Category Archives: vegetables
Kick-ass Carrot & Coriander Soup
I like carrot & coriander soup, but I wanted something with a bit more kick to warm me up. This kicks ass. You will need: 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 tsp ground coriander 2 small red chillis … Continue reading
Potato curry
I was making a chicken curry and a vegetable curry and somehow ended up making a mushroom one and a potato one as well. I think the potato one was the best of the bunch, followed by the mushroom. Here’s … Continue reading
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Devilled mushrooms
Eldest son and I just made these for breakfast. Sadly we ate them before we could take a photo of them. Perfect on toast and with sausages. box of chestnut mushrooms knob of butter tsp dried oregano slug of Worcestershire … Continue reading
Fragrant pumpkin soup
Here’s a fragrant twist on pumpkin soup I’ve just invented. Perfect on a cold evening after a day’s paintballing. 1 medium or small pumpkin 2 carrots 1 onion tablespoon of ground coriander thumb-sized piece of fresh ginger 1 litre of … Continue reading
Beef stew
I made this for tea: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/jools-s-favourite-beef-stew It was delicious – though I probably ought to have read to the end of the recipe earlier in the day – I slammed it in the oven after the afternoon school run. Doing … Continue reading
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Sophie’s Simperingly Simple Onion Soup
This is easy and delicious and has almost no ingredients. Serves 4. You will need: A large thick-bottomed saucepan – Le Creuset would be ideal 3 very large yellow onions 1 litre of chicken stock, 1 litre of veg stock … Continue reading
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The way to a man’s heart is through a deep-fat fryer
I’ve wanted to get a deep-fat fryer for ages. Vegetable tempura. Onion rings. PROPER chips. I finally treated myself to one today – for the princely sum of £15 in Tesco. There are about 23,000 different best ways of cooking … Continue reading
Random vegetable soup
My sons described this as ‘the best soup’ they had ever tasted – and it was just made with stuff I had lying around. Half a dozen small potatoes, chopped 1 onion, thinly sliced 1 clove of garlic 2 carrots, … Continue reading
Creamy mushroom stroganoff
This recipe is from Tamzin Outhwaite. No, she’s not a personal showbiz friend, I just found it by accident. It’s an easy, delicious sauce for tagliatelle. I just used chestnut mushrooms. http://www.secretsauce.co.uk/pasta-rice/tagliatelle-recipes/creamy-mushroom-stroganoff/
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Beautiful burritos
Me and the children made these tonight. Fantastic. They took it in turns to help me cook and take photos… (photos to follow!) We made veggie ones and steak ones. Both use the sneaky salsa (below) though this time we … Continue reading
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