• About Me
  • Contact

My Simple Delights

~ Tickle your taste buds

My Simple Delights

Tag Archives: birthday

Weekend in Photos #2

16 Monday Jun 2014

Posted by mysimpledelights in Uncategorized

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

birthday, city, weekend

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. My husband and I went out for dinner at a Japanese restaurant on Saturday night before admiring the beauty of these light projections on some of the iconic buildings in Bilbao for White Night as the city celebrated her birthday…

20140616-131421-47661947.jpg

20140616-131420-47660687.jpg

20140616-131419-47659373.jpg

20140616-131424-47664196.jpg

20140616-131425-47665208.jpg

20140616-131422-47662970.jpg

20140616-131418-47658459.jpg

Have a great start to the week!💞

Sunday Birthday Roast 🎈

24 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by mysimpledelights in Chicken

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

birthday, Chicken, food, roast, roast chicken

It was a rainy Sunday yesterday so we went to The Guggenheim around mid day to check out an exhibition by Ernesto Neto for my birthday. By the time we got home it was quite late in the afternoon but I really fancied a Sunday Roast!

I know, I know…everyone will have their own way of cooking a roast chicken but I picked up this recipe from my Mama and she roasts the best chicken ever so I thought I’d share it.

20140324-182038.jpg
Ingredients
– a full chicken
– 4 cloves of garlic (minced)
– cracked black pepper (lots of it!)
– salt to taste
– olive oil
– butter…yes…a tsp of butter
– dried parsley

Method
1. In a pestle and mortar, mince the garlic together with the black pepper.
2. Combine 2 to 3 tbsp of olive oil, butter (room temperature) and the garlic & pepper mix in a bowl.
3. Rub generously on the chicken and marinade for 30 mins, or if you want, overnight.
4. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius and place the chicken in the middle of the oven.
5. Depending on the size of the chicken, I cooked mine for just over an hour. Keep checking if you are not sure. You will know it’s thoroughly cooked when if you pierce the chicken, the juices should run clear and the knive or fork should go through with ease.

I served it with a side salad, baked potato and gravy. I just used Bisto!

20140324-183537.jpg

20140324-183701.jpg

20140324-183717.jpg
All in all it was a perfect very late lunch and we had lots of leftovers for supper and my lunch today! Bonus!

And thanks to my husband, I got a Birthday Profiterole for afters, no birthday cakes for me. 😋

20140324-184143.jpg
I will tell you more about where we bought the profiterole in my next post! Simply divine!

Happy Monday! 😊

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 346 other followers

Quotes

"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." ~Harriet Van Horne~

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body." ~Benjamin Franklin~

“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.” ~Marcel Boulestin~

"A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat." ~Old New York Proverb~

"When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste." ~Laiko Bahrs~

July 2022
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Nov    

Recent Posts

  • Kale, Tofu & Mushroom Dumplings
  • Chicken Wonton Soup
  • Kuah Lodeh
  • Potato & Sweet Potato Stacks
  • Grilled Chilli & Lemongrass Chicken with Coconut…

Archives

  • November 2016
  • July 2016
  • May 2016
  • September 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • March 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • September 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • April 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • August 2012
  • July 2012

Categories

  • Asian
  • Awards
  • breakfast
  • Cakes
  • Chicken
  • Cookies
  • eggs
  • Fish
  • Fruit & Veg
  • herbs & spices
  • Italian
  • Italian meatballs
  • Pasta
  • Salads
  • Sandwiches
  • Savoury
  • Seafood
  • Soup
  • Spicy
  • Sweets
  • Uncategorized

asia asian asianfood autumn avocado banana bread beef birthday bread breakfast cake Chicken chilli chocolate coleslaw colours dessert dinner donuts doughnuts easymeals eggplant eggs eid fast food fastfood fish fishballs food frittata fruits healthy homemade hummus Italian london lunch malay meatballs noodles nutella pak choi pasta peanuts prawns rice roast roast vegetables salad salads salmon sandwich seafood simple singapore snack soup spain spices spicy Sriracha sultanas Sunday sweet sweets tagliatelle toast tofu tradition tuna niçoise vegan vegetables vegetarian weekend winter

Blog Stats

  • 27,632 hits
Site Meter

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • My Simple Delights
    • Join 346 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • My Simple Delights
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar