Easter Sunday roast: Rare rib of beef and bone marrow gravy
Roasted on a bed of fennel, carrots, onion and shallots. The bones hold all the flavour! This Easter it’s just been me and my husband last weekend. No friends, no visitors, just him, me and the cats...
View ArticleI ‘heart’ bread… freshly baked milk bread
We love our roast beef very rare and very pink, with plenty left over to make cold roast beef sandwiches. Couldn’t have asked for a nicer accident On Easter Sunday, my husband and I roasted a rib of...
View ArticleGetting my mojo back, the Chelsea Flower Show and banana cupcakes
This Wednesday was the first proper day my husband started feeling like himself again, so we took ourselves to the Chelsea Flower Show to get a bit of sun and perspective back. It is what it is...
View ArticleRed spaghetti… and a grumpy old woman’s take on the rest of my Chelsea Flower...
Kicking off the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style! Part food post, part flower show As I’d already posted some of the food-oriented images from our trip to the Chelsea Flower Show, I originally set out...
View ArticleFor her Majesty… thebigfatnoodle’s Diamond Jubilee cake for the Queen
While the cakes were baking, I was practising my union jack cake decorating skills. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee As I sit here typing, I’m watching the Queen’s floating pageant take place on our TV. The...
View ArticleIt’s curry time! Curry puff puffs, curry filo puffs and curry cups
Spice is life – Britain’s continuing love for Indian spices and flavours. Curry in a hurry If there’s one type of food that the Brits have truly taken to their hearts and made their own, it is the...
View ArticleA 30-minute summery take on pork and beans – grilled lemon and thyme pork...
Our epileptic weather system isn’t just restricted to the UK. I took a bunch of journalists to watch the Czech Rep v Portugal UEFA Euro 2012 game and it was super muggy in Warsaw too. Cooking by...
View ArticleEvery day should be pancake day
My very sceptical looking cat keeping me and my temporary cast company on Monday morning. Be careful what you wish for… When I was growing up, I always wanted to break a limb, ideally my arm. It had...
View ArticleA look back in time: thebigfatnoodle spring clean
This remains one of my favourite photos I’ve ever taken with my trusty iPhone. it was from our Godalming Food Festival in 2010. It’s what I associate with being out in the country and having access to...
View ArticleA special bulletin: bigmonster launches ourgodalming.com
I interrupt today’s usual weekend broadcast with an extra special bulletin… Today is my town’s annual food fair – the Godalming Food Festival 2012. Today is also the launch of my husband’s new...
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