I love making this soup. Not because it’s easy, although it isn’t hard. And not because it’s quick, because it takes about an hour and a half from start to stop. The reason I love it is that my wife loves it, and I love making her happy.
These are not for everyone. Judging by the reactions of the members of this family only one in seven people find the idea of eating lambs brains tenable. And even amongst us who love to eat them, I think there’s a real drop off in numbers of those who are prepared to make the dish.
“I love these!” Miss4 said while we were making them with Grandma.
“No, you don’t,” I assured her.
Not that she’ll ever know one way to the other.
The trouble with having M&M’s as a key ingredient in cooking is trying to work through the thick blur of tiny hands keen on ‘helping’.
If you’re looking for something simple but awesome to set in front of the telly or for pre-BBQ nibbles, you really can’t go past this sort of thing. It can all be prepared ahead of time (by which I mean ‘bought’) and takes only minutes to assemble.
“Seabream, surimi, sole and snapper,” I mumbled to myself. It was one of four ‘New Broths’ advertised in a Woman’s Weekly from a year ago. “They sound interesting.” Tracey thought so too. Only in a different way to me.
These wonderful dippers are just as nice to nibble on by themselves. The garlic rub gives them a fantastic little zing which I love.
This is a dip Tracey and I fell in love with nearly fifteen years ago, while we were courting.
Bought dips are great but there’s nothing quite like putting together fresh ingredients to come up with something far superior to really treat your taste buds.
Master8 made these with Grandma this morning and the whole lot have already disappeared.
In keeping with the idea of showing you our family’s favourite tummy fillers – favourite for us because they’re easy and for them because they’re tasty and lots of it – here’s our tuna pasta bake.
Occasionally I receive messages from people asking what meals we more regularly prepare for the family as opposed to the nice stuff we have as treats when the kids are asleep. Mostly its meat and three vege. Boring, but practical. But I thought, over the next few weeks, I’d post a couple of recipes the kids fancy.
On a recent car trip, one of Tracey’s besties had a batch of these delicious biscuits for them to nibble on. Tracey loved them so much she insisted on getting the recipe so me and the kids could make a batch for her.
This started out as a lovely salad in a cafe on a child free date a couple of years ago.
“This tastes great,” said Tracey.
I had a look at her meal and a small taste. “I could make that,” I said.
And I have been ever since.
Great as a side and so easy to make because the microwave and oven do most the work.