Alice Wright's Blog, page 9
February 26, 2013
“I don’t know what it is”
I am honestly not sure what possessed me! Settle in… Last night I prepped loads of lovely ingredients – fresh courgettes, long red peppers, organic chicken thighs, baby tomatoes and red onions (I even had some crusty bread!) I had a fancy to make something ratatouille like to serve alongside some slow-cooked chicken? Quite so: [...]
February 13, 2013
A Deluxe Delivery
Look, here’s a nice idea. Treat your foodie self and do good all at the same time… Order a box from DeluxeBite and not only do you get to try out different gourmet foods every month but they’ll donate a meal to a hungry family (via UK foodbanks) at the same time. Win, win. It’s [...]
January 30, 2013
Food Through The Post! Dutch Delights
I’m on a roll…. three FoodiePenpals from abroad in a row! I’ve had booty from beautiful Belgium and sensational stuff from Switzerland. This month it was all happiness from Holland! My chosen FoodiePenpal, Coja from The Netherlands, put a most delightful box together for me. Yes, the box too, not just what was inside, check [...]
January 23, 2013
I Made Bubble Gum!
So here’s the thing… if you add cold milk to hot liquid jelly it does NOT make blancmange. Blancmange is what I was after but I ended up with this. Don’t be scared now: As the mixture curdled I threw it all into the sink and this remained. Pink snot? No I prefer to think [...]
January 12, 2013
Boast About Your Roasties…
…even if you didn’t make them! Who doesn’t love a roast potato? Surely everyone? I mean really I have NEVER met anyone who didn’t a) love roast potatoes and b) have a view on how to make them ‘perfect’? So what is roastiness? Like everyone I love them when they are golden crispy on the [...]
January 6, 2013
Festive Excess and Unsuccess
I admitted last year that I didn’t really enjoy mince pies, Christmas pudding, Yule Log and the like, the family don’t either. But I still buy them every year. And every year we try to get through them because… why? Because we think we have to? Because we won’t be festive without them? Because it’s [...]
December 27, 2012
Alice CAN Cook Christmas
So the Big Day is over, I hope yours was wonderful and you are still feeling the benefits of some good food and drink and playing with your toys. I feel as if I am 90% cheese and 10% chocolate currently, and running solely on Cava. But I am also buoyed up slightly by a [...]
December 20, 2012
I’m Making Christmas Lunch Folks…
Total Result! My husband has agreed to me doing Christmas Lunch this year. Which means… I’ll be able to spend time in the kitchen with some wine and carols on the radio, instead of building Lego castles in the front room as I normally do! Oh and of course, cooking… I’m quite looking forward to [...]
December 12, 2012
Hamming It Up
Look, this is my favourite meal of all time (that I can make myself). Hot ham with marrowfat peas and a sauce. I confess to it here too! All true. Ne’er has there been such a bland and pallid looking meal… It looks like something you’d be served in a 1970′s sitcom. The ham was [...]
December 3, 2012
A Right Bloody Meze
I really wish JML would stop emailing me and sending me catalogues. I’m always tempted by their strangely-named labour saving devices and odd beauty equipment (I have a portable Steam Shark lurking under the bed if anyone needs one?). Anyway, I recently succumbed to yet another tempting offer to buy the Magic Bullet Blender (I [...]
