I made meatballs and spaghetti today. I googled and found this recipe for air fried meatballs: https://wineladycooks.com/2018/01/homemade-italian-meatball-air-fryer-recipe/ Freshly chopped parsley Using 500 g of steak mince from The Montybutcher, I halved the recipe ingredients, adding some dried mushrooms that I had soaked for something else but not yet used and a teaspoon of tomato puree. I …
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More chips
We may be overdoing this chip thing. Perhaps we shall calm down soon. For today’s experiment we are going down to half a tablespoon of oil. Furthermore we are trying the flavoured chip, using Chilli oil. I peeled today then steeped, drained and dried, salted and added the Chilli oil. As I was using chili …
Little sausage
Dusty went to see the vet today and now has a lovely new passport. The Air fryer had two deployments today – Croissants for breakfast and sausages for tea. So far I have to say that reheating the Viennoiseries is the great Air Fryer success story. The results are perfect, and so fast. Today’s sausages …
Everything is fried
We survived the village feast and are now looking forward to the Fete Annuelle in Saint-Remy. The Samosas ended up being deep-fried not air-fried and turned out quite acceptably. They were all eaten. The White Chocolate Torte disappeared also. We have been working on the motorhome in anticipation of a small trip away. Not much …
What a difference a year makes
Facebook threw up memory today, this post from the blog last year, in which we were eagerly anticipating the start of our travels. We left Sanday one year ago, come the 14th. It is difficult to credit. Only 12 months! Since that post we have set sail (even if using the Channel Tunnel), visited France, …
Belt, braces and safety net
Well, we’re still here. Files cleaned and extra safety installed and we seem to have escaped for a few days. Fingers crossed. The worst part of all this, I think, is my reluctance to commit fingers and thoughts to keyboard because it scarcely seems worth the effort when the vandals sweep in and take over. …