Do you remember the discount turkeys I bought Christmas Eve? If not here you go! Cookingwithmrfitz.com/2013/12/24/christmas-eve-happy-holidays-discount-turkey/ (Hope that link works!) x Anyways.. Looking in the chest freezer at my meat collection, I call it that because it really is quite… Read More ›
Steak & Chips .. Polish sausage omelette
Needed a quick supper tonite.i had bought Mrs Fitz a fantastic sirloin with the tail still attached from my good pal Ian the butcher in Earls Barton the other day.. So after taking the hounds for a walk, quick eats… Read More ›
Slow roasted pork hocks
Had these great pork hocks from Butcher Dave.. They were starting to get a little ‘sticky’ so better get ate ! Decided to bone them which is a little tricky yet satisfying when done… So kinda butterflied and the meat… Read More ›
Onglet, hanger steak, hassleback spuds with sour cream and chives
Onglet or hanger steak.. In my view THE best steak there is.. Stunning.. Hard to get ahold of unless you can make good friends with a butcher.. And I have just that butcher!! Ian in Earls Barton.. A superb butchers….. Read More ›
Rice fry with Polish sausage and ham
My pal Jack Taylor has great polish family in his son in law.. I say great.. Never met them yet they made sure I got some hams and sausages on a recent trip back home.. So YES! They are great!… Read More ›
Beef rib supper..
Still going through the using up of that delightful Hereford beef .. So here goes it with another beef cooking!! (Going for turkey this Sunday , for a change!) Great beef seasoned with pimped up Mrs Middletons roscoff garlic oil….. Read More ›
Cottage pie.. Yeah y’all .. Cottage pie
” What do we want? ‘Cottage pie! “When do we want it? ‘NOW!’ Well at least that’s what I think I heard going on I my head.. X And who am I to let the side down? !!! So ….. Read More ›
Steak and nuggets ..turf and turf?
Ok.. Yesterday was surf and turf sandwiches.. This was all about turf and hmmm ahhhh ummmm turf? First a sirloin on the bone.. Simply cooked after rubbing with chilli salt and Bristol blend pepper.. Finished with butter .. Served with… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz Greek yoghurt bread
Mrs Fitz makes exceptional bread.. Truly exceptional.. Not often enough I reckons!! It’s hearth bread.. Proper homemade bread.. Equally delicious with butter, jam or meat.. A bread for soup of stew.. Toasted in the morning.. An almost cake like quality….. Read More ›
Lamb Chops cooked sous vide
Originally posted on Jack's Favourite Recipes:
I have been reading again some of Heston Blumenthal. I have flipped from disciple to atheist over the years. I decided to have another go with lamb chops. The recipe called for sous…
Chicken supper … The reggae boys never cooled be running huh?
What a shame .. The cool running guys chaps didn’t pull it off .. Pants.. Even wore my hat for the occasion.. Let’s out that to one not so fast occasion huh? Chicken supper.. A free rangey super chuck.. Plonked… Read More ›
Saturday night take -IN .. Indian foods
Saturday night take away.. A forgone conclusion and ritual for some.. A couple drinks.. ‘Bad’ telly vision and a take out.. Nice night by all accounts! How about a Take-in? Rather than out? Still went and and had a couple… Read More ›
Pie club.. A secret that needs to be told..
What’s the first rule of pie club?? Well this is different … You HAVE to talk about this pie club man!! Mrs Fitz heard about this from a pal.. Seems that it’s been going for ages yet we never knew….. Read More ›
Jacks Liver and onions
Not good for me the offal.. Just can’t do it.. Yet am sure this was delicious! From ol’ pal Jack Taylor > > Another offal post. I saw a pack of liver on the ‘to clear’ shelf in Tesco today… Read More ›
Fish cake sandwiches..
An suffering from fluey like symptoms.. No it is not ‘man-flu’ .. It is an annoying bugger of a thing.. A cheerey easy snack was required.. Something Valium inducing. Looking on the fridge of magic .. Ahaha!! Fish cakes,, righty… Read More ›
Use up rib roast beef and veggies with Pataks sauce
Use up time once more!! This time the rib of beef from Sundays delicious roast. Mrs Fitz had salmon with new potatoes and salad for lunch so we had some spuds left over too.. A quick look in the fridge… Read More ›
Homemade tortilla chips, pulled pork and fresh avocado salsa
Suppertime tonite was inspired by a post for baked tortilla chips.. Umm didn’t bake them though.. Ahem x Shallow kinda fried corn tortillas .. Tumbled in a spice mix of onion powder, garlic granules, some secret others.. Paprika, celery salt… Read More ›
It has to be the beef..
Sunday lunch means beef here in this house .. Why? Well for starters , it’s Mrs Fitz favourite .. And fit second I am very lucky to currently be in possession of a heap of wonderful Hereford rib joints.. I… Read More ›
Pulled pork sarnies with oven spuds
Heavy duty meat day today.. Made three types if sausages, two kilos of kebab.. Will tell you all about it later.. So a simple supper if the pulled pork, in soft rolls, buttered of course! A salad of tomato shallot… Read More ›
Pulled pork hand
Do piggies have hands. Yup yes indeedy and it’s a great cut of meat for pulled pork and also your butcher should charge you hardly any money for it.. Well some money yet not pork prices!! So got this beautiful… Read More ›
I am not a pheasant plucker….
