25/30: CDWM: My dessert

I wasn’t aware of any typical Mexican dessert until I watched a cookery show on TV, which introduced me to churros, little donut sticks that can be dunked in warm chocolate sauce. As I’d never tasted, never mind made them before, I had a trial run and tried out various methods of reheating them too. [...]

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22/30: CDWM II: My main course

Having practised the quesadillas in advance I knew I needed to put more filling between the two tortillas. More constipation cheese for everybody! I’d done a fair amount of preparation during the day, chopping, grating and crumbling and so when it came to constructing the dishes, I just had boxes full of things to sprinkle [...]

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19/30: CDWM II: My starter

Having already told you a little about the preparation I did for my Come Dine With Me evening, you know that I was getting ready for a Mexican evening. And that is why, when my guests turned up, I answered the door to them wearing my embroidered top from Ecuador and one of the four [...]

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16/30: Come Dine With Me preparation

I knew what kind of food I wanted to serve very soon after we set the dates for our second round of Come Dine With Me. The trouble was that as I was to be the last evening, months and months in the future, there wasn’t much point in using all that time to prepare, [...]

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3/30: CDWM II: Helen’s dessert

One thing we talked about on this Come Dine With Me evening was holidays and our need for them. While Helen was preparing food in the kitchen Suzy and I told Lauren about how we’d been talking about a desire to have a relaxing holiday for once – no running for trains, or getting rained [...]

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CDWM II: Helen’s main course

See that beautiful sunset on the wall? That’s a photo taken on one of the cruises that Helen and Steve have taken. There are such wonderful sunsets at sea, with no buildings getting in the way. We’ve had some fabulous evening skies recently that keep making me think it would be a good idea to [...]

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CDWM II: Helen’s starter

Greek salad, fried courgettes and tzatziki

Any meal that starts like this has to be a winner. Am I right? I’m right. Helen’s Come Dine With Me evening had a Greek theme, with little blue and white menus laid out at each table setting. While we demolished the olives and feta, Helen was busy putting the finishing touches to the starter [...]

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CDWM II: Lauren’s dessert

When I go to a restaurant I’m most likely to pick whatever is made of chocolate when it comes to the dessert menu. I occasionally pass this off to myself as research into finding the best chocolate cake, but really it’s just down to the fact that I like chocolate, I don’t like fruit desserts [...]

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