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barley and butternut squash risotto
image from Real Foods I’ve been meaning to try this for ages, so here you go. 1 cup barley (you should strictly speaking, use pearl, but I used what was in the cupboard, and it was fine) 1 butternut...
View Articlea piece of brisket
Another siren call from T L Norman’s chill cabinet, this small piece of brisket (maybe 1.25kg or so – I didn’t weigh it) went straight into the freezer when I bought it. I fetched it out on Saturday,...
View Articlechickpeas for lunch
I soaked and boiled some chickpeas on Wednesday, in preparation for a vegetable tagine. But then I didn’t fancy the tagine, and our schedule for the next few days doesn’t really accommodate it, and...
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onion gravy
image courtesy of Lena Ljungar / Flickr We love onion gravy, but it’s really best when you have time to cook the onions slowly, and I never think about it in time. But this time, I did! I cut three...
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Philips Airfryer
So … a Philips Airfryer. We don’t eat much fried food, but we thought we’d give it a go. It’s quite a sleek, black beast, but takes up a fair bit of worktop space. The first thing we did was some...
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butternut squash, red pepper and feta quichelings
I had a party to go to last night, and wanted to make a contribution to the festive board. Looking at the ingredients in the fridge and freezer, I settled on squash and red pepper filo parcels. There...
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turkey and moooose pie
Well, not really, but … We went to my daughter’s house for Christmas, and it was lovely. But the downside of being away is you get no leftovers; thankfully, she offered us the turkey carcass to take...
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an inventory of the freezer
We decided to do a *long* overdue audit of the freezer this morning. And here are the results: home made baked beans x 1 Italian meatballs small x 1 beef, beans, red wine x 2 cauliflower and lentils x...
View Articlehome made pizza
For some reason, we hardly ever have pizza, and I’m not sure we’ve ever made it. So we decided to remedy that on Saturday. There was a small tub of tomato purée in the freezer, and some pork and duck...
View Articlemeatballs and tomato sauce
The mystery butcher’s bag in the freezer turned out to contain about 150g of sausagemeat, clearly bought for sossidge rolls for the festering season. Hmm … what to do? I added some chopped mix herbs to...
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up to my elbows in vegetables, and some venison
We seemed a bit overrun with veg, for some reason, so something had to be done. So into the medium slow cooker, diced small, went: 2 leeks 4 carrots ½ swede 2 (manky) courgettes They were cooked off...
View Articlekudos to Sainsburys
We normally buy our bacon from the inestimable T L Normans on Princes Ave (I have enthused about them many a time), but we were in the Sainsburys mini supermarket on Spring Bank the other Saturday...
View Articlechicken and coconut curry
I had a yen for a chicken curry at the weekend; we make (and eat) a lot of chicken and coriander, but I wanted something different, dammit. So I trundled up to the Jacksons at the top of t’rerd, and...
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supermarkets
Regular readers will know that I don’t much care for supermarkets, and generally patronise Aldi (or, occasionally, Lidl). However, we had to sally forth to Anlaby on Saturday for cat bikkit, and we...
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two caulis, two bunches of asparagus
We were in Norfolk last weekend, to celebrate the 7th birthday of our grandson. A very nice time was had by all, and on our way home on Sunday afternoon, we kept an eye out for roadside stalls,...
View Articlebasic lentil mix
This is one of my standards – you can use it for lasagne, moussaka, shepherds pie … anything you do with mince, really. There are just two of us in the household, but I always cook for at least six so...
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indian black-eyed peas
I made a batch of these for a friend’s curry evening, and they were so nice, I’ve just made another huge batch for us! I might have gone ever so slightly overboard with the quantities, so think on if...
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green beans and pasta
This is another ridiculously quick and easy supper, and pretty cheap too (depending where you shop) – certainly well under £1 per serving. Works well with runner beans as well. serves 2: 1 pack green...
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peanut butter and choc chip cookies
I was having a rearrange of the cupboards last week, and found not one, but two jars of peanut butter; one smooth, one crunchy. Neither of us eat peanut butter on bread or toast, and I suspect it was...
View Articleslow cooked spuds and onions
This was by way of an experiment, and I didn’t photograph it. It was as cheap as, well, chips. and really nice. I made it to accompany some roast venison, a piece of which I found lurking in the bottom...
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