Week 4 - Comfort Food

This week the snow came and with it cold blustery weather. When natures elements are a battling it out, there's nothing better than enjoying wholesome food and keeping warm.

 It's those enjoyable moments when you sit on your sofa and drink a Galaxy hot chocolate that hasn't been completely mixed so you have gooey chocolatey bits.

 This week it's been all about warming home cooked food in this house. We began the week with a homemade fish pie. Fish really is one of my food loves, i support Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstalls 'Fish Fight' campaign and the fish discards ban. It makes me so angry to see the waste that society creates when there are others starving in the world and a natural source is getting pillaged. This week there has also been news about mackerel getting over fished. Mackerel is my favourite fish and something we had this week. A light dish of smoked mackerel, couscous and roasted sweet potato, a definite food heaven. It's daunting that over fishing may one day remove these beautiful cuts of fish from restaurants menu's and supermarkets. But any way back to the fish pie.

 The fish pie was a quick and easy version. We boiled and mashed the potatoes poached the Tesco frozen bag of fish mix and created the cheese sauce. I was trying out the fish mix for the first time and i was pleasantly surprised. A mixture of Cod, Smoked Haddock, Salmon and normal Haddock. You poach the frozen fish for 15mins and hey presto it's there and ready. Once the ingredients were combined we popped them in the oven with some extra Red Leicester and grilled the lot. Hearty and warming.

 We also had another first this week and it was the great Mexican fight. Fajita versus Enchilada's! We are serious fans of Fajita's, and combine them with refried beans, a blend of rice and peas and cheese covered nacho's and you have yourself and decent meal. So this week we decided to check out Enchilada's for the first time. Same concept however we then wrapped them up and poured the creamy sauce over the top and added cheese. (We had a lot cheese this week)

And the final result .......................... Fajitas still win! A gracious contender but the creamy sauce was coriander heavy (a herb that both me and my fiance detest) which really let them down. Fajita's are lighter and there's nothing better than picking up the soft floury tortilla and biting into it and having that crunch of perfectly stir fried vegetables.

 So which one are you, a Fajita or an Enchilada ?