Claire's Cake Bake & Other Foodiness

I just wanted to pop by & say Hello. Things in real life have been hectic the last few weeks for many various reasons – the best being I’ve started riding lessons on a Tuesday night with a lovely horse called Larry (in fact Tuesdays have been renamed Larryday in this household)

With everything going on I’ve not been making many exciting new dishes & resorting to quick, easy, tried & tested ones so I’ve not had much to report.

The only nice tasty meal I can report back about is a steak & cous cous salad we enjoyed a little while back…

Quite a simple cous cous with green beans, a little red onion and chickpeas served with a steak cut into slices & marinated in a little oil with some spicey herb rub.  Quick, simple but very nice.

Last weekend I made some Lamington cupcakes as a ‘Get Well Soon’ gesture for my brother who had just had an operation.

I had intended on following Bill Granger’s recipe for Lamingtons themselves but the sponge mix didn’t set and with 6 eggs in it I wasn’t overly surprised. So after a quick re-think I whizzed up a batch of Nigella’s trusty cupcakes and then topped each with lamington icing.

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As you may have realised from previous posts, we quite enjoy a lazy breakfast on a Sunday & a lot of these breakfasts involve eggs. What a better way to start a Sunday than with a runny yellow yolk….

Whilst this recipe isn’t a runny yolk one, it is another tasty way to start your day

Ingredients (for 2 people)

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Prompted by a comment on Jules blog about her Bombay Chicken Masala I went searching for the Chickpea Curry in Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook. The recipe actually calls for Kale but I didn’t fancy that yesterday so swapped with some Spinach. It was creamy and full of flavour and something I cant wait to cook again.

Here is my slightly altered recipe: Carry on reading & leave a comment…

We are sort-of on a health kick at the moment. Most days at work last week I had sushi for lunch, so we decided it was time to try & replicate some at home….

Equipment & Ingredients

• Rolling Mat
• Sushi Rice
• Nori – the seaweed wrap
• Rice vinegar/seasoning
• Pickled, Sliced Ginger
• Soy Sauce
• Fillings – we started off tame & used cucumber, red pepper and spring onion (& a little green chilli in some) Carry on reading & leave a comment…

Last night we used the fennel from our veggie box for tea and I found inspiration in Sarah Ravens Garden Cookbook with the above recipe. It was easy to make and simply delicious.

Ingredients (for 2) – slightly altered to what we had in… Carry on reading & leave a comment…