Bill Granger's miso fish with steamed greens

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miso fish with spring onions & sesame seeds - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p78

Bill Granger's miso fish with steamed greens

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miso fish with spring onions & sesame seeds - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p78

bill granger's porcini and pancetta risotto

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porcini and pancetta risotto - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p76

bill granger's porcini and pancetta risotto

I like to think because I can now cook this, (with occasional minor variations), without Mr Granger's help that this is my very own recipe. For legal and moral reasons I suspect this isn't so...

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porcini and pancetta risotto - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p76

bill granger's porcini and pancetta risotto

With Kayosaurus up for the ballet (and relentlessly making dens in the lounge until Hell freezes over) this week, and nothing in the fridge due to the fact I was drunk watching rugby rather than shopping on Saturday, we're all about buying a couple of ingredients each day to bulk out the cupboard stocks. It's like rationing, only 70 years later...

For some reason one of the only things we *do* have in the fridge is a kilo of pancetta, plus we've got a box of risotto rice, so I think we all know where this is going - Billy G's porcini and pancetta risotto:

As I said last time, you do not need much so there's plenty for three of us plus seconds for people who want it. Have you tried it yet Sarah? I can stick the recipe up if you need?

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porcini and pancetta risotto - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p76

bill granger's porcini and pancetta risotto

It's strange how previously scorned recipe books suddenly start churning out new dishes where before there were none. I've previously scorned Bill Granger's Feed Me Now as it's only been good for carrot soup, but we're suddenly warming to it. We've got our eyes on a miso fish recipe, ginger and soy fish parcels, melts and this earthy risotto:

It's incredibly dense, rich and smokey, and you do not need very much at all to fill you up...

Oh I forgot another recipe from this book - baked salmon, minted peas and sweet potato cakes - which was particularly ace!

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porcini and pancetta risotto - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p76

take away & spiced carrot soup

Davisss Taylor is in town today so we're entertaining (on his credit card). Whilst normally this prospect would be met with joy and hosannas, we have been made excessively grumpy by a 3AM wake up call c/o Mad Milo McBad of Mortlake.

This is odd as yesterday was his first day at Nursery, and despite dropping his daytime sleep a month or so ago, Day One zonked him out. The knock-on effect of this illegal cat nap was we didn't get him into bed until nine-ish, so by rights he should sleep till at least eight. Grand contrarian that he is, he's up at 3, thrashing around in our bed for a couple of hours, and giving us a running commentary of Peppa Pig on TV by 5.45.

So, whilst we're not on top form as we wait for Davisss, we are highly effective. Ana researches the Tudors ahead of school tomorrow, and I cook up a batch of Bill Granger's Spiced Carrot Soup for lunch. I seem to recall overdoing the turmeric last time which made it chemically harsh, so definitely a lighter touch tonight. Incidentally, did you know Henry VIII executed over 78,000 people during his reign?

Seeing Davisss was lovely and not just because he treated us to a delightful curry from Tiffin Box. As ever our eyes were far too big for our bellies, but this is what we ordered:

• Poppadums
• Tarka Dhal
• Lamb Achari (Me)
  
• Old Fashioned Chicken Curry (Davisss)
• Masaladaar King Prawn (Ana)
• Saag Aloo
• 3 x Plain Rice
• 1 Tiffin Box Mixed Grill

Mixed Grill was an inspired choice, the King Prawns tasted good but I should've gone with the classic Old Fashioned as the Lamb was a bit tough tonight, and not as sour as usual. Still, DT makes for excellent company, he may come again...

Food of the Milos
An apple in bed, followed by porridge for breakfast (it is *almost* winter after all), followed by some of Sunday's batch of leek and potato soup for lunch. After an afternoon dominated by rice cakes and snacks, there was a fishcake for dinner accompanied by his new-found favourite things - mini-steamed veg. In this case carrots, broccoli and sweetcorn. Ana had to eat the mange tout though. Naturally he still has space for some more apple.

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spiced carrot soup - Bill Granger, Feed Me Now, p144