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Super Green Vegan Pesto

on August 21, 2018

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Tofu & Kale Stir Fry

on August 19, 2018

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Indian Cucumber Salad (Kachumber)

on August 19, 2018

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Vegan Malai Kofta, Courgette 'Meatballs' in a Curried Cashew Nut & Tomato Sauce

on July 23, 2018

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Sweet Potato Satay Curry

on June 25, 2018

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Rajmah, Kidney Bean Curry

on June 19, 2018

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Pesto Alla Trapanese (Sundried Tomato & Nut Pesto)

on June 18, 2018

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Cucumber Raita or Tzatziki

on June 16, 2018

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Quick Chickpea Salad with Cumin

on June 16, 2018

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Vegan Aubergine & Lentil Curry

on May 21, 2018

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Retro Borscht or Beetroot Soup

on May 11, 2018

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Curried Cauliflower Soup

on May 02, 2018

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Thai Carrot Salad

on May 01, 2018

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gbsbaby: I became a stay at home mum in 2003 following the birth of our first child. She contracted GBS Meningitis at 18 hours old leaving her blind with severe cerebral palsy. With up to five hospital appointments a week and an unsympathetic multinational employer returning to work was not an option. 'Princess' became very low weight and was two weeks away from having a gastrostomy (feeding) tube fitted straight into her stomach. We argued with the consultants that she could eat but was just fussy and eventually succeeded in getting her to eat more and more, so much so she never did have the tube fitted. We have since had two more children and I am constantly amazed at their range of likes and dislikes and seem to spend my time finding recipes that all of us can eat with minimal effort on my part. So I can spend time experimenting with other foody and/or moneymaking schemes.

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Damson & Apple Jam

Everyone seems to be going on about how many plums they have this year, so I was hopeful that I might be able to forage some long sought after damsons. But after a couple of years of asking, no such luck and I had to resort to buy some - 5lbs to be exact.

First I have made some Damson & Apple Jam. I made this 10 years ago from some foraged damsons and a recipe from Marguerite Patten's 500 Recipe series for Jams, Pickles, & Chutneys priced 2/6 published in 1963. To this day I can still taste the fruity taste of this jam and am thrilled to be able to make it again.

1 1/2lb damsons
1lb cooking apples, peeled & quartered
1/2 pint water
2 1/4lb sugar

The recipe says cook all the fruit together, having stated you need 1.5lb of stoned damsons, and then tells you to remove the stones from the stewed fruit mixture. I thought it would be easier to stew the damsons with the water first, and remove the stones from this smaller volume. I would do this again but would be even…

Sweet Runner Bean Pickle

My partner returned from rugby training last week with a carrier bag full of runner beans, 1.5kg/3lb to be exact. One of the players works on a country estate where they are cooked lunches by a chef (very nice too) and was given these 'leftover' beans by the chef. OH seemed not to know that the only thing I have managed to grow in the veg patch this year is runner beans.

A straw poll of the old dears at the WI inspired Country Market simply resulted in Runner Bean Chutney. I googled it and turned up several recipes but they all seem to boil down (pardon the pun) to the same thing, so I largely followed Delia's recipe for Spiced Pickled Runner Beans in the hope that hers has been tried and tested.

The time of writing it is approximately 5 hours since bottling this pickle and it is not supposed to be eaten for another 4 to 6 weeks. So I do not know how well it will work out, but I am hopeful. My only criticism so far is that it does not taste very mustardy and I had qui…

Slow Cooker Katsu Curry Chicken

A promoted ad for the BBC Good Food website's recipe for Easy Katsu Curry Chicken has inspired me to make a slow cooker katsu curry.

Yes I know one, if not the main, feature of Katsu Chicken is the crispy breadcrumbed finish. But as we've never had this before who's to know!

It is still blipping away in the slow cooker, and whilst the carrots and onions look quite presentable in the sauce, I probably will puree the sauce and thicken it with cornflour in a small saucepan before serving to avoid all evidence of vegetables.

This has a very mild curry flavour, and in fact reminds me of the curry sauce they serve in a chip shop!

Serves a hearty 4
8 chicken thighs

Sauce ingredients (from Gizzi Erskine's recipe for Chicken Katsu Curry in The Independent)
1 tablespoon groundnut or vegetable oil
1 onion, peeled and chopped
5 whole garlic cloves, peeled
2 carrots, peeled and chopped
1 tablespoon medium curry powder
600ml chicken stock
2 teaspoons honey
1 tablespoon s…

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