12 August - frittata and shepherd's pie

After my slightly crumbled attempt at frittata a couple of weeks ago, I had another go today and did it properly this time, cooking the top under the grill, rather than trying to flip it in the pan. I used a couple of cold potatoes, some bits of bacon and a big pile of fresh peas, with a couple of eggs and some mint. Looked much better this time!

I know it's rather unseasonal, but this evening I used up a little bit of leftover mince to make an individual shepherd's pie. I cooked the mince up with some onion, garlic, mushrooms and a bit of diced carrot, plus some beef stock (thickened with a bit of flour), popped it in a mini oven dish with some mash on the top and Bob's your uncle. With some homegrown beans on the side, it was fantastically tasty in a retro sort of way :)

28 July - frittata and fishy fish

At book club last night, a couple of friends were talking about frittata and the idea must've stuck in my head, so I whipped up something eggy for my lunch. I boiled a few sliced new potatoes, some peas and broad beans and popped them all in a frying pans with a few beaten eggs and some chopped mint. It all looked and smelled beautiful in the pan, but sadly, didn't make it onto the plate very elegantly! It still tasted good though and made a nice change for lunch.

I picked a lovely big pile of beans for dinner, they're almost growing quicker than we can eat them at the moment! I made the mistake of buying supermarket fish though. As I opened the packaging of my trout fillets, they turned out to be horribly slimy and I had a frustrating fight trying to skin them. I'm not great with raw fish at the best of times and by the time I'd cooked the trout (coated in herbs, breadcrumbs and lime zest and oven-cooked with lime butter), I'd really gone off the whole idea. The beans tasted great at least!