Creamy Salmon Pasta
21 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Fish, Recipes Tags: cooking, fish, healthy, meals, recipe, recipes, student meal, student recipe
The closer I get to leaving, the less inclined I am to buy anything which I’m not going to use up. I’m investigating vinegar or lemon-juice rinses for my hair conditioner which is about to be finished, and am just accepting life for the next 10 days without couscous, rice, or soy sauce. Which was a bit annoying a few days ago when I decided to cook something salmony as soy sauce goes really nicely with salmon (mind you, the recipe I’ve got for that also involves an oven… I’m about to stop going on about my lack thereof, promise 
). On the plus side, I get the satisfaction of not wasting any food. Necessity is the father of invention after all (even if googlefight seems to think that doubt is), and having a passing desire for salmon, a separate craving for boursin (essentially, posh cream cheese), and there being some tasty-looking green beans at market led to this concoction.
My camera has still not recovered from its unfortunate Instagram envy, so the picture quality continues to be fluid (to the left of the picture, anyway).
Summery Strawberry Vinegarette
14 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Miscellaneous, Recipes Tags: cooking, dressings, food, inspiration, recipe, salad, summer, vinegarette
I normally go for a honey/mustard/oil/vinegar mix, but if you’ve got strawberries about to go off, this is a nice way to spruce up a salad.
2 large strawberries, hulled
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp pepper
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp vinegar (balsamic is good, otherwise wine vinegar)
2 tbsp olive oil
Pinch poppy seeds (optional)
- Mash the strawberries with a hand blender
- Add the lemon juice, sugar, and pepper and continue to blend
- Add the oil and vinegar gradually until it’s nice and thick
- Stir in the poppy seeds
- Drizzle as liberally as you like over some salad
Lentil and Kidney Bean Chilli (Vegetarian / Vegan)
31 Oct 2011 4 Comments
in Meals, Vegetarian Tags: cooking, dinner, meal, ovenless, recipe, student meal, student meals, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian
Mark Driscoll can keep his chilli con carne, this delicious chilli is one of the nicest I’ve tasted (though I do say so myself…), with the balsamic vinegar and dark chocolate giving it a hint of unusual flavour, plus as an added bonus is cheap on the pocket and kind to the environment! And can take being left in the fridge for several days. Just the thing for a cold, dark winter’s night, with rice or pita bread. I just left out a few of the spices from the original recipe as I’ve a limited supply over here, and the lack of bay leaves didn’t seem to make a difference.
*Added bonus* as I found out when searching (well, wikipedia-ing) the difference between red and green lentils (I’ve always used red, but they’re about to run out and French stores appear to have only the green variety), this chilli is not only amazing, it is also potentially biblical - Genesis Ch25: Jacob makes a lentil pottage in exchange for his brother’s birthrights. So booyah. (I can see why, it is delicious.)
(Serves 4-5)
Paella
27 May 2011 Leave a Comment
in Fish, Meals, Meat Tags: cooking, dinner, meal, recipe, rice
Just the ticket to make use of prawns which are often on the reduced pile at your local supermarket. Can be frozen after you’ve made it, just need to make sure you reheat the rice carefully. Takes a while to make as all rice-y risotto dishes do, but the taste makes it worth it! It’s the sort of recipe you can adapt, adding in different meats and spices depending on what you fancy.
