I’ll never forget the first time we had Monkfish. We had not long bought our first house and we were starting on our cooking journey – I’d just about mastered a chilli and Sweet n Sour, but wanted to experiment with fish. Someone had told us to try Monkfish saying how meaty it is and that we would love it – How right they were. I love how filling it is, so often with fish I feel a little bit empty as soon as I’ve finished my meal. (Our second experiment with fish wasn’t quite so successful – the fish was off and the cat went crazy trying to jump up and get it- Have never felt the same about bony fish since).
So, back to the Monkfish – I’ve had it several times since (not that often though as it can be quite expensive). Tip: the best time to buy Monkfish is last thing on a Saturday night in an supermarket, they often slash the price by half.
I do love a tomato and spice Monkfish dish – It goes so well with chilli. I like that the rest of this dish is fairly cheap and uses simple ingredients that we tend to always have in. If I spot a Monkfish bargain, I can pretty much guarantee that I can make this that night.
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Really happy to be in charge of the Round Up for #FoodieFriday this week. There were some brilliant posts linked up to Romanian Mum last week – I’ve added quite a few ideas to my ‘To Cook’ list!
My ultimate favourite from last week was Boo Roo & Tigger Too’s Pain au Chocolat & Orange Pudding – Just perfect for the autumn evenings and features one of my favourite combinations of chocolate and orange. Congratultions on being our featured post!
I’ve compiled a display of all the other entries – They are so varied. There are such very clever bloggers out there!
From top to bottom:
1. Easy Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting from 3 Children and It – This was my husband’s favourite from this week’s collection!
2. Eton Mess with a Twist – I’ll let you read Bod for Tea’s post to find out what the twist is.
3. Double Chocolate Oaty Cookies – Oops they’re mine!
4. Candy Corn Cheesecake Mousse from A Mother Thing – How bright and cheery are these?
5. Marshmallow Eyeballs from Eats Amazing – I daren’t show my children her blog, they would think I’m rubbish at lunches!
6. I do this linky so I can discover new blogs to read and get inspired for my cooking, My Fussy Eater is one of those blogs I think I’m going to be spending a lot of time reading! Mango Coconut Chai Pudding
7. Mini Strawberry Tartlets from Food For Dissertating – Who wouldn’t love these in their packed lunch box?
8. The wonderful Pink Velvet Malibu Rum Cake that has been in my thoughts all week – From Chez Maxima
9. Saturday Banana Smoothies that my 3yo would absolutely love from Mum in a Nutshell
10. Pixie Dust, I LOVE your Maple and Bacon Cupcakes – These are definitely on my list!
11. I’m a sucker for anything with a surprise centre so love these Surprise Centre Muffins from Inside the Wendy House
12. So not good for the waistline but perfect for the palate – Rocky Road Cheesecake from Garden Tea Cakes and Me
13. The Recipe Resource describes herself as a Baking Novice – Her Date Muffins beg to differ!
The linky is now live for this week’s #FoodieFriday – The theme for this week is NO THEME!! Yep, its a free for all – join in with up to 3 posts. Just please remember to display the badge and link to Casa Costello and Romanian Mum
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So many gorgeous looking ideas! I must admit we are rubbish at eating fish in our house, it’s the one thing I really don’t know much about cooking so more often than not we just get it from the chippy! Thank you for hosting the linky 🙂
Hey thanks for mentioning my Eton Mess dish – the twist really does make it special 😉 x
I’ve never tried monkfish before, great tip about getting it cheap at the supermarket