Seasonal recipes from your store cupboard
Great for Vegetarians and Meat-eaters who like a healthy, spicy dish packed full of flavour. Its perfect to have in a soup bowl with a chunk of Naan or fresh bread for a winter warmer. If you don’t like aubergine, replace it with sweet potato or butternut squash.
These quick flapjacks are very moreish. They are perfect for lunch boxes or to take on a picnic.Its also useful for using up fruit, seeds and nuts left in the store cupboard. Try mixing pecan nuts, sunflower seeds or dried cranberries for a change, or make a mixture of several different ingredients. Just make sure …
I’m not a great lover of eggs – scrambled, fried or poached, but I do enjoy a tasty frittata. A frittata is cooked slowly and usually served at room temperature, whereas an omelette is cooked quickly and served immediately. As with a lot of my dishes, frittatas are great at using up your ” bits …
Crumpets….. those delicious small griddle cakes with air bubbles made with milk, water, flour and yeast. We love them oozing with butter, dripping onto the plate. I have lovely memories of toasting our Sunday afternoon crumpet treat over the open fire in the lounge. Personal choice, but I love mine with Marmite as I’m a …
I love those pickled dill cucumbers you buy in jars. They are great with a salad, in a wrap with salad and hummus, with cold meats, cured fish and most cheeses. Most supermarkets and farm shops now stock these baby cucumbers. They are tasty as they are or pickled with a little sweetness and mustard …
As you can see from previous posts, I love making different pestos – Herb and caper pesto, Basil, wild garlic and hazelnut pesto, Garden herb and pea, – and what is so appealing is that they have so many uses, they keep well and can even be frozen, and they are so easy to make, …