An usual soup made with raw ingredients, served with a delicious walnut loaf
Raw Carrot, Apple and Cashew soup, with a Walnut Loaf & butter, 65p per serving. Plus how to stay on budget for the day
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Hips, Haws and Hangovers
I have a migraine hangover headache this week, which means that after the migraine on Friday, for the rest of this week, I will wake up feeling pretty crappy, off-colour and with a sore head, until about 10am. I'll feel increasingly well through the day. Then at about...
Using magic bread dough to make pizza
Pizza for dinner tonight. Oops, forgot to take any pictures, the picture was taken after dark and is the last remaining portion. Remember the magic dough kept in the fridge? When we got back from the bread course we went to at River Cottage, I made a bread mix. I...
A linen skirt for £2, Char de Crabbe & prescriptions
This 15th century delicacy can be made with crab apples or thinnings from an apple tree
A freeform loaf and a broad bean & feta wrap
Made a loaf with the dough I keep in the fridge today. Thought I would try a freefrom one this time. Partly because I wanted to see if I could do one, and that it wouldn't flatten itself out on the baking sheet. Partly because I wasn't sure how much to put in a loaf...
The loaf recipe
At least one day before you want it, make the dough mixture. 250g strong white bread flour, Asda 1.5kg/80p, 13p 7g yeast, Asda 125g/64p, 4p Half tsp salt 17p for the loaf 35p to run the oven for an hour, a total of 52p Put everything in a medium sized mixing bowl, mix...
My best loaf so far
I tried the second bread mixture in the fridge today. I took it out of the fridge and added a little flour, just enough to take it from the almost thick batter it was to a loose dough. Then I was going to do a dome shaped loaf on a tray, but it looked like it was...
Flowers blooming in the garden and wraps made with dough that’s been in the fridge for several days
Took a few pictures today of what is in flower in the garden right now. This day lily is a lovely match with the shrub next to it A lacecap hydrangea in its full glory As much as I can get in one shot of the front garden flowers The pot of lilies that are blooming...
Rosemary, mustard and cayenne scones, 12 for 53p
Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave them quite a different texture, more short than usual. Nice tho
Fruit Trees, Date & Apple Muffins and Sugar Paste Flowers
Nipped down to Eastbourne this morning to see DD1. Took down a couple of big pots to add to the three already there, and some compost, and we potted up the 5 little fruit trees that were her Christmas present. The plum is already covered in blossom and she should have...
Pancakes, with lemon and sugar, the classic, and SUPER cheap!
I couldn’t tell the difference between my usual ones, made with eggs and milk, and these. Costwise, these could be doable, where egg and milk ones weren’t. Pancakes with lemon and sugar – or there are lots of other lovely ways to enjoy them
Semi Freddo Red Berry Yogort, 26p a generous portion
Whizz the still very frozen fruit with the yogort until amalgamated. On tasting it was just a bit too sharp, so I added a couple of tblsps of sugar.