Day 3
Monday we had Roast red pepper and chick peas
Tuesday we had Spiced potato and bean with roast red peppers
I’m going through these recipes as they come up in the book.
This really was ‘red pepper’ week. For the first few days recipes, I needed 8 red peppers and 1 yellow. Just as well we like peppers! But the question is do we like them that much?
The interesting thing about these two recipes is how similar they really are.
Both salads contained red peppers, garlic, parsley, scallions and olive oil.
The first contained chick peas, cumin, coriander and lemon juice,
The second contained black kidney beans, cannellini beans, new potatoes, cajun spice and chillies.
Tommy and I rated each as 3/5. Quite the fussy testers we are!
I didn’t like the combination of potatoes and beans in Tuesday’s salad, too much carbohydrate.
Though the spices were different, the predominance of red peppers, beans, scallions and parsley did make them seem very similar.
When doing the photographs, the different bowls, made recognising which salad was which, much easier!
Though I’m itching to remove the serving spoon from that pic and straighten the bowl!
Scores (out of 5):
Roast red pepper and chick peas 3
Spiced potato and bean with roast red peppers 3
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(chef’s) hats off to you Lily – you are really playing a blinder here with your project. It is entertaining and informative – really enjoying it!
Marie, thank you. I’m having fun with it. Have to catch the film now before it’s gone from the cinema!
I am very slowly playing catch up. I like the sound of the recipes, I wonder if I could get my servant to make them for me.
She is doing a good job of looking after me. Life is good once more.
Grannymar, Delighted to see you back in blogosphere. You were missed! Well done Elly. You seem to have a happy camper there.