Homemade Broccoli and Stilton soup.

Posted on January 6, 2026 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Broccoli, chopped, Courgette, Food, grated, Onion, Recipe, soup, Stilton, Stilton and broccoli soup, Tasty, Warm, zucchini2 Comments

Just made from scratch. No recipe.

I used

A tablespoon full of olive oil

Half a small red onion, chopped

Half a courgette, grated (zucchini)

A teaspoon of lazy garlic

About a third of a head of Brocolli, chopped finely

A heaped teaspoon of flour

About a 1/4 pint of cream

About a 1/4 pint of water

About 1/4 pint of milk

About 1/2 to 2/3 of a cup of crumbled Stilton.

A slice of brown bread.

Salt and pepper to taste

Prep time and cooking took 25 to 30 minutes.

Makes enough for a large bowl of soup.

Method

Put the oil in pan on low heat. Add the lazy garlic and chopped onion.

Cook on a low heat to soften the onions. Stir gently to stop anything sticking or burning.

Add the grated courgette and simmer for a bit while stirring until the mixture cooks. When the courgette softens add the Brocolli and about 1/4 pint of water to cover the contents.

Continue to simmer on a low heat while the vegetables cook.

Meanwhile mix about a teaspoon of flour and 1/4 pint of milk and 1/4 pint of double cream into a paste. Pour off some of the liquid from the pan into a cup and let it cool slightly.

At this stage add the Stilton to the pan and allow it to melt gently.

Then slowly add the the liquid to the flour mix. Once it’s mixed and is a smooth liquid you can pour it into the pan of cooked veg and Stilton.

Simmer till the soup thickens and looks creamy. Add salt and pepper at this stage. It means it’s flavoured without getting absorbed into the veg so is healthier, less sodium.

Serve in a large bowl with a slice of brown bread or whatever you prefer.

It was tasty and warm. Just right for a tasty meal on a cold evening. The cream makes it smooth and works well with the Stilton without it splitting. I enjoyed it.

Purple rice

Posted on January 19, 2025 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Courgette, Evening meal, Food, Onion, Purple, red cabbage, Rice, sausage, Tasty, TeaLeave a comment

Tea tonight

Some mixed veg and rice with sausages.

I had some courgette, onion and red cabbage to cook so I added in a handful of rice into a pan of boiling water. I let that simmer while the sausages cooked in my air fryer. I knew that red cabbage releases colour into the water but I wasn’t quite expecting purple/blue to dye the rice.

It was a little bland but I added some brown sauce to liven things up a bit! Tasty

Winter stew

Posted on February 20, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bread, cabbage, carrots, Celery, Cookery, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Garlic, Onion, Potatoes, Recipe, sweet potato, Vegetables, Vegetarian?2 Comments

I just made a vegetarian stew for dinner. I could have made Staffordshire Lobby which is a beef based stew, lobbing all sorts of things into the pot. But I used a meat substitute, Quorn pieces.

Basically I put two small chopped potatoes, two small sliced carrots and half a sweet potato, peeled and sliced, into a pan and covered them in boiling water. I let them simmer for a few minutes, then chopped up a small red onion, chopped some slices off a cabbage (about a sixth of it) and two sticks of celery sliced up. Then I added half a pack of Quorn and a couple of teaspoons of Lazy Garlic. I let everything simmer for about twenty minutes. Then I added a couple of vegetable stock cubes. Let it cook for a few more minutes before serving with a hunk of brown bread and vegetable spread. I didn’t add salt, but if you do add it on top of the stew when you serve, that way it sits on the food and doesn’t get absorbed into it. That means you don’t eat too much salt. You can also add pepper at the end.

Prawn and Quorn curry

Posted on February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Cooking, Curry, Curry sauce, Food, Ingredients, Mushrooms, Onion, prawns, Quorn, Rice, spinach, Sweet peppersLeave a comment

A quick curry using vegetables and a small amount of Quorn pieces and prawns.

Ingredients.

One jar of curry sauce, chose your favourite. I got tikka massala. One onion, one sweet pepper, a handful of button mushrooms, a big handful of washed baby spinach, about a quarter of a bag of Quorn pieces and a small packet of kingprawns (or small prawns). A packet of microwaveable rice.

Method.

Defrost the Quorn in the microwave if you have one. Peel and chop the onion. Put in a frying pan in oil and start to fry. Roughly chop the pepper and add to the pan. Chop the mushrooms and add. Put the Quorn and prawns in. Finally stir in the baby spinach, add the packet of rice and pour the curry sauce over the mix. Cook on a low heat with a lid on for about twenty minutes. Make sure the curry is thoroughly cooked before serving.

Serves two or three as a main meal.

Tasty beans?

