Apr 24 2009
Simple yet Satisfying
At the end of the week, I felt the need for some straightforward meat. Because Dougal and I regularly eat veggie for over a week at a time, I periodically get protein/fat/flavour cravings that only a bit of meat will satisfy. Last Friday I plumped for Waitrose free range pork loin chops.
I wanted to keep things simple- not least of all so that I could get the food onto the plate and into my belly ASAP, so things went thus: pork chop fried with a teeny touch of garlic oil; leeks roasted in the onion with rock salt and yes more garlic oil; potatoes mashed with butter and cream and a generous spoon of seedy mustard and cabbage, boiled and served with butter.
As you can see I pretty much licked my plate clean! 
Funnily enough a similar craving for meat came about on a Sunday about a month ago. D and I had a nice stroll through town and everywhere we could smell barbeques and were tormented by the wafting aromas. I realised I couldn’t remember when I’d last had meat so that night I picked up some Co Op Truly Irresistable beef steaks (outdoor reared, which is something- not much choice on a Sunday night) and grilled them. We had them in D’s rolls with horseradish cream and garlic griddled courgettes with a salad on the side. Brill!
Mmmmm, meat sometimes is the only answer.