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| Stir fry |
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| Sweet chilli & basil sauce |
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| The wine - still some left! |
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| Brownie points for me - the flowers I bought Jo at the weekend! |
Monday, 5 September 2011
Monday - Vegetable stir fry, sweet chilli & basil sauce with a glass of red
Tomorrow we are off to sample the burger and rib delights at Cattlegrid in Leeds after receiving an invite via the power of twitter, so it was a simple and health stir fry for us with lots of good stuff in it.....we did have a glass or two of red wine, but as Jo said "it's the first day of winter!"...so here is what we had;
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Food Treats by Joe - Sunday Night Moroccan Lamb
Throughout our relationship, Joe and I have had a debate over the traditional Sunday lunch. It's not something I was brought up with, so I'm not a fan of the Sunday roast, but I think I might have been depriving Joe! To get round this, Joe's cunning plan is to do it himself - cue Joe making Sunday dinner!
That said, Joe's roast wasn't all that traditional. He made a slow cooked moroccan spiced leg of lamb with rosemary, garlic, tomato, cumin and other spices, accompanied by a chickpea mash, peas, and a tomato jus. The leg of lamb came from Malcolm Michaels butchers who are in the Kirkgate market, and was very good. We were a little sceptical about a chickpea mash, but it was really tasty and much lighter than normal mash. Overall it was a big win, and probably the start of a competition between Joe and I for who can cook the best dinners on a Sunday!
That said, Joe's roast wasn't all that traditional. He made a slow cooked moroccan spiced leg of lamb with rosemary, garlic, tomato, cumin and other spices, accompanied by a chickpea mash, peas, and a tomato jus. The leg of lamb came from Malcolm Michaels butchers who are in the Kirkgate market, and was very good. We were a little sceptical about a chickpea mash, but it was really tasty and much lighter than normal mash. Overall it was a big win, and probably the start of a competition between Joe and I for who can cook the best dinners on a Sunday!
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| Our lunch - some filthy French pate brought back from Paris |
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| The spiced leg of lamb - after 7 hours in the crock pot |
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| The carved product - melt in your mouth! |
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| Slow cooked lamb, chickpea mash, peas and jus - apologies for the wonky picture! |
Saturday - Chapel A Arts Festival, Organic veg box & Fish pie!
It was an early rise for me as I had a bit of work to do before the fun for the day started - we had fish finger sandwiches with a bloody mary at 12pm which is a lunch that everyone should enjoy! With the work and other chores out of the way (me - food shopping, Jo - cleaning) we decided to stroll across to Chapel Allerton from Roundhay for the annual Chapel Allerton Arts Festival which we hadn't been to for a couple of years. It has been running since 1998, and we were impressed by the music, food and fun that it offers.
On arrival, there was a group of white haired gentleman on stage playing New Orleans Jazz, with the Leeds master trombonist Ed O'Donell taking center stage who has been making music since the late ‘40s......we both loved them!!! I want them at our wedding next year but Jo isn't convinced!......here is a picture; I video that I will upload later that is well worth a watch.
Even though we had only had lunch an hour or so before, I suggested that we would need a snack and the first thing I spotted was a.......pork pie! (I forgot to mention yesterday that I also had a pork pie from Malcolm Michaels in Kirkgate market which is definitely a wedding contender) The festival pork pie came from Crumb and Crust that is a bakery in Chapel Allerton. Overall it was a good 6/10 - not the best but not the worst and at £2.50 was definitely on the expensive side.
As we strolled on, we came across Chris Long who was representing Hope Farm who are part of the Riverside Organic Veg delivery scheme. He obviously loves his job, and convinced us to trial the service with our first delivery of a small box coming on Thursday. We had been thinking about doing this for a while so are looking forward to seeing what we receive next week - we will be reviewing then.
Next stop was drinks at Seven - a place that we both really like as it is relaxed, has the papers and sells good value food and drinks.....
By now it was around 6pm so it was time to head back home for dinner. As I have said before, I never fail to be amazed at what Jo can rustle up give a couple of ingredients - when doing the food shopping I picked up some fish bits asuming that Jo would be able to make fish pie without checking with her that we had the right stuff in the house - I was right!!! - love the heart by the way.
On arrival, there was a group of white haired gentleman on stage playing New Orleans Jazz, with the Leeds master trombonist Ed O'Donell taking center stage who has been making music since the late ‘40s......we both loved them!!! I want them at our wedding next year but Jo isn't convinced!......here is a picture; I video that I will upload later that is well worth a watch.
Even though we had only had lunch an hour or so before, I suggested that we would need a snack and the first thing I spotted was a.......pork pie! (I forgot to mention yesterday that I also had a pork pie from Malcolm Michaels in Kirkgate market which is definitely a wedding contender) The festival pork pie came from Crumb and Crust that is a bakery in Chapel Allerton. Overall it was a good 6/10 - not the best but not the worst and at £2.50 was definitely on the expensive side.
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| A good looking pork pie but not the best |
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| An unsure looking Jo with our pork pie |
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| An example organic veg box - a large I think. We have gone for small |
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| Our excellent salesman in advertising mode |
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| My ale of choice |
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| Jo had one of these followed by white wine |
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| Our starter before heading home for fish pie |
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| Veg to accompany the fish pie |
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