yesterday's cooking

[ramtops]

Last night, we had the Boy Oliver's Pasta Bake - the one that's been on the television ads, I added a yellow pepper, as we had one in the fridge that was going wrinkly. And we had no fresh red chillis, only green, so we deseeded a dried one and used that. My *word*, it was hot - even perlmonger thought so. But very nice indeed.

I also managed to use up the hateful beetroot, in a chocolate beetroot cake, which was very nice indeed, much nicer than you might think. Should the ghastly red beets even turn up again, I know what to do with them.

Large pot of lentil, veg and tomato soup also constructed, to assist in fending off the traditional Easter snowstorms.

Comments

[aca.livejournal.com]

YMMV but I like red beets roasted, perhaps with some balsamic.

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

I don't. I hate the smell of them.

[timill]

BTW: you have an "Unknown LJ Tag" - delete this when fixed.

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

bah - fixed. Thanks.

[aca.livejournal.com]

That would be a sticking point, wouldn't it. :)

[blackberry44.livejournal.com]

I also managed to use up the hateful beetroot, in a chocolate beetroot cake,

I made one a few years ago and it was delicious, but The Others[1] refused to eat it and eventually I had to Throw Some Away, so I've never made it since.

[1] Peasants!

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

we had celery cake made like carrot cake recently - delicious with maple frosting; that might work for the beets if you were somehow (well, I know) not in the mood for chocolate.

[ramtops.livejournal.com]

/me looks at mary in a puzzled fashion

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

yes, I *know* ;-)

[purple-peril.livejournal.com]

> know what to do with them.

You can give them to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!