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Weekend Vibes!
April 12
My weeknight cooking is often manic, the children start demanding food from around 4.30pm onwards and the clock is counting down to getting 4 plates of food to the table. My weekend cooking, however, is a different beast altogether. Cartoons on the TV while I make a coffee, read the papers and decide what’s on the menu for Saturday & Sunday while making eggs and toast for the troops. In amongst football practice, swimming lessons and a little mental health hike, the food I cook on the weekends have a little more time and thought behind them. Something for the weekend and something to look forward to!
Killer Steak Frites at home
A trip to the butchers is definitely a favourite weekend activity and we’re lucky to have one a stone’s throw from where we live. If I’m not distracted by pork chops on the bone with its fat intact or a whole chicken to spatchcock for the BBQ, Saturday is steak night and with the first whiff of a freshly opened bottle of red, you know you’re in a good place. Nailing a perfect medium rare steak is one of the best things you can learn how to cook and something that will win friends and lovers! The choice of cut is up to you, though my choice would be rib-eye as standard and cote de bouef for very special occasions. Basted in butter with garlic, rosemary or thyme, it’s one of my true food pleasures. I have a recipe for you for a steak frites night which will kick off your weekend the right way.
Get the recipe here.
Sea Salt & Maple Syrup Croffles
These days in the rush and bustle of weekday mornings I’ve gotten into the bad habit of swigging a coffee and heading out the door, but on the weekend, I take the time to make something special. Shakshouka eggs are a fave with spinach and beans tossed through or oaty pancakes, a favourite with our two boys. More recently, we tried waffling croissant dough which results in pretty spectacular waffles with zero effort- shall we call them Croffles? Drizzled with maple syrup and sea salt they are memorable!
Get the recipe here.
Chilli & Cheese Omelette
I fear my inspiration for weekend cooking may be heavily influenced by watching food videos on social media as the next offering is an egg sandwich where an omelette is folded with white bread to make a fairly impressive egg sandwich worthy of a recipe. My twist on this viral social media trend takes inspiration from the Taiwanese thousand layer scallion pancakes which you can find stuffed with egg, cheese, herbs and hot sauce. A trend worth the hype? I think it might just be!
Get the recipe here.
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