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So versatile and a great way to use up remaining vegetables!   This low calorie recipe is also delicious and can easily be spiced up or used as a base for sauces. Warm from a flask, it makes an essential addition to your concert and festival survival kit. Serves: 4 People Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 200g of any chopped raw vegetables - e.g. onions, carrot or celery, or any pre-cooked vegetables. 300g potatoes 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil 700ml vegetable stock 1 tablespoon of crème fraîche Fresh herbs for serving Method Fry the chopped, raw vegetables in a pan with the cubed, peeled potatoes and with a little oil. Fry for a few minutes until the vegetables are beginning to soften. (Add pre-cooked vegetables towards the end and before blending) Add the stock and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the vegetables are soft. Blend until smooth with no bits and season to taste. Serve with a s...

This recipe is a great way of disguising low- cost sprouts and celeriac in a delicious soup the judges thought gave an outstanding taste, rich and creamy overall, a real Winter treat for the whole family. Serves:    4 People Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Ingredients: 30 grams butter 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped 500 grams celeriac, peeled and chopped 700ml veg stock 200g sprouts 4-6 rashers of bacon 100ml double cream 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil Salt and pepper to season Step by step: Heat the butter and oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onion and fry until soft. Add celeriac and cook for about 10 minutes. Add stock and bring to boil, and then simmer for 20 mins until the celeriac is tender. Add sprouts and cook for further 5 mins, then blend. Cook the bacon until crispy, then chop into small ...

Packed with fresh vegetables and zingy tastes, this recipe is easy to assemble and make at home. A great, healthy treat for kids when they get home. Serves: 4 People Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes Ingredients: Large French stick 3 small red onions A bunch of spring onions A punnet (approx 15) cherry tomatoes Half a jar of pesto Extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves of garlic Step by step: Finely chop the garlic and red onions. Put both onions and garlic in a bowl with 2 spoons of olive oil and mix together by hand. Slice cherry tomatoes into quarters and mix in with onions and garlic. Cut the French stick lengthways down the middle into 2 halves, then cut into ‘ boats ’ making 8 pieces. Crust downwards, drizzle a little olive oil over the bread. Put the bread pieces, crust down, under the grill and toast lightly. ...

Are you thinking o f how you can reduce your food waste ?   I was always guilty of putting bananas that turned black and looked past their best into the compost bin.  So i tried making these amazing banana smoothies, I no longer compost the beaten up old bananas, and the best thing is you can the extra bananas that you don’t use for later. Serves:     1 to parties! Prep Time :  10 minutes Ingredients: 1 banana per person 200ml per person of milk (any kind) 1 teaspoon Honey (optional) Step by step: Don’t bin those black bananas! Peel and slice into 2 cm chunks. For each person: add a handful of frozen or freshly peeled banana chunks to a blender with 200ml of milk. Blend until smooth. Add honey for a sweeter taste. Using frozen bananas will help turn the mixture into a thicker shake. Use up Over-ripe bananas. Variations Delicious shakes can be made of ...

This friendly, versatile dish combines store cupboard ingredients with vegetables and leftover chicken for a delicious, award- winning recipe. Serves:   4 People Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Ingredients: 300g any shaped pasta 300g leftover cooked chicken torn into small pieces 4 spring onions or half a red onion, thinly sliced Small bunch of fresh basil roughly torn (from garden) 4 plum tomatoes chopped into rough quarters Handful fresh spinach (steamed) 200g leftover garden peas (cooked) For the dressing: 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 heaped teaspoon wholegrain mustard 1 teaspoon clear honey Salt and pepper to season Step by step: Boil the pasta. Cool the pasta under cold running water once cooked. Steam the spinach until cooked. Drain well and squeeze out the water. Mix the mayonnaise, honey and mustard together in a lar...

    This is a part of the “ Getting Started with Blog Advertising ”  blog series . If you are looking into monetarizing your Blog, you will want to cover yourself legally from all of the possible angles that may impact you. For instance you’ll want to make sure that you have a  Disclosure Policy  that covers your rights as a blogger  and  advertiser to your readers. As well as a Disclosure Policy you’ll also need a  Privacy Policy  that covers your use of cookies and log files that your blog is using to capture information from your users to customize their advertising experience. Why is this important? It shoes your readers what you are doing with your reader’s information. Personally, I think by having one it shows your audience that you care about them and their information they give you. It is important to note, that many third party advertisers do require that you have a Privacy Policy that clearly outlines ...