2025 - Today's Recipe

Leftovers.....again.

Shopping at lunchtime, purchased two hot steak pies from Morries. Ate one in the car park in car while it was nice and hot. When i got home I cut the other pie in half (still quite warm) and Kato greedily ate his half after spreading it over the floor first and examining it.

I've just had a medium sirloin steak and some Edam cheese ,shared with kato of course. I may have some lamb breaat later if I get peckish?

B. Sourdough toast and peach jam
L. Potato salad, pickled red cabbage, mixed leaves, rocket, tomatoes & mayo with pumpkin seeds
D. YS Harry Ramsdens' battered Cod fillet goujons. Reduced from £6 to £1.80. There were 8 goujons and I ate 2 (45p). I tucked them inside a soft pitta pocket with tomato mayo.

All FREE except the fish & pumpkin seeds.

Chilli & rice.

I actually had the rest of of my smoked salmon with poached eggs done in my new silicon poachers I got as a present as a late supper. Not too impressed with poachers though.

Tonight will be the rest of last nights chilli with nachos. After we’ve been to the big house for Christmas drinks with the rest of the village.

Mackerel with roasted veg sprouts and carrots.

Mackerel with roasted veg sprouts and carrots.

You seem to eat a lot of mackeral Bren and I am wondering do you fillet it and how do you cook it? I buy mackeral to fillet, cut into chunks and add salt to use as fishing bait. It keeps for ages once salted and stays on the hook better than fresh.

I have had grilled mackeral fillets that I have caught myself which were very tasty so maybe I should start eating it again for it's omega 3 content?

Splashed out on a 1Kg lamb shoulder yesterday as it's down to £9.00 a kilo. I will bung it in the oven after Kato's walk and it should take about 1.5 hours to cook, so will have it for Sunday dinner.

Mackerel with roasted veg sprouts and carrots.

You seem to eat a lot of mackeral Bren and I am wondering do you fillet it and how do you cook it? I buy mackeral to fillet, cut into chunks and add salt to use as fishing bait. It keeps for ages once salted and stays on the hook better than fresh.

I have had grilled mackeral fillets that I have caught myself which were very tasty so maybe I should start eating it again for it's omega 3 content?

Vinny I buy mackerel fillets, either fresh or frozen ones are handy to have in the freezer,  after roasting the veg until it looks done I put the fillets skin side up on top of the veg and bake for another 10 minutes at 180c.

A couple of recopies I've used.

https://www.greatbritishfoodawards.com/r...c-potatoes

 https://www.krumpli.co.uk/baked-mackerel...social-pro