Blokes’ chicken

Not quite sure what to call this dish … I think I copied it into a notebook from a newspaper supplement that was talking about food that blokes could cook, or perhaps it was food that blokes would like to eat. Whatever. It meets all my prerequisites – simple to make, limited ingredients, and good …

Warm chicken salad

It does start to seem as though I’m seldom home. Over the past six months it’s been Europe, the Sounds, Timor Leste, Kiribati, and Kiribati again. Home now from my second visit this year and, oh, the joys of a salad. On a whim, threw together a warm chicken salad for dinner … two types …

Citrus chicken

One of the good things about being home again is having some control over what I eat. I’m not in Kiribati … it doesn’t have to be fish & rice or fish & chips every night! And even though it’s been a busy time since returning, there’s always the chance to do something new with …

Butterflied roast chicken

Pavlova wasn’t the only experiment on L’s birthday. Don’t know why I keep on trying new things on special occasions, but I thought I’d try to butterfly a chicken. It was surprisingly easy actually, and delicious. Just took my kitchen scissors and snipped down either side of the backbone to remove it. Put the chicken …

Pot luck dinners

 Something I’m NOT a fan of … pot luck dinners. Sure, they serve a purpose but I just don’t enjoy them. Part of me wants to say, when you come to my house I’m happy to cook and clean up for you, I don’t want to do the same when I come to yours. And …

Spicy chicken mole

A fair bit of chocolate left after making the pear & chocolate crumble, so time for another of those excellent Annabel Langbein recipes, spicy chicken mole. It’s really just chicken & tomatoes & capsicums, plus spices, with the addition of 4 squares of dark chocolate. The chocolate gets mixed into the sauce & stirred till …

Eating for the recession

The media has certainly picked up on this whole recession thing.  TV, the newspapers are carrying stories about eating cheaply but well. As someone who’s always been drawn to the weekly specials in the meat section of the supermarket, I don’t really see what all the fuss is about. After all, it’s always been possible …

What’s for dinner?

We were going to go to the cinema tonight, and have a meal in town, but (feeling tired) I suggested we stay home … and, after all, what could be better than staying in and watching crap TV on Friday night!!?? Still, while it’s pleasant to just blob at home, it did raise the question …

Caribbean chicken

Late home, again = Annabel Langbein to the rescue, again. Annabel Langbein + chicken breasts in fridge + new lidded frying pan = her Caribbean chicken. Which recipe fortunately I’d glanced at the night before, so grabbed a couple of kumara from the green grocer in Aro Street on the way home. 4 skinned, boned …

Quick meals

It’s been a hell of a week. Work has been, is being, full on, with mini-crises along the way. And as a result coming home at night, relatively, late, it’s dark, almost wintry, not much thought gone into dinner. Suddenly a Christmas present from a couple of years ago has come into its own … …