Hello Dear Reader,
Tomorrow, I will be teaching some more easy, quick and economical recipes to a group of parents in Cornwall. Thanks again to St Austell Baptist Church for their hospitality.
On Sunday morning, I will be on Tracy Wilson’s programme on Radio Cornwall, sharing ideas about school holidays on a budget and preparing for the new school term. School finishes for the year on the 18th July so there’s the rush for every family to financially prepare for the new school term. There is also a half term break and the summer break to budget for. If you have any ideas to share on how you do this, then email What ideas do you have to keep the family occupied over the school holidays? Are family holidays a dim and distant memory now fines are in place for term time cheap holidays?
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or you can phone in on Sunday morning by calling 01872 22 22 22 - you don’t have to speak live on air, you can leave a message if you please.
You may find the holidays, the cost of uniforms, PE kit, school kit, school trips and of course, the holidays, really expensive and feel free to send your message to the point too.
Tomorrow, I will be running a cookery workshop and here are the recipes if you want to try them yourselves. I will take photos of the finished lunches as I will be cooking for approx. 20 people for lunch tomorrow.
Quick and Easy Cooking
Sausage Casserole – this works well in a slow cooker or casserole dish = serves 4.
Switch the oven on to 180
1 pack of eight sausages – at home, I use value sausages
1 pepper – finely sliced
1 onion – finely chopped
¼ celery – this goes into everything! Including bolognaise, stew, casserole and so on. I buy it every week.
¼ Chorizo sausage – skinned and finely diced – optional, you could use 1 heaped teaspoon of paprika instead. I add chorizo to stew, casseroles, risotto and paella. It also lasts for ages.
1 tin of haricot beans or baked beans
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
1 stock cube – 1 cup of hot water to dissolve
1 clove of garlic - optional
1. Put the sausages in the oven
2. Fry the onions, pepper, garlic, celery and chorizo.
3. Add the tinned tomatoes and stock
4. Combine the beans, veggies and sausages and cook in the oven, make sure it’s covered, for 30 – 40 minutes
5. Serve with rice, cous cous, veggies, bread – makes a great Sunday lunch, 2 sausages each.
Leek and Bacon Risotto – serves 4
150g of Arborio rice
1 litre of stock
150g of cooking bacon – finely diced
1 onion – finely diced
2 finely chopped cloves of garlic.
2 leeks, very finely sliced and washed – use as much as you can and don’t waste the green bits.
50g of grated parmesan cheese. This goes a really long way, I put this on top of home made pizza, on top of lasagne. It lasts for months in a sealed container.
Butter or oil for frying.
1. Fry the onions, garlic, bacon and leeks until soft
2. Add the rice and stir to absorb some of the flavour
3. Add the stock, mug full at a time, stirring continuously until absorbed and keep adding until all gone.
4. Check to see if the rice is soft, to your liking, if not, make up some more stock and keep adding and stirring.
5. Add the cheese and stir through
6. Serve with salad, cooked veggies or bread.
Lemon Curd Pudding with Custard
1 sachet of instant custard – follow the instructions
½ jar of lemon curd
2 eggs
4oz marg
4oz SR flour
4oz sugar
1 lemon – zest and juice
2 teaspoons of sugar
1. Grate the zest from a lemon – put into a mixing bowl
2. Add the butter, sugar, flour and eggs – beat together
3. Grease a pudding bowl/or small microwavable casserole dish.
4. Place the lemon curd in the bottom
5. Pour the batter mix over to top
6. Microwave for 3-5 minutes – keep checking
7. Mix 2 teaspoons of sugar and lemon juice in a cup – microwave for 30 seconds – stir until sugar dissolved
8. When pud is cooked, pour lemon juice mixture over the top, leave to sink in for 2 minutes
9. Serve with custard.
Fruit Crumble and Custard – serves 4
Heat the oven to 180
1 sachet of custard – follow instructions
1 tin of cooked apples
½ jar basics strawberry jam
Crumble
10oz plain flour
6oz sugar
7oz butter
1. Combine the apples with jam
2. Place into a casserole dish
3. Rub marg or butter into the flour
4. Add the sugar
5. Sprinkle crumble mix on top
6. Bake for 30 – 45 minutes
7. Serve with custard.
As always, it’s great to hear from you,
Love Froogs xxxxxx
