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 ›
Recipes
A place for the recipes to be found
Free food challenge number one -green stuff
We are lucky where we live, lots of nice people about.. Sure you get the mad ones that you need to avoid, like everywhere! Yet pretty much all is good.. That’s middle England for you I guess? It also means… Read More ›
Breakfast eggs Benedicte ?
Does this count as eggs Benedicte ? English duchy muffins .. (Bought on a red ticket) Split, toasted and buttered.. Buckinghamshire ham (bought on a red ticket).. Heated through on the iron pan.. Burford brown eggs (no red ticket!) ….. Read More ›
Berber spiced lettuce wraps/cups for Anna
It’s that time again when Mrs Fitz comes home from work and declares that we need to create something for her to take to work and share. This one is for Anna’s birthday.. I was told that we had to… 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 ›
English breakfast bangers..
Happy Father’s Day to all.. What better than a Sunday sausage sandwich? And what even better if you had made those sausages yourself? If you don’t make your own sausages.. NOW is the time to start! You control what goes… 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 ›
Hot diggidy doggies..
Went off to see butcher Dave today.. Got a bunch of stuff.. Look out for venison burgers.. White pudding.. Classic English breakfast sausages.. Mr Fitz legendary doner style kebob..And hmmm more to come too! For now let’s focus on the… 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 ›
English Breakfast sausages
Happy Friday ! I am also happy to be co-hosting Fiesta Friday this week.. Should be good fun.. its over at .. So what to make? Well my pal the novice gardener knows I like making sausages .. So who… 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 ›
Steak for lunch..
The weather is nasty .. Horrible! For lunch I needed to make something to cheer up Mrs Fitz.. With a sirloin on the bone sitting pretty in the fridge it had to be the choice … Now .. The steak… 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 ›
Pulled pork ‘sausage’ rolls
Am off to Lisbon . It’s the uefa champions league final .. Going to be a great carnival! So what to make to share with my pal Fulham Dave on the journey at stoopid a clock ? (And of course… 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 ›
Potato pakoras
Quick snack these pakoras.. And always amazes me by how many you get for such a little amount of spudulas.. ! As a child these were always a favourite treat.. My grandfather made the best ones EVER! For certain., Nice… 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 ›
When your local store reduces lemons?
You gotta make lemonade! After a quick re confirmation of the recipe.. And this really is the easiest one I reckon. It was game on.. The metrics are simple .. A cup of lemon juice, a cup of water, a… 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 ›
Rosie’s sweetcorn fritters
Easy lovely lunch required.. And since rediscovering the spooning with Rosie book from a while back, these fritters are just the ticket.. There are lots of other recipes that I must try out.. The porchetta ribs for sure! Yet today… Read More ›
Leftover chilli wraps & a bit of Argy bargey
Still on left overs.. This time the lamb chilli.. By now well and truly ‘developed’ in flavours! Yet they say that chilli is best when left to do its thang for a while ,(who are they anyways?) .. So what… 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 ›
The intriguing story of the sherbet lemon
This story began way back.. Way back.. Remember the candyman? The post before? No? Do take. Look at the post.. It’s where the story begins.. https://cookingwithmrfitz.com/2014/02/26/the-candy-man/ There will be more about this wonderful sweet.. And let me share with you… Read More ›
Beef leftovers number two..
