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Vegetable Scones
Scones are a catch all recipe, and I seem to make them with almost anything. One could say it's a lack of imagination; one could also say that having a core recipe that is adaptable is helpful to reduce waste and actually have to think a lot less about...
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Flexible cooking: Cupboard clearing flapjacks
Flexible flapjacks My good friend Emily knows this: flapjacks are the cure-all for hungry people who want something sweet and have loads of random packets of 'stuff' to use up. Flapjacks are a fun, simple recipe to make with small people, and it gives the...
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Holidays
StorrCupboard is going on hols. That’s right. First proper holiday in 3 years. There are some big changes coming and to get those down, I’m taking it slower over the hols. Keep checking in, there will be tips and tricks on Instagram, but I’m not going anywhere. I’m...
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Ratio: Pasta with pork & greens
Ratio Cooking: Pasta with Pork & Greens Pork and greens is a classic combo; the fatty sweetness of the pork and earthy bitterness of greens means all cultures are loving it. This recipe is based around chorizo and courgette, but feel free to substitute any broccoli...
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Ratio: Pasta with pork & greens
Ratio Cooking: Pasta with Pork & Greens Pork and greens is a classic combo; the fatty sweetness of the pork and earthy bitterness of greens means all cultures are loving it. This recipe is based around chorizo and courgette, but feel free to substitute any broccoli...
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Ratio: Cauliflower Cheese
Knowing how to make a basic white sauce is one of the world’s best things. It’s cheap when you know how to make it for yourself. It’s full of goodness and can be used to stretch other food nice and far. Most Brits love a cauliflower cheese, but of course you can shove...
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How to make your own white sauce
How to: make your own white sauce Making a white sauce can seem like a waste of time when you can buy a jar. But making your own is cheaper, is fresher and I be more delicious. If you are buying your milk in reusable glass bottles, and if you can get flour from a...
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Ratio: Pasta with pork & greens
Ratio Cooking: Pasta with Pork & Greens Pork and greens is a classic combo; the fatty sweetness of the pork and earthy bitterness of greens means all cultures are loving it. This recipe is based around chorizo and courgette, but feel free to substitute any broccoli...
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Recipe: Turkey Pilaf
Recipe: Turkey, pistachio & pomegranate pilaf Christmas is a time of feasting - and wasting. If you struggle with leftover turkey and can't face another turkey curry, then may I suggest this pilaf? It's simple, needs only onion, cinnamon and rice. Sprinkle over some...
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How to make your own frozen greens
How to: make your own frozen greens So you bought a bag of greens, because it's much better if everyone eats their greens, right? Meh. If I don't cook up a bag of spinach as soon as it hits my house, I just look at it, and think about it, and think about it some more....
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How to cook garlic and herb mushrooms
How to: make your own garlic mushrooms Mushrooms are one of the most popular foods chosen in the UK; with loads of trying trying to reduce the amount of meat we eat, they can provide that lovely umaminess. Also cracking with a full English. However, supermarket...
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Ratio: Basic Quiche
Ratio Cooking: Quiche As a veg-box customer I've got used to making quiche from loads of different things. Using just egg yolks for luxury, or an egg and an egg-white when that needs finishing up. Half a jar of roasted peppers and a few olives? A little bacon and...
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Ratio: Time
Ratio Cooking, StorrCupboard Hi loyal StorrCupboard visitors. I am still working in the background. But I've been working, delivering events, devising and giving workshops, hosting events, making calls, and being a parent, a daughter and a friend. The reality is that...
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Leftover Green Pepper Jambalaya
Jambalaya Creole and cajun cuisine has always interested me, and I don't really know why. I think because the flavours and layers and history are fascinating - how French, African-diaspora, American and English histories combine. I started cooking some Louisiana...
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Leftover Green Pepper Curry
Green Pepper Poriyal This green pepper recipe was a fluke find, many years back. I was staring at some green peppers and feeling fed up, because I don’t like them. But I had them and I needed to eat them. And not wasting food is, sometimes, just cracking on through....
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Smokey Barbecue Noodles
Hoisin barbecue noodles Barbecueing is one of my favourite ways to cook. Mostly because I like building up fires and being outside. Cooking the right amount is almost impossible, when you take into account having to shave off charcoal edges here and there (I’m still...
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Egg and bacon quiche
Egg and bacon quiche. Okay, there is more than one egg yolk in this dish, but what I want is to inspire you to have a zero waste, adaptable set of recipes. If you're veggie, or don't have bacon, then just leave it out. Add in more onions, or leeks. Or some tuna and...
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Squashed strawberry Bellini
Squashed Strawberry Bellini I confess, this was a spur of the moment deal. It had been a long week (month/year). The strawberry sauce was almost finished. I was running a bath Of course the real deal is a white peach Bellini at Harry's Bar in Venice. Jesus, I love...
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