Sausage Sarnie

We were in a rush tonight.

These were Redwood Sage and Marjoram Vegan Sausages. They tasted a bit rubbery.

Sausages (UK)
Bread (UK)
Peppers (UK)
Onions (home grown)
Pesto (Italy)

Mozzarella & Tomato Raviolini

Mozzarella & Tomato Raviolini (Italy)
Tinned tomatoes (Italy)
Cheese (Italy)

Indian take-away

Take-away from Saffron of Smithdown Road. In a city generally bereft of decent Indian food Saffron is a godsend for an ex-pat Yorkshireman.

All ingredients of unknown origin.

Mushroom Soup

A friend texted me the other morning saying ‘Turn on breakfast television there’s a bloke doing your blog’. Unfortunately, I missed the piece but after a bit of research I’m guessing she was referring to a guy from New York called Tucker Shaw who must be on a promotional tour for his book Everything I Ate: A Year in the Life of My Mouth. In fact New York seems to be the epicenter of food based blogs if Chowhound, the Jeff Next Door and A Full Belly are anything to go by. But there must be other people aside from myself, Dave and Karen doing this in the UK… mustn’t there?

Mushrooms (Ireland)
Cream (UK)
Shallots (home grown)
Garlic (home grown)

Salmon in chive and tarragon hollandaise

A great pub lunch from a great pub- the Horse and Farrier, Threlkeld, Cumbria.

Salmon (Scotland)
Other ingredients of unknown origin.

Lasagne, Pilaf and amazing Chocolate

A great Lasagne cooked by my sister-in-law Amanda. We also ate some of her amazing chocolate cake (a recipe that has become legendary within our family but remains closely guarded).

Lasagne (ingredients of unknown origin)
Pilaf (unknown)
Ratatouille (unknown)

Goat's Cheese Filo Parcel with Pesto

I’ve been going to the Everyman Bistro for ten years and it’s always been one of the most reliable places in the city for a quick bite and a pint. Mind you, the goat’s cheese in this dish really hit me over the head with salt (though that's probably not the Everyman's fault).

Goats cheese and pesto filo parcel (don’t know where it’s from but the Everyman always tries to source their ingredients as locally as possible)
Tomato and green been salad (ditto)

Pizza

Tesco pizza ('manufactured in the UK')
Lettuce (UK)
Tomatoes (Yorkshire)
Avacado (South Africa)
Olives (Spain)

Beer and Crisps

Went for a drink after work and didn't have my camera. My friend Bob took a picture using his mobile and sent it to me but I haven't worked how to download phone pics to my computer yet.

Summer ale (UK- I'm sure it had a very detailed specific location but I've forgotten)
Taytos Prawn Cocktail Crisps (Ireland)
'Chip Kebab' consumed later not shown (unknown origin)

Baked Salmon and Potatoes Boulanger

Salmon (Scotland) 'Farmed Organic' rather than the wild stuff we had last week. Don't know which is worse- farming or flying it from Alaska. Healthwise it's clearly the former if this is anything to go by. Don't really like the sound of polychlorinated biphenyls.
Potatoes (home grown)
Cream (UK)
Rosemary (home grown)
Carrots (England)

Ratatouille and bulgar wheat

Tomatoes (Italy)
Yellow courgettes (home grown)
Aubergine (unspecified)
Onions (home grown)
Garlic (home grown)
Bulgar wheat ('packed in the UK')

Sausage and Mash

Vegetarian 'cumberland style' sausages (a 'factory in the picturesque Scottish Borders')
Potatoes (home grown)
Beans (suffolk)
Onions (home grown)
Gravy powder (UK)

Home-made Tagliatelle with mushroom

Flour (Suffolk)
Eggs (UK)
Mushroom (UK)
Cream (UK)
Garlic (home grown)
Shallots (home grown)
Parmesan (Italy)
Mozzarella(Italy)
Tomatoes (Lancashire)
Purple and green basil (home grown)

Friday fish

After doing this blog for a week I've noticed that I eat far too much carbohydrate- so here's a protein heavy meal.

Salmon (Alaska)
Green lentils ('packed in the UK')
Round Beans (Suffolk)
Tomatoes (Lancashire)
Chard (home grown)
Spinach (home grown)

Sweetcorn and Aduki bean pattie

Hmmm, classic I haven't been shopping for a while made up recipe from what's in the cupboard.

Sweetcorn (France)
Tinned Aduki Beans (Brazil)
Red Onions (home grown)
Egg (UK)
Potatoes (home grown)
Tomato relish (Cumbria)

Macaroni Cheese

Macaroni (Italy)
Milk (UK)
Parmesan (Italy)
Flour (UK)
Butter (UK)

Fish and Chips

Lemon Sole (North Atlantic)
Potatoes (home grown)
Peas (UK)

Stuffed Aubergine and Paella

Stuffed Aubergine
Aubergines (UK) Tesco Value range-'from our assured suppliers, often to use more of the crop' i.e. they'd be thrown away for being the wrong shape otherwise.
Beet Spinach (home grown)
Shallots (home grown)
Pine nuts ('produce of more than one country. Packed in Italy')
Cheese (UK)
Mojo Pimente paste (Canary Islands) brought back by a friend.

Paella
Rice (Spain)
Saffron (Spain)
Parsley (home grown)
Peppers ('Spain and England') apparently.

Sunday lunch

Home made cashew and pistachio roast
courgettes (home grown)
roast potatoes (home grown)
turnip (home grown)
chard (home grown)
(Onion gravy not shown)


Plum Crumble (plums donated by next door allotment).