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Nannyp · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject:

Okay guys, step up the ideas for what I can cook please.

I have the added motivation of a plummeting exchange rate (lost 80 euros on our money transfer this month and will probably lose another 80 easily next). This means, I am going to have to make meals out of cheap products, but they must be healthy and low fat. Not much to ask, but fire away

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dingsy · Moderator Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 931 Location: Devon

Best option, I always think is baked pots, which you can fill with anything. Or lashings of homemade soup. Really don't know how many more variations on beans/pasta/rice can be too exciting or original....but I'll do some googling,x

Nannyp · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject:

I bought a load of leeks yesterday, so will be making a large, leek and potato soup.

I saw the end of a Nigella programme, last night (I don't normally watch) and she was making some lovely halved, and stuffed baked potatoes. I used to do something like that, so will be doing that again....have ordered some strong cheddar to be brought over, as we can't buy much of it here.

Please to see that there is a limit to what I can make with my beans

Quite happy with chilli, shepherds pie, and spicy bean burgers, so not bad....oh and chick pea curry.
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dingsy · Moderator Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 931 Location: Devon

Agree on the beans-I love them too, but really, it's always going to be a variation of tomato+spicy for them. Mind, that's good for baked pots!

Manta Ray a l'Anglaise · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

I can't help you too much NannyP - not a fan of beans. . . or chick peas. . . Anyway, I made some nice carrot & coriander soup and put lentils in it, which made it much more substantial. At this time of year I buy the pony a 28lb net of carrots most weeks, they cost about the same as 2kg would in the shops. . . . . carrots feature a lot in my cooking at this time of year

Carrots - lots
onion, leek, celery
a good shake of lentils
seasoning
chicken stock - good quality cubes will do
tin of tomatoes or a good dollop of paste
seasoning
ground coriander (you should have some left from the curry

)

Cook the veg, tomatoes and lentils in the stock, put through a blender or mouli when cooked, adjust the seasoning and add a deesertspoon full of ground coriander to a meduim sized saucepan of soup - add more if necessary.

When you make the leek & potato soup (love it - yummm) add some pearl barley as well, that will make it more substantial. Or you could make Irish stew with neck of lamb, or Scotch Broth with no meat but a hearty soup.

Chick pea pate

Soak chick peas overnight, rinse and cover with fresh water add a handful dried apricots and salt, simmer gently till chick peas are cooked, drain but save the water, pass the chick peas and apricots through a mouli, add some cooking water if necessary to soften it, check that it tastes okay, you should be able to taste the apricot. Put it in a dish and leave to cool. Use like ordinary pate.

I made that recipe up for a veggie friend, it's quite nice
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Nannyp · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the soup recipe...I am hoping to do some soups tomorrow, ready for Jo and Phil next week.
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caprice62 · Commis Chef Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 144

middle eastern beans

8ozs beans
2 1/2 pints stock
2 teasp paprika
.. .. cinnamon
2 cloves garlic crushed
2 sticks sliced celery
2 tabls chopped parsley
2 oz currants

soak beans as usual
preheat oven to 3/325
put beans into casserolewith 2 pints of stock and everything else mix cover and cook after about 2 hours check to see if it needs more stock cook for about 1 more hour
to serve s and p and sprinkle with almonds

sweet and sour beans

60z red kidney beans
1pt water
2 peppers red
2 tbls cornflour
1 tablsp tamari sauce ( soy if you have not got tam)
1/2 pt stock
2 tblsp tom puree
1 .. brown sugar
4 .. cider vinegar
4 .. olive oil
2 medium chopped onions
1 large clove garlic

soak beans and simmer for 1 hour
drain
core peppers and cut into strips

put cornflour into bowl and add tam, stock, t pur, sugar and vinegar
heat oil in pan and add onions cook until golden add peppers
mix in the beans
pour in cornflour mix and cook out

caprice62 · Commis Chef Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 144

can you give us a list of the pulses you have please