More on food

I spent the end of last week in Greece, where I ate lots of lovely Greek food :-) However, that did not stop me from spending the weekend cooking up a storm.

On Saturday evening we had friends over for dinner (this is a rarity and creates much excitement in our home). I cooked gnocchi bolognese - I love this recipe but Jamie apparently doesn't like the texture of the gnocchi. I think it is the perfect dish for the cold weather, and it was decidedly cold at the end of last week. It was served with garlic bread, some salad and plenty of vino! The surprise for me was that Jamie said he really liked it. It seems that the texture if fresh gnocchi is better than that of the long life stuff I have used in the past. So there's the tip, use fresh gnocchi if you can.

On Sunday it was just me and Jamie, but as I was leaving on Monday evening for most of this week I wanted to leave my guy with a stock of food. So I made a (quite large) Moroccon Chicken Pie. I imagined that this might have a bit of a weird taste but it was really good - if I do say so myself. It was served with a nice white wine from Yalumba.

You will notice that all these recipes are from Waitrose. I have built up quite a recipe collection by picking up the cards in store - they change the recipes each month. But as you can see these recipes can also be accessed online. Generally, they are quite simple and quick to prepare but are very tasty.

I'm currently in Poland, a place it has taken me a long time to get to (more on that later, maybe). I believe I am on a promise from Jamie - not that kind you saucy minx! He has indicated that he will cook on Thrusday and I think I might be getting his Sweet & Sour Chicken with Special Egg Fried Rice. I love when he makes this so I am really looking forward to getting home on Thursday evening.