Still using up the leftover beef.. Today it was turned into a quick beef ‘curry’ for lunch. Simply chopped beef, a roscoff onion, some baby tomatoes a green chilli and a dollop of veeraswamy Gujarati paste.. Some water to loosen… 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 ›
Left over beef into Chinese lunch
Good thing about having leftovers from the Sunday roast is often the leftover meals you make after.. It sometimes outshines the original meal! Today’s lunch was a product of this.. Chopped beef, roscoff onion , French beans, udon noodles, mixed… 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 ›
Sausages, Kebabs and Burgers
Further to me selling all of the Wild Garlic Lebanese pimped up herb oil marinated chicken.. I also used up the rest of my purchases from butcher Dave.. Now let me be clear here .. This is purely a hobby… Read More ›
Wild garlic and Lebanese herb oil marinated chicken
Quite a long title that! Yet needed to write it all.. This may be the fond farewell to the wild garlic season .. Mind you it’s raining again today so we might be in luck for a few more days…. 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 ›
Wild garlic and brown crab linguine
A simple yet lovely quick dish.. ( well I don’t actually eat it! Yet am reliably informed by Mrs Fitz that it’s a winner .. Using brown Cornish crab here.. Supposedly amongst the best crab? Dunno.. With wild garlic once… Read More ›
Quick sausage rolls & Classic Egg & Cress sarnies
Ok.. We are all in agreement already that sausage rolls are cool as feck..right? Good.. Here is a real quick number on them.. Store bought pastry.. Rehydrated stuffing.. Mr Fitz old dubliner sausage meat.. And a jar of apple sauce….. 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 ›
Sausages sausages sausages (& burgers)
Had to write the title that often of this post as it was another mammoth sausage making carnival in the Mr Fitz kitchen .. It’s a long weekend here so I had a few orders to fulfil.. I think people… 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 ›
Off to Budapest
Me and Mrs Fitz are off to Budapest.. For a quick jaunt .. So that means that a quick lunch is required .. Gone for smuggled back UTZ tortilla chips. With a quick good store bought standby of chilli.. Oped… Read More ›
Wild garlic and walnut pesto
I have been wondering about wild garlic for a while now.. It’s the season here yet I could just not figure out where this wonderful ‘freebie’ would be hanging out.. I read all about it! And could have gone wandering… Read More ›
Cauliflower fritters
Fritters , pakoras, bhajis, .. What ever you call ’em .. They are good right? My pal the novice gardener always says that whatever and whenever the type or moment .. Fritters are cool .. I simply have to agree!… 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 ›
Hot dogs and Easter cinder toffee
Needed a quick and easy yet satisfying brunch today .. I say brunch as we all slept through and missed breakfast! So, hot dogs in sub rolls. Good German dogs these ones.. Simply simmered in water.. Split rolls.. With salsa,… Read More ›
Making bacon belly and jowles
Time to make bacon.. My pal jack has used his engineering skills to ensure that we had the optimum levels of cure to size and weight ratios.. He had set this to cure prior to my New York trip.. After… 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 ›
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 ›
Home made sausages & rolls
It’s that time again. (It’s also fiesta Friday number ten!) That time where I just have to make sausages.. I find it’s an excellent way of relaxing. Strange to some yet good for me , I get to think through… 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 ›
Roast beef Sunday lunch.. & leftovers!
Had a great bit of Hereford beef for Sunday lunch. With all the trimmings., Yet that’s not for this post, this is about the leftovers! With great beef, a few spuds, carrot and swede mash.. It had to be a… 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 ›
How to make seven boxes full of porky goodness ..
How to make seven boxes of porky goodness? Easy… Take a hand of pork .. I got mine from butcher Dave at a great price.. That’s him holding the crown of lamb for Mother’s Day.. And Yup! piggies also gave… Read More ›
Makin bacon..
Are you fed up of ‘snotty’ bacon.. This kind that leaves a watery gooey mess in your pan? Or maybe you are fed up of paying the ridiculous prices for so called artisan bacon? Widely available at farmers markets and… 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 ›
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 ›
It’s gyros time!! Kebab, kebob, doner
It’s that time again.. Time to make delicious gyros once again .. Just in case you are not sure on the drill.. You could check out all my other posts on this full on fakeaway .. Or .. Instead.. Take… Read More ›
Much room for lunch?
