Step by Step Cottage Pie
Make a nutritious and delicious cottage pie with echoes of past traditional family meals. Traditionally a cottage pie is made with minced beef and a shepherd’s pie with lamb mince. Both are delicious but I recently experimented with turkey mince and it works just as well.
Spuds With Pizazz!
The common or garden boiled potato has slid out of fashion in recent years for various reasons.
One contributing factor is the ever increasing number of tasty potato-style snacks available, making boiled spuds seem flavourless and boring. But not with a little pizazz!
Everyday Eggs
Eggs are a great source of non- (direct) meat protein and are probably the least ‘messed around with’ source.
1 egg has about 90% of the daily required amount of vitamin B12 and eggs are rich in other minerals and vitamins.
Afternoon Tea
Here are a couple of Cheesy recipes that I’ve included in the new edition of Afternoon Tea & Cakes.
Bon Appetit!
Parsley Pie
Although parsley has been used as a garnish for many years, it’s now being recognized as a valuable food. Parsley pie, a traditional Cornish recipe, especially good for using up leftovers.
1950s Pizza Recipe
Found a book online written by Bob Brown and published in 1955 called ‘The Complete Book of Cheese’. It had a lot to say about cheese. Possibly a lot of it would be discounted now. We’ve come a long way in 60+ years …. or have we?
Pasta with Spring Vegetables
This is another speedy recipe – 20 minutes to prepare and cook. NB: Leeks aren’t always available but I think perhaps mild spring onions would work well. Strong onions may be a little overwhelming perhaps.
Buckwheat Noodles with Goat’s Cheese
Love trying out some of the recipes in ’30 minute Cookbook’ by Jenni Fleetwood (published 2005) This one takes around 15 minutes to prepare and cook.
Buckwheat Noodles with Goat’s Cheese
Chicken and Chocolate
When I watched the film ‘Chocolat’ for the first time, I didn’t realize that the sauce they were pouring over their main meal was in fact chocolate!
Bonoffee Coffee
Found this recipe in a little book called Spices – now, I’m not really sure why this fits into a ‘spices’ theme but this recipe looks so delicious, they are completely forgiven!
Hot Orange Chocolate
Oh my, this is just too tempting 🙂 Found in a book literally called ‘Chocolate’ by Margaret Briggs, and so delicious..
Grow Lemons at Home (+Lemonade Recipe)
Although lemons and other citrus fruits are indigenous to warmer climates, in recent years they have become a popular plant in many parts of the world.
Peppermint Creams
As we’re right in the middle of ‘sugar’ season (!), I thought I’d post a quick recipe that the kids can do themselves – depending on their age of course.
Spicy Pretzels
These look fun – haven’t tried them yet but it reads fairly easy, just the twisting into shapes could be tricky.
Wisdom in a Recipe
Sage, as its common name suggests, was considered the herb of wisdom in ancient times and was believed to bestow immortality.
Wisdom in a Recipe (home-made sage and onion stuffing)
Bon Appetit!
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