Category Archives: The Monday Treat
The Monday Treat – Tandoori chicken with a yogurt pomegranate raita
The Royal wedding is over. No more dress speculation, no more gossipy documentaries, no more newspaper specials and magazine picture spreads. No more wearing the QVC ring in public without looking a bit odd. It’s such a downer. A double … Continue reading
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Tagged chicken, chili, coriander, cumin, Helen's wedding, Indian, lime, masala, pomegranate, royal wedding, tandoori chicken, Tooting, yogurt
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The Monday treat – Lemon scones in anticipation of the Royal Wedding
Mere days away from the Royal Wedding, I can’t understand why people aren’t making more of a circus about it in the media. Nevertheless, I’m looking forward to it with great anticipation, especially since I’m back in London, which is … Continue reading
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Tagged bunting, butter, cream, engagement ring, lemon, London, royal wedding, scone
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The Monday Treat – Dauphinoise Potatoes and Mustard Pork Chops
Dauphinoise potatoes are among life’s great pleasures. They also happen to be one of my husband’s favorite things to eat. Layers of potato are baked with butter and cream until they’re soft and melting, perfect alongside a seared mustard pork … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, cream, dauphinoise potatoes, milk, mustard, pork chops, potato
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The Monday treat – Fresh asparagus and butter lettuce salad with almonds and mozzarella
My husband and I are taking a gamble that there will be no more thunder snow, no more golf ball hail, no more ice in the watering can and frost on the windows, and have planted out some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, asparagus, butter lettuce, garden, lettuce, mozzarella, salad, spring, thunder snow, Union Square Farmer's Market, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
These are the kind of unpredictable spring days when meals are often called upon to satisfy diverse conditions. We want to eat something comforting and warming enough for unpredictable showery blustery weather, but fresh and sprightly enough for those evenings … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Green Velvet Cakes in anticipation of St Patrick’s Day.
Probably as a response to valentine heart-shaped cookie cutter withdrawal, the green food coloring ended up in my basket, and by the time I’d unpacked the shopping my mind was racing with ways to use it in celebration of St … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cake, chocolate, cupcake, green cupcake, st patrick's day, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – classic buttermilk pancakes
We were in a diner somewhere in the sprawling vastness of Los Angeles, the morning after my school-friend Yoo Na’s wedding; a group of Brits, nursing hangovers and jet lag, recovering from the excitement of the festivities (and an exhausting … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, bacon, buttermilk, egg, flour, pancake
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The Monday Treat – Raspberry White Chocolate Pavlova
The old oven finally passed on. But in true rage against the dying of the light style, tried to take us with it if it could, spewing gas relentlessly out of the burners and eventually having to be shut off … Continue reading
The Monday Treat – Milk and White Chocolate Popcorn
It’s Oscar Week, which brings out conflicting emotions: excitement to see the dresses, and guilt that I haven’t seen the movies. This year has been worse than usual – I’ve only seen the 1. Social Network. Really enjoyed it. Couldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 127 hours, black swan, chocolate, dark chocolate, justin bieber, king's speech, milk chocolate, oscars, popcorn, white chocolate
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