Beetroot (from Becky's allotment!), potato, nutmeg & black pepper
Beetroot takes longer to cook than potato, so add first, whizz up in food proc or similar once cooked through. We added soya cream, but would have been just as good without.
Put in here to remind myself, and also point out that my urine's gone a funny colour... ;-)
Thursday 9 October 2008
Monday 6 October 2008
let's start with a boring one...
I often finish work later than ideal, and this is probably a step up from bread and a tin of beans, or pasta & a jar of sauce but only just. Another major problem I have is shift work and being out all day/evening if not working (boat, if not elsewhere), so I don't always have a lot of fresh veg to hand.
Assuming I have potatoes - boiled potatoes, with other winter veg if to hand, or worst (and most common) case frozen peas. To go with that, a frozen supermarket beanburger. Mushroom ketchup (if I've been able to buy any recently) or some kind of chutney/relish for flavour.
This doesn't take too long, includes some fresh veg content, and some carbohydrate & protein. The potatoes/peas/winter veg are likely to be british in origin, the beanburger contents unknown.
the obvious improvment to what is basically fast food would be the beanburger - I have tried making my own and freezing them to varying degrees of success. I'm not obsessed with a daily obvious source of protein, but it doesn't do any harm - I generally put food together for colour/texture variation, which often gives the desired effect of a varied diet.;-)
I'd like to record beanburger etc attempts here in future, I think. Something similar would be home made falafel; I'm not sure I'd want to heat up oil every time I used some from the freezer, mind, so I'm assume it could be pre-cooked and grilled? Or just grilled to start with?
Assuming I have potatoes - boiled potatoes, with other winter veg if to hand, or worst (and most common) case frozen peas. To go with that, a frozen supermarket beanburger. Mushroom ketchup (if I've been able to buy any recently) or some kind of chutney/relish for flavour.
This doesn't take too long, includes some fresh veg content, and some carbohydrate & protein. The potatoes/peas/winter veg are likely to be british in origin, the beanburger contents unknown.
the obvious improvment to what is basically fast food would be the beanburger - I have tried making my own and freezing them to varying degrees of success. I'm not obsessed with a daily obvious source of protein, but it doesn't do any harm - I generally put food together for colour/texture variation, which often gives the desired effect of a varied diet.;-)
I'd like to record beanburger etc attempts here in future, I think. Something similar would be home made falafel; I'm not sure I'd want to heat up oil every time I used some from the freezer, mind, so I'm assume it could be pre-cooked and grilled? Or just grilled to start with?
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