Monday 3 September 2012

Fresh from the market...

Hope you had a lovely weekend. We popped to Kingston market on Saturday to pick up paper bags full of fresh, wonderful things to eat. I absolutely love going to the market to buy our meat and veg for the week. Such an economic way to buy food - where else can you pick up an entire tray of mushrooms for £2.50? Or two large chickens for £10? Where you get to hear brilliant sayings like - "If you've got the hump, try some rump." Sad that it's such a novel thing these days, but there you go. 

Saturday night
Lamb and mint sausages (courtesy of the market butchers) with a spicy couscous mix of red pepper, spring onion, garlic, courgette, fennel, tomatoes, apricot, coriander and spices.

Sunday lunch
Roast chicken with a hint of Morocco - chicken (from said market butchers - they really are fab) with chickpeas, aubergine, fennel, courgette, ginger, garlic, onion, fresh figs, red pepper and spices. Fried okra on the side with leftover couscous.  

2 comments:

  1. Markets are great and it is so good there are still some around as they are so much better to shop at than any of the big supermarkets!
    xxx

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  2. Your Sunday lunch sounds divine. I love that my family eat together, but sometimes I long to cook things that I know would not be child-friendly.

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