Posted on January 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Baked beans, chopped, Cooking, cooking oil, Food, medium curry powder, Onion, oven chips, Recipe, reduced sugar, Tasty, turmeric, vegetarian sausagesLeave a comment

I like baked beans but I’ve started eating sugar free ones and I wanted to spice them up a bit.

I heated a bit of oil in a saucepan then added a small amount of medium curry powder and turmeric powder and heated it gently.

I had chopped up a small onion into medium sized pieces. I microwaved it for a minute to soften it slightly, then added the heated onion to the pan and cooked it gently for a few more minutes to soften and brown the onion (sweated?).

Then I added the sugar free baked beans into the pan and increased the heat slightly. I simmered the mixture for a few minutes until it was thoroughly heated.

We had the beans with some vegetarian sausages and some reduced fat oven chips. Tasty! No photo of the meal as its already been eaten!

I don’t put salt in because it dissolves and gets absorbed into the food. I put it on if needed when I serve food. Its on the surface and you can taste it more.

Second hand curry

Posted on November 24, 2021November 25, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged aubergine, Broccoli, Cooking, Courgette, Curry, Food, Lentils, mild curry sauce, Onion, Tasty, turmeric, white fishLeave a comment

Well not second hand, but with left-over ingredients. I made this using curry powder and turmeric. I diced up some courgette, onion, broccoli, and aubergine. I then added a tin of tomatoes. I added water to it to stop it burning on and to add moisture. I also added a few lentils. The fish was bought today. It doesn’t really matter what sort, but a white fish isn’t too strongly flavoured. I’d added it later as you don’t need to overcook fish. It flaked nicely as I cooked and turned a nice golden brown. Much nicer than using a jar of curry sauce.

Tortilla pockets with quorn mince.

Posted on September 9, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged asparagus, baby corn, Cheese, Cooking, fajhita spices, Food, harissa sauce, Onion, Tasty, tortilla pocketsLeave a comment

Serves two.

Ingredients

Fajhita seasoning, four tortilla pouches, small packet of quorn mince, a small onion, a few spears of asparagus, a few baby corn, half a jar of harissa paste, a small amount of cheese (you could use a vegan substitute) olive oil. Salsa sauce.

Method, break up the frozen quorn mince and fry in a frying pan with a small amount of olive oil, slice the baby corn into small rounds, keep the heat low, add the fajhita spice and continue to cook. Slice up the onion and add to the mix, then chop up the asparagus and add it to the mix. Add some water to the pan to stop the mixture drying out. Add the harissa paste and stir well. Let the mixture simmer for ten minutes. Add the salsa sauce (or if you want to add at the end). Microwave a couple of tortilla pockets then spoon the mix into them. Top with grated cheese. Any left over mixture can be served with the pockets on the plates.

Serve as a tasty meal for two…

Salad dressing idea

Posted on August 5, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged brown sauce, Celery, Chilli, Cucumber, Food, Lettuce, not mayonnaise, Onion, Salad, sunflower oil, Tasty, TomatoLeave a comment

Just made a salad dressing with an eighth of a teaspoon of easy Chilli, a level tablespoon full of oil (sunflower) and the same of brown sauce plus a twist of rock salt Mixed up together then added to shredded lettuce, diced onion and tomato, grated celery and cucumber.

I grate the cucumber and celery to make it easier to mix into the salad, it means everything is evenly coated with the dressing. It was nice and tasty and not too hot. I think the word is piquant.

Turkey curry from leftovers.

Posted on December 27, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Butternut squash, Cooking, Curry sauce, Food, Leftovers, Onion, Quick meal, Rogan josh sauce, Tinned tomato, TurkeyLeave a comment

I used up the leftover turkey tonight.

Ingredients :

An onion

Half a tin of tomatoes

Half a butternut squash

Chopped leftover turkey

Half a jar of Rogan josh curry sauce.

Method:

I just fried off a large onion, then added half a can of tomatoes. I put half a butternut squash (deseeded and peeled) in the microwave for a few minutes. Then I chopped it into chunks and added it to the pan. Finally I chopped the leftover turkey into it and poured over half a jar of rogan josh curry sauce. I then cooked everything on a low heat for twenty minutes to make sure everything was piping hot. Result. A tasty meal.

Tonight’s tea

Posted on September 24, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Colour, Cornish pasty, Cucumber, Dijon mustard, Food, Lettuce, Light mayonnaise, Mushroom, Onion, Photo, Plate, Portmeirion plates, Salad, Tasty, Tomato2 Comments

Tea, (early evening meal). Cornish pasty. Mixed salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, sliced mushroom, baby bell peppers and a bit of dijon mustard and light mayonnaise. On a Portmeirion dinner plate. I think it was a good balance of food groups. Trying to cut down on carbohydrates and fats a bit. Colour on a plate.

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