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Continue reading →: Spinach and blue cheese pasta sauce
Ingredients 500g spinach, roughly chopped 1 medium onion, finely diced 2 tbsp olive oil 1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp flour 450ml milk 100g blue cheese salt and pepper Method Prep time: 5 min Cooking time: 20 min Step 1 Steam the spinach for 5-10 minutes. Step 2 Sauté the…
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Continue reading →: Quorn Creamy Fillets Casserole
Ingredients 6 Quorn Fillets 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 onion, very finely diced 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 100g mushrooms such as mini portabellos, thinly sliced 450ml semi skimmed milk 1 vegetable stock cube 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 100g broccoli florets, blanched in hot water for 2 minutes 75g tinned…
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Continue reading →: Moroccan-style soup
Ingredients 2 tbsp olive or sunflower oil 1 large onion, finely sliced 1 tsp ground cumin 2 tbsp harissa paste, ideally rose harissa 400g tin chopped tomatoes 400g tin chickpeas or lentils, drained and rinsed 600ml water or stock, made with 1 chicken or vegetable stock cube salt and freshly…
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Continue reading →: Parkin 2
Ingredients 100g plain wholemeal flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp ground ginger 100g oatmeal 4 tbsp muscovado sugar 100g black treacle 100g clear honey 100g butter 175ml milk Method Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4. Line an 8 inch square cake tin with baking parchment. Mix the flour, baking…
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Continue reading →: Parkin 1
Perfect parkin (Makes 16 slices) 120g treacle80g golden syrup170g butter, plus extra to grease200g wholemeal flour200g medium oatmeal3 tsp ground ginger1/2 tsp ground nutmeg175g soft dark brown sugar1/4 tsp fine salt1.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda1 egg45ml milk Heat the oven to 140C. Weigh the treacle, syrup and butter in a…
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Continue reading →: Day 4 of the blanket
This doesn’t look a lot larger, but each row gets longer so even a couple of rows can take the same amount of time as four did two days ago. I guess I will just keep plodding away until I am done!
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Continue reading →: Broad bean and feta frittata
Ingredients 200g/7oz small broad beans, pods removed (podded weight) (use frozen beans if fresh aren’t available) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 small red onion, peeled, chopped salt and freshly ground black pepper 6 large free-range eggs 100g/3½oz feta cheese, crumbled small bunch fresh mint, leaves only (optional) Method Cook the…
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Continue reading →: Greek Style Quorn Fillets
Ingredients 4 Quorn Fillets (frozen) 1 yellow pepper, diced 1 red pepper, diced 1 green pepper, diced 1 courgette, sliced 1 red onion, sliced into wedges 1 bulb of garlic, halved 75g black and green olives 1 tbsp zaatar 2 tbsp olive oil 50g feta cheese Fresh oregano, to garnish…
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Continue reading →: Crafting in November
This year it is for MNDA (https://www.facebook.com/donate/2510443299342525), I decided to start a new Granny Square blanket and this is the progress after one, two and then three days :- I am using the patch they sent me to show how much larger it is getting day on day. Now off…
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Continue reading →: Vegetarian Lentil Soup with Quorn Pieces
Ingredients 300g Quorn Vegetarian Chicken Pieces 200g dried red split lentils (rinsed) 1 brown onion 2 large celery sticks 1 large carrot 1 large leek 2 cloves garlic 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp smoked paprika A few sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves picked 2 dried Bay leaves 1 10g vegetable…
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