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This is a new recipe I tried today, in our ongoing mission to have more purple portions – beetroot burgers. Packed full of veg and all the goodness that implies, and if it is of interest to you, it is vegetarian, vegan if you leave out the egg, and gluten free too (use gf oats).
I have been on a journey that began with Google and ended with kitchen experiments, and you know how much I love those! I have been making mueslis and granolas for a while now and one day a few weeks ago, I took a fancy to adding some of those dried raspberries you...
We had a guest last night and had a roast chicken. I picked all the rest of the meat off this morning and the carcass is simmering as we speak. I did some roast cauliflower and carrots to go with the chicken. The veg were drizzled with oil and sprinkled with tandoori...
We made fish cakes! One version using a tin of sardines in tomato sauce, and another using a tin of tuna canned in oil.
Apparently, it is Meat Free May this month. Friends of the Earth started this campaign to raise awareness of what a diet that is heavy in meat and fish can do to the planet. We are being advised to eat less meat and fish for all sorts of reasons – health, environmental, planetary etc
Made the carrot soup for Mike’s lunch today (I’m back on the diet and had something different), and some tomato flavoured rolls to go with it using the sparkling water loaf recipe from a few days ago. This time I used the same ingredients as for the stripped back loaf...
I started off with lentil flour and ended up with a superb, no knead, no yeast loaf made with fizzy water, via beer bread
How to make something delicious for lunch or dinner using breadcrumbs and not a lot else
Simple little fritters using a tin of mushy peas. Flavour them up with curry spice, horseradish or mint sauce
the budget cookery group Had the budget cookery group round this afternoon. We had our usual laugh, then made some Carrot and Tahini Hummus, a Mixed Nut and Seed Butter, then a glorious Goan Fish Curry. It was gorgeous! The recipe is adapted from the Indian book I...
Went to Glyndebourne yesterday, with the friend I go to see the live transmissions with. No, not the posh, picnic in the garden type. Very expensive! We went to see the youth group do a modern opera called Nothing. It was distinctively modern. The singing was...
low carb soup Still on my quest for nice things to eat on this high fat, now even more low carb, diet my coach has put me on, I thought I'd do some soup. I love soup and have it often. It suddenly occurred to me today that if I didn't put in my usual scoop of red...