Simply cook the beans, then whizz everything together to a smooth pesto. Oddly, this doesn’t taste strongly of runner beans
Got too many runner beans? This lovely pesto will use up loads!
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30+ different flavours for baked bean hummus / paté, a LCHF recipe, or fat free!
Use a tin of the cheapest baked beans you can find as your base, or chick peas as per usual hummus, or any other beans or indeed lentils. All will make their own contribution. Baked bean paté is smoother than a chick pea hummus, and has a neutral flavour, like chick peas do, ripe for loading in aromatics, spices, herbs and umami.
Using up bits and pieces of fruit to make a lovely fresh Summer Berry jam
Sometimes, I get a bit of this and a bit of that fruit wise. There are lots of things it can be used for. This time, I used it as a Summer Berry Jam
The easiest sundried tomatoes in olive oil – ever! And use them in instant tomato pan fried focaccia
A couple of very quick things for you today. Super simple. Do you remember I bought some big bags of wonderful sun dried tomatoes from Healthy Supplies. They taste wonderfully fresh and tangy, the best I’ve had. If you can afford the initial outlay, they are a great...
Home made Nutella. Improved nutrition for the same price!
Do you like Nutella? It’s gorgeous stuff, kids can be addicted to it, it seems to go with everything and can be eaten straight out of the jar with a spoon. And probably often is! But… and there’s always a but isn’t there, the nutritional content is pretty poor. Palm...
Crispy Lemon Skin and refurbished pots
Crispy Lemon Skin I read recently about crisping up lemon skins by frying them. I can’t remember now where it was. I’ve just googled and there are a few places that talk about it, but can’t find the one where I saw it. Anyway, I thought it sounded interesting and...
Savoury yogurts, yes savoury. Have you ever tried them? It’s new to me, and I’m loving it
Yesterday, I came up with rather a wonderful concoction. It tastes wonderful on its own and would be fab with hot buttered pitta. I would be very happy with that for breakfast with carrot batons, or a couple of slices of black pudding.
Tutti Frutti Spread. Loving my leftovers and creating something wonderful with them.
Obesity Crisis After reading Jason Fungs book, the Obesity Crisis, and bearing in mind his warning about the consumption of sugar, I’m feeling a bit guilty about telling you about Tutti Frutti Spread. I will anyway, and you can decide whether you have any or not. I...
Two tins of tomatoes. Is there a difference worth having?
I thought it would be an interesting exercise to directly compare two tins of tomatoes, a tin of value chopped tomatoes and a tin of premium chopped tomatoes
Smoking Hot Brazil Nut Butter. Gorgeous, easy and at least 60% cheaper than shop bought
When I last stocked up my nut supplies, I included lots of bags of Asda’s Good and Balanced Brazil nuts at 85p per 100g. MySupermarket is great for making sure I order the cheapest pack. Today, I decided to use a couple of those bags to make a Brazil nut butter. I’m...
Things you may never need to buy again – mustard
Well, my goodness, recipes don’t come much simpler than this! Assemble the ingredients in a small dish, ignore them for a day or two, whizz!
Home made Paneer. Cheap, delicious, versatile and nutritious. What’s not to like?
Inspired by the talented Miki Knight on the wonderful Feed Yourself for £1 A Day face book page, I decided to finally get round to making some home made paneer. Following Miki’s method, this is what I did Paneer Priced at Asda using mySupermarket 4 pints/2.27litres...