In use up mode .. What is the big white box offering me?? The last of the Turkish pepper.. A white onion.. Some marinated mushrooms .. Some Jack cheese.. Right.. That’s it.. Fried off the onion and pepper.. Added the… 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 ›
Holy guacamole and ‘fresh’ chips to dip
Holy? Like in a religious way? Really? Well perhaps., I DID make it in St Patricks day .. Is it blessed ? Dunno yet tastes like it should be!! First the ‘fresh’ tortilla chips. Take store bought corn tortilla …. 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 ›
St Patricks day soda bread
This is Mrs Fitz’s wonderful soda bread.. Am not allowed the recipe.. She even mailed me the pictures post mixing!! Happy St Patricks day !!
Turkey, stuffing, and cranberry ‘sausage rolls’
I had a thought .. It’s ok.. Don’t worry! I was thinking about what it would taste like to put turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce together in between puff pastry . Why was I thinking this? Dunno.. Just was. It… 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 ›
Soup and a Sanger .. Plus argee bargees
For lunch today it was a raiding of the store cupboard required , lots of work to do ! The store cupboards provided well .. A good tuna and sweet corn sandwich for Mrs Fitz, pimped a little extra with… Read More ›
Chilli, lime marinated steak sandwich
For Mrs Fitz’s lunch today, I hooked her up with a superpowered steak sarnie.. So called as it contained super ingredients! Chilli and lime marinated steak pieces, cooked hard and fast with chopped white onion and red Turkish pepper ….. 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 ›
Lamb ‘kofte’ style kebabs.. Yum!
Remember that great lamb mix I picked up from the butchers yesterday? With fresh ginger, garlic, onion, chilli’s & coriander /cilantro? Well today it got an extra pimping! Some secret kebab seasoning powder.. Some gram flour, medium pin head rusk… Read More ›
New breakfast item! = the McMrFitz breakfast bite
Mrs Fitz helped me invent what is a wonderful hotel breakfast snack at the Brehon this morning … Take three very nice hotel eggs .. Seriously these are very good hotel eggs.. Some brown toast.. Buttered .. A piece of… 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 ›
My birthday eve & Auntie Nirmla Benji part two..
Ok.. It’s my birthday eve.. Anything special planned? Hmm gonna go see Ian the butcher .. See if he can hook me up a piece of something sweet for supper… In the meantime went to visit mama, and there was… 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 ›
Auntie Nirmla Benji ‘pancake day’ umm PARATHA day instead?
Ok , i know it’s shrove Tuesday , pancake day.. And just up the road from me is where the pancake race began!! Yet this post is a little different… I have an ‘auntie’ that I hardly ever see.. To… 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 ›
Chorizo sausages ..
To use up the last if the ground pork I did for the hotdogs.. I made chorizo.. I have indeed nailed this I must say.. They are not the hung and dried type.. These are cookers .. Wonderful juicy spicy… Read More ›
Hot dogs , frankfurters, fail…
I like hot dogs, I like them a lot.. Problem is I DON’T like what goes into most of them!! Ewwwww.. If you are lucky enough to be able to get good ones then well done you.. I decided to… 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 ›
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 ›
Sausages , bangers , links or snags..
Whatever you call them .. A good sausage is the business!! Every nation in the world has their own versions.. And most are stunning! Yet what about the bad ones.. Oooh they can be evil!! Poor quality meat.. If it… 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 ›
Pork scratchings/cracklings.. Bad?
Ok.. There is a debate about crispy fried pork rinds.. And pretty much every pork eating nation has a version.. In England they are a nostalgic beer snack.. A snack that makes you either smile or grimace. Particularly the hairy… Read More ›
Sausage rolls for a Fiesta..
Mrs Fitz needs to take something into work today for sharing.. So I helped out by making sausage rolls .. Umm with a couple of different touches.. First the sausage meat.. Having had my good pal Dave the butcher grind… 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 ›
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…
Orange squash and sausage rolls
Late breakfast today.. The winds were strong last night and lots of fences are down round our way.. We seem to have been ok.. Fingers crossed.. Haven’t been out yet to see which trees have been brought down . Hope… Read More ›
Argey bargey .. Pakora or bhaji
What ever you call them sometimes it’s just what you need.. A great snack or starter .. And a fantastic drinks snack.. Even with a cup of sweet tea!! My Twodaddy (mamas father) made THE best ever and we used… 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 ›
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 ›
Jumping gyros batman!! Dancing doner! Sunday confession.. Fakeaway
It’s Sunday .. So a great time for confession.. My confession.. Umm well it’s not harming anyone.. I don’t think you can go blind from it.. ( I hope not anyways!!).. I just can’t help making the MOST frickin delicious… Read More ›
Super sausage Saturday !
