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festive fare, and the remnants …
We did the usual stuff for Christmas food that we usually do … a goose with red cabbage and sprouts on the day, a slow cooked gammon for snacks, a cake. But somehow, this year, we have heaps of stuff...
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We’ve had a weekend of “using up bits”. Saturday brunch was bacon, black pudding and the last of the flat mushrooms, and supper was Indian mushrooms with spinach (except we forgot to add the spinach so...
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turkey and moooose pie
Well, not really, but … We went to my daughter’s house for Christmas, and it was lovely. But the downside of being away is you get no leftovers; thankfully, she offered us the turkey carcass to take...
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sprout stirfry!
Like a lot of people, we found ourselves eating up all sorts of bits and pieces after Christmas. We bought sprouts onnastalk for our festive dinner of roast goose, cooked a load up for the meal and...
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new toy!
A friend served us some lovely tomato soup last week, and told us he’d made it with a soup maker. He bought it from Lakeland, so I went and had a look there and it was £50. So then I went to eBay and...
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soup of the week ending 21 october 2017
Monday: carrots and leeks left over from Sunday’s lunch, and a potato Tuesday: lots of green leek leaves, two potatoes. Thursday: two carrots, one onion, the last of Tuesday’s soup, half a yellow...
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smoked salmon and pasta
We’re getting to the time of year when we’re using up all the bits and bobs of festive fare. The last of the goose has gone into the freezer, the rest of the cheese is destined for lunches this week,...
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Now, I know that brussels sprouts are much maligned, and many people claim to hate them. Well, we don’t – we love ’em. I bought a stalk of sprouts before Christmas for a quid, and there are still some...
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tired brassica pakoras
Sorry, more sprouts, but that’s the last of them for now, I promise. Oh, and Pete wrote this, hence the long spice list! These pakoras were made with leftover cooked sprouts and an aging quarter...
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I made an epic chicken soup yesterday, which will never be repeated, due to the rather convoluted process which led to it. Firstly take one chicken. Set it on a bed of (thawed) frozen casserole veg,...
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