It's hardly a new observation for me but I'm bored with my diet. In reality, I'd like to go out for lunch every day but even in the land of the bargain, it's hard to get lunch for under £7 and I can't afford that every day. So I launched Project Nom - finding easy to cook, but yummy things to make just for me. In practice this meant a thorough reading of the Nigel Slater fast food books.
I've just made the first recipe that appealed to me on paper - scrambled eggs with parmesan and anchovies - and I have to say that it was utterly revolting - oily and very, very salty. I'd forgotten just how horrific the anchovies we get in cans over here really are. Order anchovies at a tapas bar in Spain and they come either fresh or lightly vinegared and they are very good indeed - firm and sweet and quite clearly fish. The canned variant are simultaneously greasy and weirdly dry and crunchy and, as I say, 95% salt.
Grumble.
I know Annie Slaminsky has done this recently, but do you have any suggestions for quick, tasty and hopefully not too carb heavy (no sandwiches please) lunches?
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