Saturday turned into an afternoon of making provisions.. Firstly I bagged up all that pheasant for Mr Wentworth and Cora Murley.. Who both incidentally have decided that they are ‘off’ pheasant right now!! So into the freezer went 34 parcels… 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 ›
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 ›
Chicken miso noodle fridge soup
Chicken miso noodle fridge soup?? What is it? Ummm it’s raining, dark and cold.. So this is a “look around the kitchen and see what you can make soup”.. And a pretty neat number it turned out to be!! Took… Read More ›
Scotch eggs.. Duck egg!
You gotta love scotch eggs.. Well actually I think they are a love or hate kinda affair!! I like them .. And good ones are hard to find. So why not make them?? Far easier than you may think.. I… 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 ›
T-bone steak lunch with crinkle fries
T-bone steak some say the king of steaks… And to be fair I kinda agree! what you have to get right is the meat, it always makes me chuckle when I see ‘grass fed reared beef’ !! Sheesh!! Ask any… Read More ›
Pigs cheek bacon – guanciale
Pigs cheek bacon I got first introduced to pigs cheek bacon by my attorney who bought some delicious pigs cheek bacon and mailed it tome along with the suckling pig remember that? Well my attorneys never turned up the guys… 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 ›
Lobster lunch & spicy sausages
What to make Mrs Fitz for lunch??? Hmmm … well it’s a miserable day here cold wet grey and will the proper winter ever arrive?? Jeez Lou-eeeze!! Needed to go to the store anyway so went to the store, had… 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 ›
Spicy salmon for breakfast & leftover roast sirloin salad for lunch
Had some wild Alaskan salmon needed eating.. So that makes breakfast for Mrs Fitz sorted.. Have to admit that this was not today’s breakfast it was Sundays breakfast.. Spiced with Japanese chilli spice blend.. The one that I can never… 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 ›
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 ›
More gyros kebab yiros doner !!
This has no become a bit of an obsession!! And have started playing with recipes.. This time have done one with pure mutton.. Yet adding fresh ground garlic, coriander, chilli and of course some secret spices .., Another with lamb… Read More ›
My attorney & the Smoking Gun…
My Attorney sent me a Smoking Gun.. For a Christmas present… Some would be afraid.. Yet I was over the moon, yet have been a little afraid of using it .. Science was never my biggest bag at school.. Unless… 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 ›
Homemade burgers = The best!!
Home-made burgers wonderful and what a perfect thing for a great lunch!!! Okay see you can get great burgers out and about yet the ones you make it home really do have to be the best, they really do you… 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 ›
Homemade Butter in 10 Minutes
Originally posted on Silk Route Chef:
Serves 10 Making your own butter is quick and easy thanks to modern appliances. Using your stand mixer or blender, you can make your own homemade, creamy, smooth, perfectly spreadable, edible, cookable, bakable butter…
Jacks, Scottish Sliced/ Lorne Sausages
Here is a great Scottish sausage recipe from my pal.. Well I was less than happy with my previous sausage post. I felt it was too salty and not enough roughage. So here is how I turned it round. As… 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 ›
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 ›
Easy store bought jar Indian curry
Sometimes it’s just easier to use to store bought jars. They are very good very good indeed really have come a long way since they used to be. Reduced lamb leg from the butcher counter at the store about half… Read More ›
Butternut squash soup
Was at the store that we actually really do like indeed and are getting used to the location of although the snow may be a bit strange when the snow starts.. There was butternut squash and sweet potato reduced pre-chopped… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 