This is the easiest decent beef stew ever. I use it as a base then add whatever veg/beans I've got. Serve it with buttered mash in the same bowl. As always with stews, it's better the next day.
A bit more challenging to make, this is the most chinese-takeaway-style chicken curry I have ever made. I haven't lived near a decent chinese for years (is the one in Bagington still there?) so it's been useful over the years when I've had the craving.
Says a lot, doesn't it!we mostly eat fresh vegetables and reportedly these are still available
Says a lot, doesn't it!
One positive of this is I hope it might sort my diet out a bit, especially with time to cook properly. I have some red lentils that have been sitting around for ages, so I reckon they might end up in a Shepherd's Pie some time, to bulk out the mince and make it healthier.
On the other side of the coin, going to do a macaroni cheese come Friday!
We picked a decent bunch of sprouting broccoli yesterday. Why is yours so late?We'll have salad from the garden within a month. Sprouting broccoli maybe a couple of weeks after that. Planning to buy some flour to make bread and pasta and some dried yeast. As we are vegetarians we mostly eat fresh vegetables and reportedly these are still available, so I think we'll be fine (my cooking would need some revision without onions and they're so cheap I don't bother to grow them). Also have plenty of dried pulses already.
Yup, they also end up more tender too.Pre-soak pulses overnight and they take less time to cook. Having said that, lentils take seconds anyway.
We picked a decent bunch of sprouting broccoli yesterday. Why is yours so late?
Says a lot, doesn't it!
One positive of this is I hope it might sort my diet out a bit, especially with time to cook properly. I have some red lentils that have been sitting around for ages, so I reckon they might end up in a Shepherd's Pie some time, to bulk out the mince and make it healthier.
On the other side of the coin, going to do a macaroni cheese come Friday!
since cutting back on meat I've started replacing mince entirely with lentils in chilli con carne and shepherds pie and find them just as nice.
Yes, lentils are really good as they take on other flavours well. A good dhal is as good as any meat curry.
since cutting back on meat I've started replacing mince entirely with lentils in chilli con carne and shepherds pie and find them just as nice.
I always add red lentils to a curry. They add bulk and thicken the sauce.Yes, lentils are really good as they take on other flavours well. A good dhal is as good as any meat curry.
If you're going to suggest a dish then at least post the recipe.Monster Munch sandwiches with grated cheese.
Didn't know you were a cockney, 92!Had some minted lamb shanks last night from butchers I used to work at as a kid, phenomenal.
Didn't know you were a cockney, 92!
A while ago I started substituting half the mince in chilli for lentils and it’s great. Cheap too
See to me, Quorn still has a texture I can't get along with.Quorn is a Godsend. We stopped in the 80s and all you could get then was textured vegetable protein. Tasted like wallpaper paste.
See to me, Quorn still has a texture I can't get along with.
Maybe that's fair. I tend not to get on with the products that impersonate meat.If you hadn't eaten meat since 1986, you'd think it was manna.
Discovered paneer when i was in India 18 months ago. Amazing stuff!
Sounds fucking horrendous. Your mash must have been saturated by a load of red slopI made chicken, leek and mushrooms in a red wine sauce on top of mash earlier. It was lovely and perfect for a cold apocalyptic night in.
Sounds fucking horrendous. Your mash must have been saturated by a load of red slop
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It actually looks decent. I imagined a pile of mash swimming in tampon juice. I apologise hahaDo you take me for a philistine, man?!
The sauce was reduced so that there wasn't a lot it. Just enough to coat the ingredients and to accompany the mash.
I've made it before. It's not a great picture but gives you an idea. View attachment 14481
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