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Leeky Eggy Bread

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

RosemaryLeeksChives 

This great little number was given to me by Cassie ( http://cassieliversidge.com/) and went down a storm with a group of primary school kids aged from 2 to 9 (and their mums!).  It’s a savoury take on the classic pain perdu.

2 leeks
tsp butter or oil
2 eggs
1 sprig fresh rosemary
1 tbsp chopped chives
1 cup grated cheese
8 slices bread
1 tbsp butter (if you are frying them)

Finely chop leeks (or onions, or both) and fry gently in butter until soft.

Whisk eggs.  Remove woody stalk from rosemary and chop.  Add chives, rosemary, leeks and grated cheese to egg mixutre.

Lay slices of bread in a heat proof dish and coat with half the egg mixture.  Turn the bread over carefully and repeat.

To fry, melt the butter in a hot frying pan and carefully slide the slices in gently, cook for a couple of minutes and then flip to cook the other side so they are nicely browed.

To grill, place the whole dish under a hot grill until the slices start to brown then flip them over and grill the other side (about 5 mins per side)

Serve with a fresh green salad or cut into slices for hungry little people to eat immediately!

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Carrot & Coriander Mash

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Bunch of carrots

This is taken from the Weaning Made Easy cookbook but is delicious for all the family!

1 tb olive oil
1 onion (peeled and finely chopped)
4 carrots
4 potatoes
1/2 cup dried red lentils (washed)
1 tsp ground corianderHeat oil in a frying pan, add onion and saute until transparent and soft. Add coriander, lentils and 3 cups  of water. Bring to the boil and boil rapidly for 15 minutes.

While this is boiling, peel the potatoes and carrots and cut them into small pieces.

After 15 minutes, add the potatoes and carrots to the lentil mixture. Cover the pan and simmer until soft. Mash with a potato masher.

For weaning, divide into portions.

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Thyme Roasted Vegetable Salad

Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Red OnionCarrots with TopsFresh Bell PeppersCourgette sectionAubergineGarlic

1 courgette
1 aubergine
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
3 carrots, peeled, halved and quartered
10 baby tomatoes
3 sprigs thyme
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tin lentils (rinsed and drained)

Dressing
1 tsp tahini
2 tsp vinegar
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp honey
juice of half a lemon

Heat the oven to 200c.  Chop all the vegetables into inch sized cubes, mince the garlic and mix it all with the oil and thyme in an oven proof dish.  Bake for 40 minutes or until all the vegetables are cooked.  Check and stir a couple of times during the cooking.

Mix the dressing together well and stir into the warm vegetables.  Serve warm or cold with some cous cous that has been prepared with vegetable stock and seasoned with the juice of a lemon.

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Organic Box – August

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

A bumper (and belated) August Holidays edition.

 Menemen…it’s Turkish and Tasty

apo-kale-ipse now..   not bad for the bad-boy-of-the-bag: kale and potato soup  

For those of you scrutinising the contents of the bags as we go by – the tattie tally:  

10th August 

Fruit: Victoria Plums, Galia Melon, lemon, apples, bananas

Vegetables: onions, Charlotte potatoes, Sweet Bite peppers, courgettes, carrots, tomatoes, mushrooms

Short and sweet…the sweet bite peppers lived up to their name. I’ll look out for them in future.

17th August

Fruit: lemons, Discovery apples, nectarines, Jubilee plums, bananas

Vegetables: carrots, cucumber, red onions, Nicola potatoes, cauliflower, salad bag, spinach, round beans

24th August 

(AbsentWithLeave) 

31st August

Fruit: pears, apples, lemoon(or lemon, it was quite a large one though), grapes, Laxton Cropper plums

Vegetables: salad bag, kale, plum tomatoes, red onions, carrots, courgette, sweetcorn cobs, Charlotte potatoes, green pepper

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