Food Enjoyers

Notes from a small kitchen. Mostly simple food, occasionally ambitious.

One-pan lemon chicken that actually works

October 2026

Every one-pan recipe promises easy and delivers soggy. The fix is boring: dry the chicken thighs properly, start them skin-down in a cold pan, and leave them alone for twelve minutes. Only then add potatoes, garlic and lemon around them and move the pan to the oven.

• Chicken thighs, skin on, salted the night before if you remember
• Small potatoes, halved
• One lemon, sliced; half a head of garlic
• 200°C for about 30 minutes after the stovetop part

Sourdough, attempt number nine

September 2026

The starter finally behaves. What changed: feeding it at the same time every day and keeping it somewhere warmer. The loaf still spreads more than I would like, so the next experiment is a slightly lower hydration and a longer cold proof in the fridge.

A tomato sauce worth the hour

August 2026

Two tins of good tomatoes, a lot of olive oil, one onion cut in half, and a knob of butter. Simmer slowly, take the onion out at the end. It is almost embarrassingly simple and better than anything with twenty ingredients.

Sunday meal prep without hating Sunday

July 2026

I used to cook five identical boxes and be sick of them by Wednesday. Now I prep components instead: a tray of roasted vegetables, a pot of rice, one protein, and two sauces. Mixing them differently each day makes the week feel less like a sentence.