like todays lunch....
pumpkin soup: I put about 2 inches of water and a tbsp of chicken stock in the crockput. chopped up a whole pumpkin (seamus and stewart watched me in horror as i used a carving knife to do it), added 4 cloves of squashed garlic, and 3 big rashers of bacon, not cooked but finely shredded. let it bubble away all day then put my stick mixer through it (my favourite kitchen tool). served with a swirl of cream today . yum...
Tuna fishcakes with oven fries
Cut large spuds into chunky oven chips. Put into a baking dish with a bit of oil. Slosh around a bit and then put in the oven, turned onto highest temp. These need to be watched but will cook from cold in about 40 minutes.
Meanwhile....
Into a bowl place
1 tin of tuna in olive oil or half a tin drained tin salmon
2 table spoons or so of chopped herbs - tonight i used coriander which I had prechopped in the freezer*
1 egg
a shake of pepper and salt and any other herb you feel like. Tonight I used celery salt and a squirt of lemon juice.
enough dried or fresh breadcrumbs to absorb all the liquid
Mix it up and leave to stand about 15 minutes or until firm-ish.
About 10 minutes before chips are ready, form the fish mixture into little balls (squeeze well or it'll fall apart) and pan fry in a bit of oil til crispy.
Because i was really lazy, tonight I served this with whole tinned tomatoes, heated in the microwave. The ones in thick sauce are best.
If i buy a big bunch of herbs or one of those living herb pots, as soon as i've used what i need on the day, I chop the whole lot, and put it into a small box in the freezer, then it's free flow ready to go any time and doesn't need thawing.
As soon as i have stale bread, especially crusty bread, i chop it into bits and put it in a zip lock bag in the freezer. take out what you need and grate or crumble while frozen to make easy fresh breadcrumbs for cooking or topping things. **
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