Sundays Buffalo Shin Stew with Herb Dumplings - By Joe!

I am happy to admit that I love our slow cooker. It was a Christmas gift from Hunter Pig a good few years ago now, and it is my joint favorite cooking kit alongside my coffee grinder which is this one.

Is is so simple to use and 99% of the time always comes up trumps - ours is a CrockPot but other varieties are available!

The plan on Saturday was to get some ox-tail from Kirkgate Market, but when we spotted the Water Buffalo shin on sale at the Corn Exchange Cornucopia event we had a change of heart! The recipe is based on one the first meals I cooked for Jo in the first of our six years together that was courtesy of Jamie Oliver.

I also managed to cobble togther some herb dumplings that turned out better than I though...all in I am not embarrassed to say it was a triumph!

A stewy close-up

My plate

As I am a lazy so and so, I am not going to put a recipe on unless people really want it, so let me know if you want it to go up......@foodandbiscuits x

Thursday - Riverford Veg Box = Penne with Cauliflower, Garlic and Anchovies

When I got back home after a 10k run at 7.45pm, I was shocked to find out that Jo wasn't back from work yet! It transpired that she had to work late so I was in charge of dinner. Our organic veg box from Riverford had arrived (see below - I'll let you work out what each photo is!).

There were more of these

 We had little else in (well, that was as far as I could see; I am sure Jo would have been able to whip up a fantastic 3 course meal!).....but with a stroke of luck, there was a recipe booklet with the veg and the first recipe was do-able! GET IN! - I knew the half eaten anchovies would come in useful sometime!

So we had Penne with Cauliflower, Garlic and Anchovies.......and tasty it was too!

Organic salad stuffs