Inexpensive recipe suggestions
- 20 January 2013 12:05211044some mouth watering stuff here.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/jan/20/nigel-slater-eat-well-for-less-recipes - 20 January 2013 13:53211058...I mean, what does one do with ones left over, manchego, mussels, rump steak, tomato passata and cardamom sugar?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- Brian Dixon
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20 January 2013 14:24211060make soup tom, make soup. - 20 January 2013 20:20211114Tom, I'm sure that the vagrants of Kensington & Chelsea wouldn't turn their noses up at the fayre you offer.True friends stab you in the front.
- 21 January 2013 09:16211149My grandmother was a great soup maker, as many of our parents were, to use up leftover vegetables, with added stock, lentils, etc. but when she was at school she said the only thing she would not do, which their cookery teacher did, was to put left over jam tarts in the soup! But it's all food, after all, and many starving people would be very glad of it. We are fortunate we don't have to go this far.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 21 January 2013 09:28211151I really like making wild garlic soup, now that really is Food for Free!
Much cheaper than rump steak Nigel! - 21 January 2013 09:32211152Left over jam tarts Kath?! What on Earth are they?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - Jan Higgins
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21 January 2013 09:38211155Left over jam tarts........I did not know there was such a thing in any household with children.
I still make soup, savoury rice or noodles with left over vegetables, old habits die hard or is that waste not want not.
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21 January 2013 13:35211212i like jam tarts but my docter says i cant have any,so dont buy them myself.but if the wife dise i might eat one or two. - 21 January 2013 13:47211224Plus the ones, Brian, that your mrs hides in the soup.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - Brian Dixon
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21 January 2013 13:50211228so thats where they went. - 22 January 2013 15:11211506"Cooking with snow
From toffee to pancakes, and of course ice-cream, the white stuff is more useful in the kitchen than you might expect - as long as it lasts, and it's clean"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/jan/21/cooking-with-snowIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 24 March 2013 11:48221967Problems, problems, problems?
The 10 best chocolate recipes
"Whether it's poured, spread, baked or slurped, chocolate is the stuff that dreams are made of. Add cardamom, goat's cheese, prunes or sea salt to see your love in a new light"
i.e.
Toasts with chocolate, olive oil and sea salt
"Dark chocolate and good bread both have bitter and acidic elements. In the kitchen, they are drawn to each other. They are also easy to combine, especially in this recipe, where four ingredients are given just a dash of heat.
Serves 4
8 baguette slices, ½cm-thick
8 thin, 1½cm squares dark chocolate (70%)
Extra virgin olive oil
A pinch of coarse sea salt
1 Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Lay the bread slices on a baking sheet and a chocolate square on top of each. Sprinkle with a little olive oil and sea salt.
2 Bake until the chocolate is molten but not seeping through the bread - about 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with a little more olive oil and salt, and serve immediately."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/23/10-best-chocolate-recipesIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 22 August 2013 14:21241601[Save your kids from going nuts, feed 'em beans...]
How to make the perfect bean burgers
There are alternative ingredients discussed in the rather chatty preamble, but here is the recipe...
"(Makes 5)
200g potato, peeled and diced
50g podded broad beans
400g cooked black beans
1tsp cumin seeds
1tsp coriander seeds
Vegetable oil, to fry
1 onion, finely diced
½ red pepper, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
½ jalapeno or other mild chilli, finely chopped
1 chipotle chilli in adobo, finely chopped, or 2tsp smoked paprika
Juice of ½ lime
Small bunch of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
2tbsp cornmeal, to coat
Cook the potato in boiling salted water until tender, then scoop out with a slotted spoon. Add the broad beans to the water and cook for 5 minutes, then drain, cool and skin.
Meanwhile, mash the potato and half the black beans until smooth, then add the broad beans and remaining black beans and mash roughly.
Toast the spices in a dry pan until aromatic, then grind.
Heat 1tbsp oil in a frying pan and cook the onion and pepper until soft. Stir in the garlic and chillies and cook for another couple of minutes.
Stir the onion mixture into the potato and beans, along with the lime juice, chopped coriander and ground spices, and season to taste.
Form into 5 patties with damp hands, and chill for half an hour.
Roll the patties in cornmeal to coat, then fry in vegetable oil over a medium heat until golden on both sides, and warm all the way through. Serve with salsa and chopped avocado.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/aug/22/how-to-make-perfect-bean-burgersIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 22 August 2013 18:35241645then watch the kids get up and go to the nearest mcd's.
- 22 August 2013 23:00241673The chocolate recipe sounds interesting.---------------------------------------------------
Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 30 September 2013 12:14246475The 10 best egg recipes
-Arancini eggs
-Burmese duck egg curry
-Souffled egg and bacon tart
-Sabich sandwich
Via 'Coffee caramel custards' to...
-Pastéis de nata - Portuguese custard pies...
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/28/10-best-egg-recipes
Is "Eat your heart out." The correct expression?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 30 September 2013 15:46246496You forgot boiled egg, Tom.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
Rule Britannia!
Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 30 September 2013 17:36246509a bit off topic but not worth starting a separate thread on - shocking waste figures from our septic tank friends.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-24305902 - 30 September 2013 18:25246511Eggs, particularly, keep much longer than people think. NOT to be kept in fridge.---------------------------------------------------
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