Air Fryer Meatballs

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 …

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 …

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. …

Monday Mooching

I had plans for today. They involved a lovely garlicky Focaccia and a pan of Creamy Mushroom and Tarragon Soup for this evening’s meal. Alas, I cannot get anywhere near my kitchen, where Mr L is trying to repair a faulty dishwasher. My planned day having taken a bit of a knock, I now find …