One of my favourite recipes is pan fried breast of chicken with garlic, lemon and parsley butter sauce.. served with baby pots and salad.

Simple and delicious!

I boiled up 5 beetroots from the allotment last night - can't post pics but TBH - they don't look terribly appealing 

Oooo we had a beetroot dauphinoise side dish at a posh 40th birthday party I went to at the w/e, would have never thought of doing that with beetroot , but it was delicious, (as was everything else, actually no, it was better than that it was bliddy fantastic!)

sounds tasty, scotty!! Did you know, Lurpak now do a garlic butter already made...Cheating, I know, but handy all the same!! We recently tried out garlic olive oil too...Not bad!! Especially if you hate washing up the garlic crusher!!

you have an allotment?! what else you growing?!

Tip for left over fish pie, that I've just had for lunch: warm in pan with a v good glug of white wine and milk....hey presto, yummy fish soup, (can't take a pic 'cos it's in my tum!)

My favourite dish of ALL TIME is a traditional Roast Beef dinner and one the veg MUST be carrot and swede mash.

I have a fear of reheating fish

I was frightened to cook chicken too, til fairly recently

I just looked up the recipe for that - might give it a go tonight!

 Did you know, Lurpak now do a garlic butter already made...Cheating, I know, but handy all the same!! We recently tried out garlic olive oil too...Not bad!! Especially if you hate washing up the garlic crusher!!

 

 

I never use a garlic crusher, bloody nuisance they are: quick few whacks with the back of a knife, or if mixing with other ingredients, quick whizz in one of those mini food processor thingies

I can help you with the swede/carrot mash and the rest of a roast...but not the beef

Cabbages, Cauliflower, Onions, Sprouts, Potatoes, Sweet Corn, Asparagus (work in progress), Runner Beans, Raspberries, Strawberries - I do the cooking Mr Woo does all the hard work!

is asparagus hard to grow then?

Sounds good...gonna get a herb garden going soon

It takes about three years to grow properly - we are in the second year and have had a few really small ones - next year should be good (I really don't know much - I listen and smile and nod).

*Drools, but picks out:

Sprouts and Brocoli  

What's wrong with Beef? And what's that white stuff posing as meat?

Nothing wrong with the beef...i just never cook it as Gypsie doesn't eat proper meat...

sprouts and brocoli will give you hairs on ya chest!!

I love beetroot but I always buy it cooked, They scare me a bit when they are raw, not sure what i should be doing with them.

Here is a couple of pics of zazz dinner last night. Tomato and Mozzarella risotto and home made granary bread. yumeeeeee. Im uploading as they are on my camera....

I'm going to give it a go too Soozy. This was Saturday's menu and a pic of the potted shrimp starter which I'm also going to do, (didn't get a pic of the rest, too busy scoffing and quaffing!)

Can you replace the Sprouts and Broccoli with Green beans and that dark green cabbage stuff. Not the slimey, light green stuff though 

I hate being scared of a vegetable

Gypsy, do you often taken photos of your meals? 

oh love that its served in one of those jars. looks good

Yes all the time Well only if ive cooked it, zazz has cooked it or its a really impressive restaurant meal.

One should always have a camera at hand

yes, but you will lose a home made yorkie pud, and carrots and parsnips in maple syrup and wholegrain mustard, and slightly better spuds...I dunno if green beans are worth that risk...

Gypsie and Zazz, can i come to yours for a roast one day?  Maybe if you did Chicken (Psst Zazz, does gypo eat chicken?)

You certainly can, I shall make you a little name place that says rocky poo was here  

well, she did, but at the moment it is all about the Quorn...fake meat, but tbh it's not as bad as you think...but I am sure she would stretch to eating a real chicken for you, Rawky!!

*Squeals with excitement*

I'm glad there are other mad people who take pictures of food!!

Looks good!!

Salmon wellington with cheese and dill sauce and minted baybeee spudz!!...

I'm also quite fond of Vanilla Cheescake...especially homemade.....*cough* 

Thanks for the tips zazz. I might try them.

I`m the same as Supes, I whack the garlic with the back of the knife.

Your dishes ^^^ look really delicious. *waits for invite* 

 keylime pie...

or lemon and lime cheesecake do you?

Wish I'd taken a pic of the lemon possett, (encased in a kinda ribbon of white chocolate,) it was amazing, ooo and the petit fours, all kinda  summer ice-cream colours...fabulous