Delia’s Classic Christmas Pudding By Volunteer Contributor, Diana Earnshaw I can’t take any credit for this Christmas pudding. This was the pudding I used to make during Delia Smith’s heyday. It was always a winner. Have to say – there are so many delicious ready-made puddings (check out True… Read More »Delia’s Classic Christmas Pudding
Non-Alcoholic mulled apple juice By Good to Know Related recipes and articles: Christmas cake, Gluten free Christmas Cake, Delia’s Classic Christmas Pudding A spicy and fruity Christmas Ingredients 1 cinnamon stick Peel of 1 large orange Peel of 1 large lemon Small knob of fresh ginger, grated 1 litre organic apple… Read More »Non-Alcoholic mulled apple juice
Cooking under pressure With so much produce around at the moment, one of the best things you can do with surplus fruit and tomatoes is to bottle. It sounds hard, but is actually very easy once you know how. The best tool around for this is a pressure… Read More »Cooking under pressure
Greek Lamb Other recipes: Slow Roast Lamb & Lamb Tagine Lamb epitomises spring. The grass is starting to grow and become more nutritious and the nutrients are concentrated in grazing animals. Lamb is absolutely at its best. True Food stocks many cuts of lamb – why not experiment with a different cut… Read More »Green tomato chutney
Italian Roast Peppers Cook up a big batch and pack them in jars, topped up with olive oil, stored in the fridge for up to a week. Great when chopped up and mixed with cold pasta for a quick salad. You can also puree the peppers and use… Read More »Italian roast peppers
Minestrone By Diana Earnshaw, Volunteer Contributor It is said that there are as many recipes for minestrone as there are Italian cooks! No doubt they are thrifty. The great thing about minestrone is that so many different leftovers can be incorporated. Use whichever meat is available, use the… Read More »Minestrone
Penne Pasta with Red Pepper and Bean Sauce From the True Food Cookery Course Serves 4 Ingredients 200g penne pasta 1 x 400g tin kidney beans 1 x 400g tin tomatoes 2 x red peppers, chopped 1 tbls olive oil 1 x onion 1 x clove garlic 2… Read More »Penne pasta with sauce
Healthy Vegetable Curry From the True Food Cookery Course Serves 6 – 8 Ingredients 2 large onions (grated) 2 garlic cloves 2cm ginger root 3 green chillies (deseeded and finely chopped) 1 tbsp curry powder 1 green pepper (deseeded) 1 apple (peeled and deseeded) 5 to 6 fresh… Read More »Healthy vegetable curry
Kashmiri Spiced Rice Serves 6 Ingredients 500g basmati rice, washed and drained 1 tablespoon ghee (clarified butter) [ensure the butter comes from cows fed non-GE feed] 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, finely sliced 2 cloves garlic, chopped 5 cardamom pods, bruised 3 whole cloves 1 small quill… Read More »Kashmiri spiced rice
Quinoa salad With the sunny weather it's salad time and in trying to re-create a couscous salad I'd made some time ago but without the aid of the cook-book or any couscous, I ended up making some tasty quinoa salad instead. Makes enough for 8-10 Ingredients 2 cups… Read More »Quinoa salad
