A new recipe a week...

I set myself a little challenge last week to put some life back into our meals.  We seem to have got in a rut of eating the same old stuff although we have a whole cupboard full of cook books (with two new ones added at Christmas), watch loads of cookery programmes and subscribe to the BBC Good Food magazine!

I decided I would try one new dish a week for meal times.  Last week's was not a success (hence I didn't blog about this then!) but this week was a different matter.  I tried my hand at toad in the hole, not just any toad in the hole but Jamie Oliver's toad in the hole.  Now I have never eaten this dish before but oh boy! have I been missing out!  It was so yummy and perfect comfort food for a Friday evening.  Even Josh had some and he has to be the fussiest eater in the house!

The gravy was a little vinegary due to the balsamic vinegar and I have since found another recipe of Jamie's for a deconstructed version in my new Christmas book below which has an apple and onion gravy so will be trying that one next :)  The above picture is Jamie's I hasten to add not mine - I will remember to take a picture next week!

I have also felt in the mood for baking this year so will be trying more recipes particularly from the Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook.  Yesterday I tackled the lemon loaf and took it into work today and it went down extremely well.  Not sure I can commit to one baking session a week but I'll give it a go!

Would love to hear from anyone else who has recipes to recommend.  Off to look for something to try this week....