Restaurant name: Chiquito Mexican restaurant and barLocation: Leicester Square, LondonDescription: Mexican restaurant chain; the Leicester Square branch is big and noisy with quite cramped tables and such low lighting I had to use the torch app on my phone to read the menu! The restaurant does breakfast and cocktails as well as lunch and dinner.Reason for visit: We needed a quick dinner after work before seeing a show on Leicester Square; I'd never...
Friday, January 31, 2014
Friday, January 24, 2014
Restaurant name: Kensington CreperieLocation: South Kensington, LondonDescription: Cafe/restaurant offering both savoury and sweet-filled crepes and ice creamReason for visit: I am part of a choir that performs concerts three times a year in some pretty amazing venues, so for the first time in November I sang in the Royal Albert Hall! My parents, my boyfriend and his mum all came to see the concert and I needed to find somewhere we could have a quick...
Monday, January 20, 2014
I spent quite a bit of time last week going through recipe books and Slimming World magazines to come up with some healthy options, though I have factored in burgers one night as I need a night off from cooking.Monday Breakfast yogurt Lunch leftover pasta bake Dinner Late home after gym: Slimming World Vietnamese chicken and noodle stir fry Tuesday Breakfast yogurt or porridge and fruit Lunch pasta Dinner Slimming World sticky pork with orange...
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Restaurant name: Peggy Porschen ParlourLocation: Ebury Street, Belgravia, LondonDescription: A sugar-sweet pink tea and cupcake shop serving cakes from Peggy Porschen's bakery. The outside is painted pink and the window displays are beautiful. There are only a handful of tables inside and a few outside as well, so it's worth remembering this is not a big place. The chairs are upright metal so not quite the same as settling down on a plush sofa for...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
I made this vegetable curry for dinner on New Year's Day as I thought it would be a nice healthy start to the year (and I was cooking for my boyfriend's mum, who is vegetarian). The recipe comes from a book I picked up in the charity shop called The Creative Vegetarian Cookbook. I was surprised that the title was so generic, as curries are so popular these days they are always named after the region or have a proper name like bhuna, tikka masala...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
I'm trying to eat more veg this month, and I also wanted to use up some cheese from Christmas, so I decided broccoli and stilton soup would be a great idea. I am a pretty fussy eater and don't like a lot of veg, so had an idea of sneaking some hidden veg... into my own food! My theory was that if I couldn't see it, and hopefully couldn't taste it, I wouldn't mind eating it. Courgette (zucchini) seemed a good option! I can only give rough quantities...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Restaurant name: Cafe RougeLocation: High Street, EpsomDescription: Mid-priced French restaurant chainReason for visit: We went to the cinema to see the Hunger Games, and didn't have much time before the film started. When that is the case, we often go to Pizza Hut on the high street, so I was very surprised to find it had closed down, apparently due to lack of business! Cafe Rouge was a little further along the road and it had been a long time since...
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Contestants on this year's Great British Bake Off were asked to make floating islands, a recipe I recently came across in the Macmillan Little Book of Treats. The charity cookbook features recipes from a selection of celebrities, some chefs and some TV personalities, as well as a handful of amateur food bloggers - including me! Dolly Parton submitted a recipe called Floating Islands in the Stream (get it?) and I decided to try making it. This...
Friday, January 3, 2014
Restaurant name: Nando's Location: Mile End Road, Whitechapel, LondonDescription: Chain of South African restaurants serving chicken and chicken burgersReason for visit: Lunch during a team building day with work colleagues - we were gardening at a children's centre and went for lunch nearby.I ate: chicken breast fillet burger in the lime and herb marinade (I don't really like spicy food) with a slice of halloumi and friesMy companions ate: Most...
Thursday, January 2, 2014
This recipe is from a Slimming World magazine; my boyfriend loves chicken burgers so I thought I would try to make my own so it would be as healthy as possible. This turned out really well and he was very impressed! To serve 2, you need:2 chicken breasts1 tsp curry powderhalf a carrot, gratedbread rolls to serve Chop the chicken in a food processor until you have mince Grate the carrot and mix in, along with the curry powder. Shape into...
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