Never a leftover, leftover

Fishfinger rice bowl

by Ann Storr | May 22, 2019 | healthy lunch, Leftover fish, Lots of little leftovers, Midweek recipes, Recipes

Fishfinger rice bowl Sometimes I think of a leftover recipe. I imagine different reactions: younger me "Cold fish and RICE? ARE YOU ON DRUGS? Where's the white sauce?!" My parents: "Gosh, it is interesting how you combine different things isn't it?" My brothers: "Oh,...

Milk Bread

by Ann Storr | May 19, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, Dodgy Dairy, Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Recipes, Skill, Vegetarian recipes

Milk Bread from worrisome milk My bread isn’t going to win any beauty prizes, but milk bread is a perfect way to deal with “oh lord I forgot to cancel the milk” or “we both bought milk and now - is it sodding off?!?!” problems. When I first made this Rachel Roddy...

Rice Pudding

by Ann Storr | May 16, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, Dodgy Dairy, Lots of little leftovers, One pot meals, Puddings, Recipes, Skill, Vegetarian recipes

Rice pudding from worrisome milk Years ago, I worked with a wonderful woman called Jadz. We worked on the same study at the Institute of Psychiatry, looking at how nature and nuture affect behaviour. I’d feel insecure that my colleagues were all researchers and...

Classic American/Scotch Pancakes

by Ann Storr | May 14, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, Dodgy Dairy, healthy lunch, Leftover baking, Lots of little leftovers, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Scotch pancakes with worrisome milk Pancakes are a useful recipe to have always in the back of your mind for leftover milk, yoghurt, cream or even porridge. They are cheap, they are healthy. If you are so inclined, you can start experimenting with mixes of wholegrain...

Dried Mushrooms

by Ann Storr | May 12, 2019 | Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, Recipes, Soft Vegetables, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

Zero-waste home dried mushrooms A couple of years ago, I spent too much money on veg in a farm shop. This is not unusual. A barbecue for all fifteen members of the Storr clan was needed; about half of the adults insist on vegetables (the other half seem to find them...

Mushroom Ragout

by Ann Storr | May 10, 2019 | Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, Recipes, Soft Vegetables, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

Leftover Mushroom Ragout Mushrooms are where lots of us head for a meat-free feast. This mushroom ragout is perfect for any cold damp evenings. Polenta – a word. If you can, avoid the quick cook. Unless you’re going to cook loads of polenta, then it’s a false economy....

Leftover Mushrooms with Scrambled Eggs

by Ann Storr | May 8, 2019 | Breakfast, Cooking with kids, healthy lunch, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Midweek recipes, One pot meals, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Leftover mushrooms 90% of the mushrooms we eat in the world are good old button mushrooms. Cheap, easy to cultivate all year round, a nice little package. They’re the 3rd most chosen veg, after potatoes and tomatoes. So why, then, when I was at Wellness HQ in...

Leftover Veg Fritti

by Ann Storr | May 4, 2019 | Lazy afternoon cooking, Leftover crushing snacks, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, Recipes, Sad fruit, Soft Vegetables, Vegetarian recipes

Leftover green bean fritti Deep frying used to terrify me. Tracey Barlow setting the house on fire. 1990s fat worries. Public safety films. My ex-husband taught me the ways of deep frying; he grew up with home-made scotch eggs and battered courgettes. Everything’s...

Leftover Green Beans with Soy Pork

by Ann Storr | May 2, 2019 | Leftover meat, Little bit of meat, Lots of little leftovers, Midweek recipes, Quick Quick, Recipes, Soft Vegetables

Leftover Green Beans with Soy Pork This Chinese recipe for green bean stir fry shows one of the food rules I like to teach: pork and green stuff work well together. Every culture pairs them (bacon and cabbage! Ham and peas! Frisee lettuce and lardons!). Sweet and/or...

Leftover Green Beans with Pasta and Pesto

by Ann Storr | Apr 30, 2019 | Cooking with kids, Half a jar, healthy lunch, Lots of little leftovers, Main meal, One pot meals, Quick Quick, Recipes, Skill, Soft Vegetables, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian recipes

I love green beans but they are a problematic veggie. We’re so used to having them week in and out when, really, they need a lot of warmth to grow. We don’t have a lot of warmth in the UK. So, if you’re going to be buying a packet of green beans that have been flown...