The Willoughton Wanderer
"Eating my way through life one bite at a time!"
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- Black Garlic Meatball Rice Bowl with Mustard & Fennel: A Wanderer’s Weekend Lunch Worth Repeating
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Category: Recipes
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There comes a point — usually halfway through chewing yet another helping of garlic mushrooms on flabby white toast — when one begins to question life’s culinary choices. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the classic; it’s just that it’s the kind of lunch that feels like it’s given up trying. Reliable? Yes. Exciting?…
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Cooking time 45 minutes, Serves 2 Aubergine is a versatile ingredient that adds rich flavour and texture to many dishes. In this post, I will share my favourite lamb and aubergine risotto recipe, combining tender lamb leg steaks with roasted aubergine, vibrant peppers, and a luscious tomato base. This dish not only offers a delightful…
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Here I am stuffing the squid tubes with a seafood medley comprising of chopped prawns, mussels and the squid tentacles but you could stuff them with a mixture of chopped vegetables or spinach depending on your tastes. Serves 1 Cooking time about 20 minutes Ingredients: 4 squid tubes, washed and dried. 3 large raw king…
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We went to Aldi the other day (get over yourself, it’s Aldi – great food!) and found that they had some lovely poussin for sale at £2.99 a bird. As Mrs Wanderer was out at book club tonight I thought I’d cook this lovely tamarind glazed poussin with crushed, buttered new potatoes (freshly lifted from…
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Tomatillo’s for the uninitiated (as I was two years ago before we started growing them) are a Mexican variety, akin to a tomato, that grows in a papery husk (much like a Cape Gooseberry but bigger!) with a very citrusy flavour. Green in colour when ripe, and slightly sticky, they are just starting to come…
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I love fish (and shellfish) so this fits the bill for a perfect summer lunch! Ingredients: 1 Hake fillet 8 cooked clams 2 large handfuls of washed spinach 1 large tomato coarsely chopped 1 tablespoon tomato puree 1 teaspoon garlic puree Salt and pepper for seasoning Olive oil Pine nuts (a handful) 150ml water A…
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This recipe is for a lovely fillet of steak marinated in a Tom Yum sauce accompanied by a pan-fried lentil fritter and some lovely spinach wilted in butter. The bonus of the lentil fritters is the ‘scraps’ that they leave behind in the frying pan after cooking, yum! Chef’s perks! Ingredients: Serves 2 1 fillet…
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This is a simple, easy and delicious lunch and takes no time at all to make (aside from the initial marinating). Enjoy! Ingredients: Serves 1 3 large raw king prawns 1 shallot, chopped 1 large tomato coarsely chopped 1 large handful of freshly picked broad beans 1 teaspoon tomato puree Half a teaspoon garlic puree…
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Tom Yum paste is a lovely blend of Thai herbs and other ingredients, including lemongrass, galangal, lime and lime leaves and is the perfect base for this quick and easy vegetable frittata. An ideal light lunch for two, or one if you’re especially hungry! Ingredients: Half a celery stick sliced down the middle and coarsely…
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Although currently out-of-season we had a couple of pheasant breasts in the freezer so I thought I would put them to good use in this salad. Chicken would work equally well, especially the flavourful thighs. The pomegranate salad is loosely based on one devised by Sabrina Ghayour which I saw recently on Saturday Kitchen Best…
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