a tale of two cabbages

Pete manfully did the shopping last weekend, as I wasn’t feeling very well, and amongst everything else, he bore home a cabbage. This went nicely with the cabbage that was already sitting in the veg drawer, but no problem – we like cabbage (just as well, really). On Tuesday, we had cabbage with mozarella; we…

compost bin soup

Well, not quite … But this week’s soup includes broccoli stalks, leek tops and cabbage stalks! Into small dice were cut one courgette, two carrots, and the aforementioned veg leftovers, and they went in the slow cooker on low for about six hours with a little bit of olive oil to soften them up. Then…

chicken pie

There’s always some scratty chicken left after a roast … so today I have fashioned a Pie. Made a pastry with 9oz wholemeal flour, 2 tsps baking powder, 4oz of Trex and some water. That’s now in the fridge, chilling (man). Then chopped a leek into slices, 2 carrots into small dice, and 2 cloves…

cabbage with pancetta and mozzarella

We normally have this without the pancetta, but I’m trying to cut my carbs at the moment so I added some meat. I make this in a frying pan with a lid. Chop and onion and some garlic, and fry it off in olive oil. Add the pancetta (I used cubes – you could use…

slow cooked whole chicken

A friend of mine told me he “roasted” a whole chicken in the slow cooker, and I didn’t think it would work. But I was prepared to give it a whirl, so I bought a free range chickie! for the purpose. Did my usual trick with a chicken, of cutting a lemon in half, putting…