Cookbook project/date night

I haven't talked about cookbook project for a while, mostly because I didn't do it much in the summer holiday. However, Benedict made Eccles cakes from Winnie the Pooh's teatime cookbook which turned out delicious.(It might be cheating for him to do them, but I don't care :P After all, Colin did some before.)

Then last week I used our school cookbook to make Ecclesiastical dinner. (As a fund raiser, our school gathered recipes from staff and printed books; they also got recipes from the parish priest and our local bishop, which is what I made.) I made boiled gammon and pease pudding as suggested by Fr David, and 'Bishop Michael's Hot Bananas'. I could see how the gammon and lentils work very well, the sweetness of the lentils and the saltiness of the gammon, but I'm still not a big fan.The bananas didn't work because I'm out of foil and my bananas weren't ripe enough (they're baked bananas with ginger and whatever else you fancy - I used grated black cherry chocolate).

So I'm back on track there.

On saturday we're having a date dinner for the first time in ages. While pondering what to make, I asked a friend what she'd make. Her husband is one of the pickiest people I know, and she said garlic bread, lasagne and profiteroles. What would you make?

I'm making (cut in case Colin wants to avoid spoilers)( Read more... )