Nothing better than a hot bowl of homemade soup on a miserable day. Made up a double batch of this last week for the freezer using homegrown butternut squash. 1 tbsp olive oil 2 celery sticks, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1 lb squash, chopped (I leave the skin on as it is edible and blends
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1 tbsp olive oil 2 large onion, sliced 4 cloves garlic, minced 200 g mushrooms, quartered 2 bell peppers, chopped 2 sticks celery, halved and sliced 2 tins tomatoes 2 tins mixed beans 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tbsp smoked paprika 1 tbsp mixed herbs 1 tbsp tomato purée 1 tsp
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I went shopping last night as I prefer to go midweek and late when it is relatively quiet. Parsnips were on offer at only 50p for 500 g so I got tempted. I fancied making some soup. I also got some more carrots 1.5 kg for 69p Now at prices like those why not buy
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I watched a video the other day on making a super salad from scratch. The guy referred to it as a millionaires salad-not because it is expensive, but because it has so many things in it that you will never find in a shop-bought salad. Otherwise known as a bigass salad. Anyway-watching that video inspired
I’ve 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 including the aquafaba (30p) 130 g of peanut butter (38p) 2 squirts tomato puree (10p) 200g frozen spinach (34p) 360 g potatoes (15p), 2 chopped onions (6p)
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Ingredients 1 onion 2 carrots 2 cloves garlic One tablespoon curry powder A little water 1 tin of butter beans Salt and pepper Chopped coriander Method Finely slice an onion and grate and a couple of carrots. Saute them in a shallow pan, in a small amount of oil with 2 cloves of garlic (chopped
Fancied doing some baking today so I made an apple crumble and a large apple scone Ingredients Method The cost of the scones is approx 65p as of 2/8/23 allowing for one shop bought apple
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I made a white sauce a different way today as I wanted to cut back on dairy. This is for vegetarian lasagne. Ingredients 1 can butter beans -use beans and liquid A little plant milk if required About a tablespoon or so of cornflour A little salt and pepper to taste 1 or 2 teaspoons
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Some very easy to make tortillas-far nicer than anything you can buy in a packet. You have some extra protein in the gram flour also. Ingredients 120g gram flour 60g plain flour 60g spinach 270g water Pinch of salt and pepper Method I added in a bit more spinach around 80g in total, a little
Ingredients Mushrooms (approx 150 g) 2 onions chopped 4 teaspoons curry powder 2 whole chillies, deseeded and chopped (I used scissors) 100 g lentils (dry weight); 400 g if tinned 4 cloves minced or some granules 2 stock cubes of your choice 2 tins tomatoes 1/4 tube tomato puree 400 g Value rice or about