This week’s Guardian recipe: Black pudding hangover hash…
There’s a thing that happens when your better half runs a pork restaurant – you start to incorporate all things piggy into all meals of the day in the same way that you used to use onions, or garlic,...
View ArticleLeftover-Porridge Pancakes
I never seem to get the porridge quantities quite right in the mornings, and have recently embarked on a series of experiments with teacups and measuring cups, trying to work out the exact amount of...
View ArticleChilli hot chocolate, 16p, and a broken foot, priceless.
This morning I woke up, walked out of the bedroom, skidded down the stairs, and crashed my foot into the wall with the full force of my rapidly-descending body slamming behind it. I spent the rest of...
View ArticleRoasted carrot, chickpea and garlic soup, 26p (VEGAN)
I woke up this morning craving a carrot soup – it’s all rock and roll round here these days. I’m a bit snuffly around the edges at the moment, sore throat and generally feeling a bit sorry for myself,...
View ArticleRaw broccoli and courgette pesto, 17p (NUT-FREE) (VEGAN) – Or ‘How to smuggle...
So, the two delightful four year olds in residency have both announced recently that they ‘don’t want school dinners any more’ ‘because they make us eat lots of VEGETABLES.’ News to me, this one, as...
View ArticleSort-of paella, 67p
The star of the show in this paella is the simple coloured rice, cooked al dente, accentuated with bright red tomatoes and little green peas. This recipe is delicious on its own, or can be used as a...
View ArticleDouble Chocolate Guinness Birthday Brownies, 15p
Firstly, for the budget-conscious among you raising eyebrows at the use of a bottle of the authentic black stuff in a batch of brownies, fear not, for this recipe makes 24 of the little tinkers, and...
View ArticleHam, Pea & Mint Casserole, 30p.
This delicious ham casserole is adapted from a favourite old recipe of mine – where I would boil the ham joint whole to make a stock, before shredding it into the casserole. This faster version is no...
View ArticleWhite Chocolate Tea Bread
This came about because I LOVE chocolate chip brioche – so I decided to try to make some chocolate chip bread as a replacement. Unfortunately, though, the chocolate chips all melted into the dough as I...
View ArticleCarrot, cumin & kidney bean burgers, 10p (VEGAN)
This burger is where the media storm began, and dubbed ‘the 9p burger’ because of the low cost of the ingredients used to make it, it’s one of my most popular recipes. A can of value range red kidney...
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