Ingredients 200g/7oz canned butter beans 2 tbsp lemon juice or more 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tsp ground cumin pinch salt 1 tbsp tahini (sesame seed paste) 3 tbsp water 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp paprika Optional: add 2 sundried tomatoes in oil Method Drain the butterbeans and rinse. Combine the butter
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Ingredients 300g wholemeal flour 150g strong white flour 1 sachet (7g) fast action bread yeast 2 tablespoons olive or rapeseed oil 1/2 pint warm water Method Mix all together & knead for 5 – 10 minutes. Leave in a warm place until doubled in size – I cover the bowl with a damp tea towel.
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Submitted by: Anne Catton Ingredients 150g rolled oats (porridge) 175g carrots, finely grated 175g cheese, grated 1 egg beaten Pinch of mixed dried or fresh herbs Small knob butter/margarine Salt & pepper Method Preheat oven to 180°C/Gas 4. In a bowl mix the oats, carrots, cheese, egg and herbs well. Season and press into a
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Ingredients 250ml water 900g mixed fruit 225g sugar 170g butter 230g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate soda 1 tsp mixed spice 2 eggs Method Instructions: Boil the water, sugar, fruit, and butter for 10 mins. Sift the flour then add the boiled ingredients and mix all in well. Always add in the eggs very last
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Ingredients 4 oz red lentils 2 onions (cooked in micro until soft) 1 tin tomatoes 8 carrots sliced 4 cloves crushed garlic (sounds a lot but it’s not) salt & pepper 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp dried basil 2 veg stock cubes in 1.5 pints of water. a few dashes of Worcester sauce (I
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Using up some mince I made 8 pasties last night. I already had some homemade shortcrust pastry in my freezer so thought it was time to make use of it. Ingredients The filling is 125g approx minced beef 1 small/medium onion 2 carrots 2 small/medium potatoes A bit of a red pepper salt and pepper
Ingredients 217g, Carrots, raw 120g, Onions, raw 400 g, Tinned Tomatoes 190 ml stock (1 cube), Vegetable Stock Cube 1 gram, Red Chilli Pepper 120 g, drained weight Tinned Butter Beans (half a drained can) Method Chop veggies and add to soup maker. Top up to 1.6 lite line Set to smooth. Add water as
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I’ve cost up these homemade pot noodles in a jar at 35p each based on the following ingredients, six jars in all. The bowl is to give you an idea of how much comes out of a cram-packed jar, and it’s a lot. Ingredients Five packs of smart price noodles = £1 1\2 a tin
Ingredients 450g white bread flour 1/2 teaspoon salt & 1 teaspoon dried yeast 2 teaspoon cinnamon 50g sugar 50g butter 250ml milk 1 egg About 100g of whatever dried fruits you have. Method I used raisins because it was all I had. But I have used cherries choc chips crystallised ginger pineapple in the past
I’ve just made a very simple Potato Salad. What I add to it really does depend on what I have in my fridge. Ingredients 1 small tin of potatoes (or half a large one) 25 p drained and chopped 1 medium onion chopped 15p Half a medium/large red pepper sliced then chopped 25p A third