Stir-fried Chicken with Lime and Coconut

4 03 2007

Well, last nights meal was gorgeous!

 Stir-fried chicken with lime and coconut.

It was a recipe that caught my eye when I first flicked through the Delia book. It was scheduled for the night before, but as is my wont, I left my shopping list at home and forgot most of the ingredients. About the only thing I remembered was the chicken!

I marinated the chicken in the lime juice and zest for an hour, as told to by the recipe. I must admit, I have often wondered if marinating really works, after all, surely the flavours would burn off and cook away? But I’m glad to say that the lime flavour was well and truly present…it was great!

The coconut juice was surprising too, more creamy than coconutty and the fresh coriander rounded it all off nicely.

I reckon, up to date this was my favourite meal, a beautiful flavour, easy to prepare and cook, fairly cheap. I did cock up with the Thai rice, which was a bit soggy but edible all the same. It soaked up the coconut and lime juices really well!

 

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Roasted plaice fillets with a parmesan crust

28 02 2007

 

Tonight you are witness to a first, a record in culinary feats, an event never recorded in history, for tonight, I cooked fish for the 2nd time in 6 days!!

Yes, tonight I cooked Roasted plaice fillets with a parmesan crust, courtesy of Delia and Book 2.

Delicious it was too! And a different taste/texture sensation in the fish department…todays fish was tender, succulent and, forgive me if I’m a bit naive, it reminded me of blancmange! Sort of jelly-like! (Does that mean it was under cooked?)

It was certainly not ‘meaty’ like the salmon. I really surprised myself and ate most of the skin too….unheard of! Quite frankly, I didn’t know I was at the time! The crunchy, cheesy topping was a good contrast to the soft texture of the fish and the sharp lemon. Enjoyed it with brocolli and pine nuts again…my favourite!

Super!

Now, please help me if you will….would you like me to include a full run down of ingredients, top tips and instructions (ie.the recipe) on these culinary explorations or are you quite happy with my enthusings, without the detail? I will happily oblige if you want the full monty!

Answers on a post card….or in the comments section, if you prefer!

 

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New Theme and Feedburner problems

28 02 2007

 

I seem to be having a merry old time changing the themes of all my blogs.

Blog de la Bouffe is no exception!

A reader wrote that the black background and small font was not easy to read at times. I definately don’t want to make things difficult for my visitors and so thought I would have a change here too! I already had suspicions myself.

I hope you are comfortable with the changes, any feed back is gratefully received.

Oh, while we’re at it, I have also had a few problems with the Feedburner email subscription service. It has not been possible to enter the ’secret’ letters in the anti-scam thing (why can I never remember what it’s called?). Having been in contact with Feedburner, they tell me that AOL users and Norton Antivirus enabled users are being blocked. It would appear that there is no remedy for this at the moment…many apologies.

The only way around it, that I can see, is to go for the RSS feed instead!  That, at least, seems to be fine. It’s odd, because this is not the case with my other blog feeds…..not being a techy person, it’s all a bit mind boggling!

 

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