Weekend Cooking: What I Baked (In My Kitchen) in January

The first Saturday of the month is when I share all the things that I baked in the previous month, which is great when you have been baking but this month I only made one thing! This is the third month in a row that I have only made one thing, but I think next month should be more productive. Maybe. Especially seeing as I have singed up for an online baking course. I can do it at my own pace, but that means that I am free to procrastinate actually starting it!

I am happy to report that the one thing that I did make was a big hit! My husband is still talking about it a week later.

I made this chocolate mousse cake for our very late Christmas lunch with our kids. This is basically a chocolate biscuit base, similar to what you would use on a cheesecake, with a chocolate mousse and then a chocolate ganache. 

I have made this before and I will make it again. 

I often share these month posts with In My Kitchen, hosted at Sherry's Picking. Many times the participants share new things that they have acquired for their kitchens so today I am going to do the same.

While we were away we picked up a few little bits and pieces for the kitchen.

The first item we bought is this paint palette cheeseboard. We picked this up from a shop that was just down the street from our hotel on Ile St Louis in Paris. We loved the concept and that the paint brush is actually the cheese knife. What we didn't realise is that the shop we bought it from was, in effect, part of a homewares chain and therefore we could have bought it from different places, including from Rome. Oh well.

We bought the tea towel with the idea that it will be hung up somewhere in our butler's pantry. We just need to figure out where.

The other thing that we bought might seem a bit strange. We first saw one of these triple egg timers at a hotel and we were fascinated with it. The idea is that you can use it to time eggs to either the soft, medium or hard boiled stage of eggs. I have no idea if you can get them here or not, but I've never seen them. We bought it from a shop in Amboise in the Loire Valley. Guess what we are having for breakfast on Sunday!

Since we got home, I have also bought myself a new cookbook.

We have cooked a couple of recipes from the book so far, and both were good! One of these recipes will definitely be making it onto our regular meal rotations. You can see the tip of the pages that I have tagged as being interesting.

Expect to hear more about this book in upcoming future Weekend Cooking posts!

Weekly meals

Saturday - Macaroni cheese

Sunday -  Nothing

Monday - Paccheri with leeks, Parmesan and prosciutto di Parma

Tuesday - Meatballs with crostini and bocconcini

Wednesday - 

Thursday - Takeaway

Friday - "Fried" chicken, mash and veggies

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