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Crispy schmaltz mashed potato
Crispy schmaltz mash potatoes Okay, so you could eat these as a side dish. But, for me, these chicken fat rich mashed potatoes, drowned in gravy, are good enough on their own. Maybe some broccoli and peas so that the whole meal isn't beige. Don't skip the rosemary,...
read moreCrispy chicken skin chow mien
Crispy chicken skin chow mien So you've rendered the fat from your chicken skin, but maybe you want something a little more adventurous than just, you know, eating it? Remember, relay race - what ideas do you get from this crunchy, deeply savoury, salty goodness?...
read moreCrispy chicken skin – with extra rewards…
Crispy chicken skin with benefits I was veggie for 8 years. I most missed roast chicken, picking at all the good bits with my dad, like little Henry VIIIs at the end of Sunday lunch. Rediscovering the joys of crispy chicken skin has been a joy of my later adult life....
read moreFishfinger fish cakes
Fishfinger fish cakes My first job, aged 15 or 16, was washing pots. I'd make £16 a week for the Saturday lunch session. I took the job over after one of my brothers didn't want it any more. One Saturday morning I knocked on the fire door, said "I'm Tom's sister -...
read moreFishfinger rice bowl
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,...
read moreMilk Bread
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...
read moreRice Pudding
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...
read moreClassic American/Scotch Pancakes
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...
read moreDried Mushrooms
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...
read moreMushroom Ragout
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....
read moreLeftover Mushrooms with Scrambled Eggs
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...
read moreLeftover Veg Fritti
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...
read moreLeftover Green Beans with Soy Pork
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...
read moreLeftover Green Beans with Pasta and Pesto
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...
read moreLeftover sausage and bacon stuffed potatoes
Leftover bacon and sausage chowder My friend Chloe scooped out the middle of potatoes in her aunt's Harringey kitchen, scorching her fingers whilst a bemused bunch of her Italian friends watched. Chloe was living in Italy and a group of mates had come over for New...
read moreLeftover sausage and bacon chowder
Leftover bacon and sausage chowder What angel first paired smokey food and milk? Comfort food of the highest order. Chowder, an American soup from the east coast, has hundreds of iterations (I once sat with a cookbook devoted to chowder. Totally ignored the friend...
read moreLeftover sausage and bacon wraps
Leftover sausage and bacon wraps At home we're trying this whole "don't just eat it because it's there" thing. Not easy when it's so easy just to eat those last two sausages, last rasher of bacon, just sitting there, just in reach, so easy to just eat them ... but we...
read moreLeftover Easter Chocolate Eton Mess
Make Eton Mess with leftover Easter eggs My mum makes amazing meringues. I do not. This is my gift to you! Meringues aren't the easiest thing to make. I have struggled. The egg whites to perfect stiff peaks, and then a little sugar and a little more and a little more...
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