We invited you to share recipes that contained chocolate, or the seasonal ingredient spinach, for a chance to be entered in a prize draw. And we asked you to vote for your favourites.
Voting is now over, and we ‘re pleased to announce the winner and runner up.
Drum roll please…..
Gem takes first place (and More…
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009quick and easy spinach and aubergine lasagne
Sunday, November 15th, 2009Quick and easy lasagne sounds a bit more appealing than ‘totally lazy lasagne from leftovers’. But that’s basically what this is. I love eating vegetarian lasagnes but can rarely be bothered to create each layer from scratch. Using frozen portions of home made veggie Bolognese and whatever veg is wilting in the More…
Spinach and Pinenut Pasta
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009This is one of my favourite recipes – really simple and inexpensive to make, yet impressive enough for a dinner party! When I make this in Spring, I like to switch the spinach and garlic for wild garlic leaves, try it if you are lucky enough to have a patch of it growing locally.Enjoy! More…
Spinach Dahl and Chapattis
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009Spinach Dahl Olive oilGarlic, crushed/finely choppedLarge onion, choppedChilli, finely choppedSpices (mixture eg. coriander, cumin, mustard, fenugreek, cardamom, turmeric, fennel, black pepper… or garam masala), about 3 teaspoons in totalRed lentils, about 2 cups (cooked, soaked yellow split peas are also excellent in this)Bag/colander-full spinach, washed very well, roughly chopped
Fry the onion, garlic and chilli until soft. More…
Chocolate & Cinnamon Shortbread
Friday, October 30th, 2009175g unsalted butter 75g caster sugar pinch of sea or rock salt 170g plain flour 60g semolina 20g cocoa – fair trade & organic 1 tsp cinnamon
Cream together butter, sugar and salt. Sieve in dry ingredients and mix until ball of dough is formed. Roll out into a round about 1.5 cm thick. Place More…
Oreo Fudge Recipe
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009350g Caster Sugar30g Unsalted Butter125ml Evaporated Milk6 drops vanilla essence (approx half teaspoon)300g Fair Trade White Chocolatepacket of Oreo’s
Add milk, sugar, butter and vanilla to a saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat.
Mix in chocolate and stir until melted
Add in coursely crushed Oreo’s (around 3/4 of a pack) and stir, pour mixture into foil More…
Pasta with Spinach and Broccoli Sauce Recipe
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Ingredients:50g butter 1 x 300g head of broccoli, trimmed and cut into small florets 50g plain flour 500ml semi-skimmed milk a generous grating of whole nutmeg 100g young-leaf spinach 100g grated cheddar 1 x 500g bag pasta6 tablespoon breadcrumbs 18 x 18cm ovenproof dish, or similar
Method:Preheat the grill. Put the butter, flour and milk More…
Seasonal Spinach Salad
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Ingredients:
One bag (or five handfuls) of spinach leavesOne tin of sardines in oil (chilli oil is good, obviously vegetarians/ vegans can omit this ingredient!)One red or white onion500g couscousA handful of mushroomsA quarter of a fennel bulbSalt and Pepper, to tasteJuice of half a lemon
Method:
Make the couscous according to the directions on the packet, More…
Dieter’s Delight Vegan Chocolate Truffles
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009These truffles don’t require cream or butter, making them perfect for vegans, dieters and those with milk allergies. However, they taste as good as any regular truffle and make a lovely homemade Christmas present when presented in pretty tissue paper or mini cup-cake cases inside a special bag, tin or box.
Ingredients to make approximately 12 More…
Homemade Stuffing
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Ingredients
one slice brown bread – shredded to very small breadcrumbsa few shallots -chopped into small piecesa couple of teaspoons of pesto (green) saucecheshire cheese – equal to breadcrumbs – grated1/4 courgette chopped finely3 to 4 chestnut mushrooms chopped finely2 rashers smokey bacon (chopped very small) for salt factor – optionala few cloves of garlic thinly More…
