Tag Archives: homecooking

may the forced air be with you

17 Friday Jun 2022

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storm trooper

Remember when I was thinking about getting an air fryer? Well I did some research about size and brands, etc and then saw that El Corte Inglés was having a special offer on appliances, with most of them 20-25% off (sin IVA) and this one had excellent reviews, was suddenly much cheaper, so what the heck. But the thing is, on the website the white model looked more elegant than the black one, so I opted for that, but when I got it home and set up on my kitchen counter… fucking Storm Trooper, am I right?? I suppose it’s better than the shiny black Darth Vader option, but I mean! Continue reading →

air fryers – yay or nay?

03 Friday Jun 2022

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air fryer

I’ve been eye-balling these gizmos for the past year or so and am still not convinced they are worth either the price or the shelf space. And are they a total pain to clean? I mean, I like the idea (a lot!) that you can get nice crispy food without using lots of oil, but it almost seems like they are too good to be true. Also, why are they all so bulky and shiny black and ugly? Quite liked the look of this one in El Corte Inglés today. Anyhow, any advice?

second banana

05 Thursday May 2022

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banana

I realise I am late to the party and should have been making banana bread since the first lockdown, but I went stroganoff crazy instead. So sue me. BUT THEN I found myself with a few over ripe bananas (don’t ask) and it seemed like the obvious thing to do. Not having a banana bread recipe, and not wanting to sift through the gazillions of them online, I basically used my lemony poppy seed cake recipe and swapped a few things around. Turned out pretty good, though I should have taken it out of the pan sooner (got a bit mushy on the bottom). What’s your favourite thing to bake? Mine is usually something savoury.

organising my life

03 Wednesday Nov 2021

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mepal containers

So remember when I upgraded my coffee AND my coffee container? Of course you do 😉.  Anyhoodle, now that it is baking season once again I’ve been going through my cupboards and getting things organised. Turns out I have several types of flour still in their paper packaging from last winter and of course I should be storing them better. Not only to prevent weevils, but also to help keep them fresh. I liked the design of my new coffee container so much that I went back to the shop to see if they had larger ones suitable for flour and yep they did, so now I’m in business.

Pre-lockdown I did very little baking so one bag of all-purpose flour pretty much did what it said on the package. But now I have AP flour, whole wheat, self-raising, garbanzo, corn flour… next up I’ll be looking at new containers for rice and pasta. I think I’m going to stick with these ones. Rectangular makes so much sense (round ones waste so much space), plus they are stackable. I’m in love!

cheesy

26 Tuesday Oct 2021

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Today turned into a Stay At Home Day, which was fine by me. Nothing much planned, not much to do other than the usual (photo editing, updating Sevilla Tapas, social media, etc)… and so I decided to make biscuits. Because it’s cool enough now (only 27º!) to put the oven on. This time I experimented with my basic baking soda biscuit recipe and added grated manchego cheese to half of the dough. And omg they were good, both versions. The cheesy ones didn’t actually need any butter added but, you know, what the heck. How’s your Tuesday going?