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Meatless Monday for the hubby 😉 Celeriac, Pumpkin and apple soup with crispy celeriac, pumpkin and mixed seed crunch 😋 Perfect on this grey evening. All the vegetables were bought at the market and the apple is from our own apple tree☺️ Light Sunday lunch for the hubby. Cold meat and salad 😜 I bought a whole pork belly from our butcher @staffordbutchers and portioned it to have a few cuts to use over time.. One piece I rubbed with herb oil, rolled it and slow cooked it on the rotisserie to give it an extra smokiness. Warm it is lovely but it is perfect thinly sliced and kept in the fridge for a quick lunch during the week… The herbs are all fresh from the garden and the olive oil from @hoopoehousespain The salad is made with pearl couscous, tomatoes @savour_ballyowenfarm , peppers and parsley. Simple and light. 😋 After 18 years and lots of fun frustrating moments I was able to share with my grandmother on her 99th Birthday the very first print of the family cook book I wrote. It is a book filled with love and memories of everyone who influenced me to just cook. So Blessed and grateful to be able to say it is done🥳 Meatless Monday for the hubby a Spelt flour wrap with herb slaw, slow roasted gochujang, miso and black garlic aubergine with a light mayo drizzled 😋 I turned 50 the end of September and my husband gave me the best ever Birthday gift! A culinary trip to the UK eating at a few Michelin Restaurants. He planned this gift for over a year and it will be a birthday I will never forget. So many dreams came true this past week! The food was inspiring, so tasty, great experiences and I have met the most wonderful people at all the restaurants. It really reminded me how cool the industry is with all its ups and downs. It is a tough industry and you always have to think out of the box but it is so cool as well! Hide, Fallow, Gymkana, Hinds Head, Fat Duck and Interlude you were all just so amazing! Thank you for the most amazing time! Sharing a cake recipe on my page www.thezestysausage.com this morning to kick off my Birthday week!! It is a childhood recipe close to my heart. Enjoy with a glass of milk or a nice cup of tea 😉 Some of the meals I cooked at work this week😉 I introduced them to South African Curry and Rice topped with coconut, made a Beef stew with miso as a secret ingredient and lots of vegetables, a lovely Curried Couscous salad that is perfect for the lunch boxes and more Brown Butter Chocolate chip cookies for a treat😉 Two of the dishes I made this week at work! Chicken and Mushroom Dumplings in a miso chicken broth and Homemade Ciabatta’s with Lemon and herb chicken strips perfect for a build your own dinner.. The Lemon and Herb chicken is on my page www.thezestysausage.com if you want to make it your self. Perfect for a whole chicken or like here using chicken fillets 😋 Meatless Monday for the hubby a hug in a bowl 😉 Putu pap (krummel pap) with roast veg .. I had a craving for krummel pap for a while and thought it will go perfect with the roast vegetables. Krummel pap is a crumbly maize porridge that is a traditional dish in South Africa 😋 Sunday night BBQ treat for the hubby - Steak, Flatbread and Greek salad a perfect way to end a slow weekend 😋 Fish Friday for the hubby Crab and Cod cakes with a lemon yoghurt sauce, tomato salsa and melon… Simple and light 😋 Back home and dinner for the hubby tonight a simple Pork Ramen with a lot of miso and gochujang 😋 Some of the food I cooked this week at work perfect for dinners and the lunchboxes.. Chopped Salad, Dahl, Meatball Marinara, Marry-me-Chicken and Brown butter Choc chip cookies.. What a fun week! Tonight for meatless Monday I made us something light 😉 BBQ’ed Carrots and Onion on whipped cottage cheese and some focaccia on the side.. The carrots, onions and focaccia was bought at our market on Saturday 😋 The vegetables are so good that it didn’t need a lot of spices I just sprinkled some tomato salt and sumac on them before I BBQ’ed them Fish Friday for the hubby - Cider battered Ling, Courgette fries, Mushy Peas, Beetroot and tartar sauce .. I bought a lovely piece of Ling today at our Fishmonger @jcaxard and used the offcuts for dinner tonight .. The rest will be used on another night 😉 and the beetroot and all the herbs used came from my own garden which is so cool. I love learning to grow more and more vegetables for us to enjoy! Meatless Monday for the hubby.. Beetroot waffles topped with Blue cheese cream, Balsamic and toasted almond with a tomato salad on the side.. Light and delicious.. I used beetroot from my garden for the waffles and the tomatoes was bought at the market on Saturday.. They are so good 😋 Market day was a fun day. I got a surprise gift of smoked garlic and bought some amazing fresh vegetables for the week from @savour_ballyowenfarm . So for dinner tonight I made cultured butter and added the smoked garlic. Slathered liberally on sourdough bought from @yola_sourdough_bakery_wexford and topped with slow roasted tomatoes and courgettes. When you can use ingredients so fresh even the herbs picked from the garden it is so worth it! It just tastes great! Love supporting all our local farmers and bakers ☺️ Friday night treat for the hubby.. Crispy Ham hock and sweet potato in foil .. I think the smell was torture for him while he was still working but I am happy with the result 😁 Dinner tonight for the hubby.. Shrimp salsa with butterbean mayo and crispy sourdough to scoop it all up..It is too hot outside for anything else 😁 Sunday Salad ready just waiting for the BBQ and the guests😉 Lemon pickled fennel, rainbow chard and toasted pistachios. A simple zesty fresh salad 😋 my favourite Jollof Rice and BBQ’d chicken wings perfect for the hubby while he is watching the rugby 😉 His Friday night dinner sorted After 6 weeks away from my kitchen I had fun working with all the goodies bought over the weekend. So between smoking some beetroot, tomatoes and onions and pickling and making jam I thought I would treat the hubby with a simple fun dinner. Tomato Soufflé with Beetroot Carpaccio and herb salad. The herbs and salad leaves were freshly picked from the garden.. So good 😋 Simple yet so much fun. Dinner for the hubby tonight slow braised courgettes with homemade lemon & black pepper soft cheese and crispy focaccia to scoop it all up 😋 all the veg was bought at the farmers market this morning. Meatless Monday for the hubby a light Chilli Tofu in cabbage leaves perfect on this hot day 😋 Enjoying a sunny morning in the garden with Matcha and plain crepes, Wexford Strawberries and Raspberries, Greek Yoghurt with date syrup 😉 Meatless Monday for the hubby a lovely bowl of Coconut Dhal with Black Garlic and parsley Naan to scoop it all up 😋 For me there is just something about homemade food. Especially when you have to wait a bit 😁 for it to be ready Breakfast this Saturday morning is a simple slice of Kefir Seed bread topped with Crubeens terrine (pig trotter) and Piccalilli .. so good 😋 Slow cooked, fermented and baked on all one plate Fish Friday for the hubby tonight is Bao Buns filled with Crispy Salted & Szechuan Pepper Fish and Asian Slaw 😋 I bought lovely fresh Bream and Smoked Coley from our fishmonger today and it was perfect on this beautiful summer’s evening .. Meatless Monday in our house tonight is a light silky potato soup with herby sourdough croutons.. A good way to use up some of the weekend’s leftovers 😉 Special Sunday dinner treat for the hubby - Cod Nuggets on caramelised onion and Potato foam with a garden salad on the side.. 😋

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