I am actually the son of a very esteemed chap .. Heck that’s for another day!! Went to my butchers to pick up a bunch of supplies for sausages and kebabs.. And a great hand of pork to cook in… Read More ›
Chorizo – esque sausage time!!
It’s Friday.. So happy Friday to one and all.. And to help celebrate this Friday I have made a couple of strings of Mr Fitz chorizo type cooking sausages. ., These in sheeps casings., a little harder to work with… Read More ›
Mrs Fitz steak pie..
I am a very lucky chap to be with Mrs Fitz.. After my journey back from Paris .. And a stupidly expensive cab ride home from the station.. (Dead battery meant I had to take a cab from the stand… Read More ›
Military dinner in Paris
Went to the military officers building thing here in Paris … Good building.. Bad food.. Sorry I have to say it again .. Bad food A really strange starter of salmon trimmings with canned mandarins.. With a mascarpone coffee flavoured… Read More ›
Baked Salmon
We had a really long walk, for us, about 5 miles, It took us just over an hour. We felt great but took the bus back, using our senior bus passes. Feeling quite knackered after that so looked for something… Read More ›
Steak pie … Perfect!!
Funny day today … Well not in that goodfellas kinda funny .. You’ll know the scene .. No? Easy then thats why the gods (fitting in everyone here) .. Gave us google right? Anyways .. Onto supper and a great… Read More ›
Balmoral Chicken with Clapshot and Creamy Whisky Sauce
I was wondering what to do with the Haggis left over from the Burns Night we had on 25th January and remembered a meal my son Gary served to us a few years back, Balmoral Chicken. So I searched the internet… Read More ›
Paella Lindsey style!!
Had passed some of the chorizo style sausages (made the other day and left to bloom in the fridge ).. To one of Mrs Fitz’s work pals.. Seems she made a Spanish stylee dish from them!! Strips of turkey ,… Read More ›
Sausage rolls
So it’s Friday… Mrs Fitz liked Friday Its a significant day in many religions as well as signifying the end of the week… Friday always feels good! and think if the advertising campaigns that are bully around Friday’s “thank Crunchie… Read More ›
Chicken pakora & chicken karson saag
Still on a use policy for the freezers.. Yesterday’s find was Tupac’s of marinated chicken one thigh one breast chunks, the breast chunks marinated in Indian tikka spices the thigh in Indian masala spices.. Hmmmm thinks Mr Fitz what to… Read More ›
Truffled mash, turkey sausages, white wine sauce and peas
Firstly let’s talk about this just a little.. give peas a chance .. We all want world peace tonight I was happy with just Greenpeas.., garden green peas… Simply boiled and a little butter rattled about with them. Yet to… Read More ›
Eggplant/aubergine fritters & lavash bread with chicken saag
Went through the freezer yesterday to pull out couple of bits ready for this weeks cooking journeys for suppers lunches and occasional good breakfast! Found some chicken saag that was made a while back in the chest freezers so that’s… Read More ›
Sunday lunch the roast beef
Do the French still call the English ‘roast beefs’ ( said with a grizzly French accent??) dunno.. Yet it has to be said that roast beef is a great Sunday supper.. And this a great bit of beef, sirloin in… Read More ›
Rabbie Burns
This is Jack’s Burns Night meal. It is a Scottish tradition to celebrate Rabbie Burn’s birthday on 25th January with Haggis, Neeps and Champit Tatties. Of course it is also traditional to toast with a wee dram of a single… Read More ›
White kidney bean chilli and chips..
Chilli the stuff of cooking legends and cooking competitions all around the world that maybe not all around the world!!! Nice and quick supper required and I know that some may say that Chilli gets better with age and I… Read More ›
Steak supper for two
We had a lovely Friday nite supper of sirloin steak…fries and peas.. Mrs Fitz loves steak .. And I managed to procure this number at half price per kilo..it’s from a good store and I gotta admit its great meat….. Read More ›
Double Crusted Apple Pie
Well I felt a bit nostalgic last week and remembered when I was courting (is that an expression still used today?) Christine back in 1969/70. Back then I baked an all American Apple Pie with the usual spices to woo… Read More ›
Left over roast beef = spring rolls/egg rolls
Never really known the difference between spring rolls and egg rolls and a quick Internet search doesn’t really help either way this is a great way to use up leftover roast beef!! The wrappers for this I buy from the… Read More ›
Lebanese kinda style broccoli maybe ?
Was in a search the freezer for food kinda mix ‘ .. Is this like the fanciful paleontology diet? Based on a hunter gatherer kinda affair ? Not sure x must be .. I hunted and gathered right? And it’s… Read More ›
Turkey sausage stuffed mushrooms quite lovely indeed
Went for a use up supper .. Had some of that homemade turkey super special priced sausage that I made.. This being the I skinned and unpoached variety .. The bit that wouldn’t get stuffed into casings at the time… Read More ›
poussin supper
Picked up a couple of poussin a while back that were on a special.. Have they have been tucked away in the big ice box safely.. Decided on them for the Sunday supper.. So defrosted rubbed with mrs Middletons pimped… Read More ›
Chicken fried steak nuggets
First of all what year was top gun movie with Tom Cruise Me and Mrs Fitz often do this when there are movies on and then hit the info button …guess the year .. Son your ego is writing cheques… Read More ›
Cardamom Butter Chicken
Seems like curry was on Jacks menu too!!! Christine made a delicious chicken broth using 3 chicken legs so here’s what I did with the left over chicken. It obviously needed some taste since the boiling took most of the… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 