I got back into my kitchen this week. I’ve been out of it due to a 35c heatwave and to look at the rain beating down now, you would never know. The first thing I baked was out of my Nanas book. Bakewell Tart. No almonds in this one though and I have to say
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There is nothing like a hearty warming chilli and this 5 bean chilli really hits the spot. A great way of hiding some veggies as well for those who need to. Ingredients 2 onions, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 red pepper, diced 1 carrot, grated 2 celery sticks, diced 250 g mushrooms, halved and
I made a delicious peanut potato & spinach stew in the slow cooker. It happens to be vegan. It is healthy, tasty and filling. Ingredients 1 tin chickpeas 130 g peanut butter 2 squirts tomato puree 200 g frozen spinach 360 g potatoes 2 chopped onions 1 litre water 1 teaspoon each of ground cumin
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Chickpea “Tuna” is one of my favourite things as it’s tasty, cheap and healthy. This recipe is Vegan and does not actually contain any tuna. Ingredients 1 tin of chickpeas drained 2 tablespoons vegan mayonnaise (if you want a vegan version) A few shakes of malt vinegar A little chopped red onion or spring onion
Curried Carrot Fritters Vegan Vegetarian
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Carrot and Sweet Potato soup. Spicy and warming.
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There is nothing nicer than a warming soup on a cold day or as a quick meal. I was looking through my store cupboards and saw I had a few tins of butter beans. I usually have a few tins to use in recipes as a ‘just in case’ ingredient rather than a regular staple.
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It’s the Weekend! And as I said on Feed Yourself for £1 a day, I will attempt to put a recipe on every weekend. My son has Aspergers and textures play a huge part in our meals. Something that has been a problem over time is rice. This seemed to cure a lot of the
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I swore that while the temperature was 32 degrees, the oven was NOT going to be used, I even prepped in advance. Well, that lasted until 8 am when the discovery of ‘nothing sweet in the house’ prompted Gas Mark 4. I wasn’t about to hang about, my mixer is always on the worktop and
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I haven’t made a quiche since nineteen hundred and frozen to death, the obligatory cookery lesson, driven by a particularly nasty teacher who wielded a metal fish slice like a Samurai warrior. She didn’t inspire me much, thank goodness for Mum, my aunt and various other mother figures. I remember foil lining round dinner trays
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