It has been ages since I posted something.
Again. I think I have just been spending way too much time in the library and way too little in the kitchen. But what can I do…I actually have been trying some new recipes lately, some of them came out nice, some did not.
The other day I prepared Mojito Jell-o shots, and served them with whipping cream for the dessert. I think it is a lovely party snack. Just make sure you don’t use too much rum. And if you don’t have fresh mint at hand, use peppermint tea (and less water).
J surprised me with banana split the other day, combining ice cream, banana, melted chocolate, cookies and honey. I bet it was something like 2000 calories but it tasted heavenly. I think the presentation was cute, that is why I posted it.
Talking about surprises – again I had some troubles with squash. As I was shopping for food, I discovered that they sell melons with relatively cheap price, something like 20 pence. So I bought one, a nice and yellow melon, with what I had big plans in the evening. Wanted to prepare some snacks of it, with cheese and some other good stuff. Everything was almost done and it was time to cut the melon. It was only then that I discovered that it was not a melon. It was a squash. How can that be?? How many different squashes are there?? The snacks were ruined and we just had to eat cheese…which actually if you think about, was not that bad after all.
The next day I prepared pumpkin soup from the squash, which tasted ok, but if you are planning to use this recipe, just try to avoid curry. It’ll kill the tender flavor of the pumpkin and you end up eating something which tastes like curry sauce.
There was also a pasta dish I have been wanting to prepare for about two months. A recipe which I got from a random organic food cookbook and which featured tagliatelle, hazelnuts, garlic and Parmesan. Among other ingredients, you also had to add 2 tsp cacao to the sauce. I thought it was weird, but I added it anyway and…all went downhill after that. The sauce looked really bad, as you can see. It tasted even worse. And it smelled bad as well. What a waste. So the dinner was ruined. At least it was early, so we could order some nice Indian take-away from the local restaurant.
This is what I love about London, every day I get another leaflet delivered to my mailbox with the information about a new restaurant in the neighborhood, offering cheap food and free delivery. And the food is good!
Also, you have to be smart here – many fast-food chains sell the food cheaper a few hours before the closing. So if it is going to be another long day in the library for me, I reward myself with going by the Bento Cafe on Kingsway (which is on my way to home) which sells their stuff with 50% cheaper prices prior the closing. We were there the other day around 8 PM and managed to get a dinner for two with £6.80. Delicious!
But the most important news – tomorrow I’m heading to the BBC Good Food Show - and I am so very looking forward to it! Hopefully will come back with some inspiration and ideas (and lots of freebies 
) and give my blog a little boost before the busy Christmas time.
Thanks for all of you who still keep visiting.
