Over the Good Friday and Easter Sunday weekend, both my wife and I have been working. Hence we have not had time to sit down and celebrate. Even in the early hours of this morning, my wife had to go in to attend to emergencies on two occasions. Hence to cheer her up and to make up for the fact my daughters both had to go in to work with her during this weekend, I decided to get some lovely food for us to celebrate together as a family, and to be thankful. Continue reading Easter Monday Lunch Feast
Category Archives: Food photo
Fluffy Sponge cupcakes
Recently one of our church friends had baked her really lovely sponge cake which is truly light and fluffy. Both my daughters loved it so much, they had requested me to make my Mile High Sponge cake for them. Now as this involves a lot of effort, as both the egg yolks and whites have to be beaten separately and then combined together. And as our friend had given us some Ovalette (sponge cake stabiliser), I felt I needed to try baking with this. Hence I found and modified a recipe I found on the internet. Continue reading Fluffy Sponge cupcakes
Home-made Fish and Chips
Over the weekend, we had decided to have fish and chips for dinner. My wife was keen to have fresh home-made fish and chips, and hence I bought some really fresh cod fillets and Maris Piper potatoes to make the perfect fish and chips. Continue reading Home-made Fish and Chips
Mothering Sunday 2017
On 26th March 2017, England celebrated its Mothering Sunday. This is on a different day from the Mother’s Day celebrated by other countries, which is on 14th May this year. For this year, my children and I decided to make the entire day special for my wife. Continue reading Mothering Sunday 2017
Starters
Now when we do go out to dine, the restaurants do sometimes provide small plates of food to start off the meals – what we call starters. This is supposed to whet the appetite and prepare you for the food to come. Recently I had been looking into new serving plates and dishes to enhance the effect of the food I photograph. As I had bought a few of these, I decided to serve some starters to enhance my family’s enjoyment of the meal I cook for them. Continue reading Starters
Spaghetti bolognese
My wife and I were feeling rather unwell yesterday with a cold, with general body ache (I also had a fever). My oldest daughter was very good and volunteered to cook us spaghetti bolognese for dinner, so both my wife and I could rest and recover from our illness. Continue reading Spaghetti bolognese
Pancake Day 28/2/2017
In preparation for Pancake day 28/2/17, my wife had bought pancakes from Sainsbury. These were not just any pancakes but Abra-ca-Debora Diddy Dutch pancakes costing £1.49 for a pack containing 24 Diddy pancakes. Continue reading Pancake Day 28/2/2017
Friday Meal
After my busy week at work where things have been pretty much non-stop, I finally have the time to rest up. That is also the reason I’ve not had a chance to post anything new in the last few days. But TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday), and I can now rest and enjoy the meal my wife prepared for me. Continue reading Friday Meal
Valentine’s Day Meal
As this Valentine’s day fell on a Tuesday (my normal day to cook) and is during school half-term, I was able to put in some extra time and effort to prepare the meal, just to make it extra special for my wife. I decided that I would prepare 5 dishes for the meal. Continue reading Valentine’s Day Meal
Vegetarian and Gluten-free meal
On the last day of Chinese New Year, we had friends visiting us from London. As usual, my wife wanted to prepare an evening meal for them – this time would be to celebrate the last day of CNY. The brief was fairly simple – it had to be vegetarian but also gluten-free. My wife was up to the task and set out to cook quite a few dishes. Continue reading Vegetarian and Gluten-free meal