October 2009

brighton eats

by molly on October 26, 2009

in afk (away from kitchen)

we have been eating very well here in brighton, with all of their great seafood and vegetarian restaurants. night one, we dined at the regency, famed for their fish n chips. you can see what i had in the photo below: whole grilled sea bream with salad and new potatoes. yummmm. for lunch, we found [...]

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thrown-together salad

by molly on October 25, 2009

in salad

before we hit the road to brighton, we had a nice quick salad at home. phil kindly prepared a colourful combination for the two of us, complete with a homemade dressing. a delicious way to kick off the long weekend. the ingredients included: mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, mange touts, grated carrot, yellow pepper, crumbled goats [...]

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kitchen on holiday

by molly on October 24, 2009

in afk (away from kitchen)

so i’m away from the comforts of home for a weekend. luckily though, i’m staying at a self-catering house and traveling by car, so it was simple to bring along some of my kitchen essentials. obviously, brighton is not exactly siberia, but sometimes you just want to bring stuff with you from home to be [...]

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baking for the weekend

by molly on October 23, 2009

in desserts

today, we’re off for the weekend to brighton marina with phil’s family. every year in october, his parents rent a seaside cottage somewhere in the uk for their three sons (and their lucky girlfriends) to celebrate half-term and phil’s brother’s birthday. this year, what with all the cooking hoopla, i thought i’d make something new [...]

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pumpkin-sized squash

by molly on October 22, 2009

in risotto

i picked up a massive (the size of a small pumpkin, not genuinely massive) squash at our local farmer’s market about a week and a half ago. it’s been sitting in my kitchen, waiting to be made into something delicious. tonight, its time had come. it was sacrificed in the name of all things autumnly [...]

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