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Lentil ragu with spaghetti
Utterly delicious! Deeply savoury, filling and satisfying.
Couscous Snacky Lunchbox Bites
I’ve been enjoying these Couscous snacky lunchbox bites for a couple of weeks now. I thought I’d explore making them from scratch. You know me, I don’t use ready made stuff if I can avoid it.
Sugar Free Chocolate, Cranberry and Walnut Tea Bread
This rather wonderful tea bread started life as an extremely simple ordinary bread loaf
Spiced Broccoli Soup. Delicious with tomato scone or herb bread
This is a delicious soup. Mildly spicy and creamy, a lovely cold weather lunch, filling, warming and tasty. It is exactly the same as the Spiced Parsnip Soup recipe on meal plan 4, except that I have swapped the parsnip for broccoli. Whist enjoying the parsnip version, I thought that it would probably work for all kinds of different veg. So as I had a yellowing head of broccoli to use before it was unusable, broccoli was the first one I tried.
Bacony tomatoey pasta
Tomatoes and bacon with pasta. Quick, delicious and easy…. and cheap! What could be better!
Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan – Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble
A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base, walnuts in the topping
Christmas Leftovers – part 5. Turkey Liver Paté ; Cottage Pie; Stock
Christmas Leftovers – Part 5. Turkey Liver Paté, Cottage Pie and Stock to make the most glorious soup. An annual treat!
Vegetarian Christmas – Spiced Pot au Chocolat with a Spiced Biscuit
This spiced pot au chocolat with a spiced biscuit is from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. It’s even more lovely than I thought it would be.
404 and 301 Redirects
If you are reading this, you're probably trying to get to a post that has mysteriously disappeared. You may be clicking a Pinterest link, a Facebook link, or maybe a Google search entry. On 14th November 2018, my blog host had a BIG BIG problem with his server....
Kounoupidi tiganitó or Greek Fried Cauliflower
Fried cauliflower is a traditional Greek recipe. I’ve been exploring Greek food recipes following my recent Greek holiday and this batter is utterly wonderful
Jacket Potato Fillings
Jacket potatoes are a very popular lunch or dinner. Properly frugal, very versatile, filling, a good dieting meal if you want it to be and can be prepared in advance for convenience. What do you have for your jacket potato fillings?
More uses for your wonderful home made jam
Ways to use your wonderfully fresh and delicious home made jam from all the fantastic produce available in the summer












