Salmon and Broccoli Pasta

A fairly quiet weekend this week as the weather has been fairly rubbish again! Promised the kids we would go cycling today with the promise of a picnic but the weather looks horrid so we played Cluedo instead - Jon pipped me to the post and had blatantly ignored the fact it was for the kids not him!

Anyway - just sharing a rather nice recipe (I do like my comfort food!!) that I made with the help of my girls yesterday- this is great in summer OR winter - a nice hot pasta dish but containing salmon, prawns, white wine and tomato but a good dollop of mascarpone cheese to enrich it. You can use any fish you have in the freezer but I tend to use salmon & prawns as they add texture and colour. I believe that Parmesan with prawns is a supposed food faux pas but I don't care! I always add it at the end for extra flavour but you don't have to if you are adhering to the food police!
The girls thoroughly enjoyed helping and this always means that they eat loads as they know what's gone in it!


So check out my Salmon and Broccoli Pasta on the website and give it a go - it is really scrumptious!

Dinner Parties at Home and Top 10 Food Websites

One of the growing trends that has been seen, during the recent economic downturn is for a return to home cooking and hosting dinner parties at home. Visits increased by 32.8% between February 2008 and February 2009 as reported by "Hitwise United Kingdom - hitwise.co.uk".

We have always enjoyed entertaining at home and so this comes as no surprise to us. You will see that much of the content on the Dinner at Home website relates to planning a dinner party and other dinner party ideas.

According to Hitwise, the Top 10 Food and Beverage - Lifestyle and Reference websites, in 2008 are as follows:

1. www.bbc.co.uk/food
2. uktv.co.uk/food
3. www.deliaonline.com
4. www.waitrose.com
5. www.bbcgoodfood.com
6. www.channel4.com/food
7. www.qype.co.uk
8. www.jamieoliver.com
9. www.laithwaites.co.uk
10. www.sugarvine.com

I find it interesting to note that of all the supermarkets, only up-market Waitrose has found its way onto the list and with the exception of the London Review Guide Qype, all other websites are aimed at anyone looking to cook at home.

So join the rest of us in dusting off your recipes books and throw a dinner party! The Credit Crunch alternative to eating out.