Mum’s Chilli Con Carne
This is my recipe, for my girls. Nothing out of the ordinary. Serves 4 – 6 people – I think. I never worry about left overs, so I’m not good at portion control – and there are only 3 of us left at home. Ingredients Spray oil 1 large onion 1 green pepper Fresh chillies […]
Lemon Flan
This must be one of the easiest and most enjoyable puds in the world. Ingredients 1/3 packet of digestive biscuits (dark chocolate ones are also good) Third of a block of butter 1 tin condensed milk Equal quantity of double cream. Use the tin to measure it out. 2 lemons Directions Put the biscuits […]
Plucker’s Pie
This is another recipe for my daughters. It’s easy to make and tasty and uses left over chicken. I always buy a large chicken to roast, even for two of us. It makes sandwiches and at least one other meal so it’s very economical. The carcass can be thrown into the slow cooker with leeks, […]
Tuna and Pasta Bake
Serves 6, allegedly This was so good that I made the recipe for 6 and three of us ate three quarters of it i.e. 50% more than we should have done. I cooked it in a large, straight-sided frying pan of about 14? diameter that could also be put in the oven. If you don’t […]
Rice – a working woman’s staple
Apparently rice can be dangerous if cooked and frozen, then re-heated. There’s a bacterium that can be found in rice. I’ve never met it but here’s a quote from www.nhs.uk: Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, a bacterium that can cause food poisoning. When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive. If […]
Plain Basmati Rice
Fill a pan one third full of water with half a tsp salt and bring to the boil When it is boiling hold your bag of basmati rice about a foot above the water and pour it in a stream into the middle of the pan until the peak just breaks the surface of the […]
Yellow Basmati Rice
Fry half a tsp cumin seed and a tsp black mustard seed in oil and when the mustard seeds stop popping throw in a chopped onion and stir. Cook gently until soft then add a large mug of rice and stir again. Add half a tsp turmeric, a cinamon stick and a few cadamon pods […]