Food Glorious Food!
I’ve tried out a few of the recipes from the Runner’s Cookbook by Anita Bean.
OMG, they are great! I’ve added a couple of photos, but they really don’t do it justice - I’m no food photographer to say the least.
On Friday I made the quick Thai green curry. It is really is quick - about the same amount of time as cooking the accompanying rice from scratch. The recipe used white fish, unfortunately I didn’t have quite enough as it called for, so added prawns which worked just as well. It also used green beans, I don’t like green beans so I added extra mangetout instead. Will definitely be making this again.
Then Sunday I gave the blackberry crumble a go. I’m not a crumble person, or cooked fruit sort of person - although I can make some exceptions so I was willing to try this recipe. Also, this is another simple and straight forward dish.
The recipe said you could use fresh or frozen blackberries, so opted for the latter. Unfortunately my local supermarket didn’t actually have any frozen blackberries, so I bought frozen cherries.
My smallest baking dish is also bigger than what I should have used so the 300g of cherries looked a bit pathetic when I tipped them in so I ended up putting the whole 500g bag in. There was still plenty of crumble for the top too - I have to say the hazelnuts are a great addition to this and adds a bit of crunch. Although because of the extra fruit I added, I reckon you can easily get a fifth portion out of the suggested 4.
Either way, it’s makes a very tasty pud (I served mine with some leftover cream I’ve got). Perfect for this hot weather we’re having right now!
Tonight I made a chicken noodle salad. Again, another delicious dish, and also simple. I replaced the peanuts with cashews simply because I didn't have any. Other than that, I made it to the recipe. It did make a lot, I was stuffed afterwards!
