Myself and my husband and daughter are taking part in a challenge based in Framlingham, Suffolk, to only eat local food during September 2011. The group promoting the challenge Greener Fram www.greenerfram.co.uk are a local Transition Town group and are looking at ways to reduce our dependence on oil. The rules of the challenge are simple. You must only eat food grown within a 30 mile radius of your home for the 30 days of September. The exceptions to this are 3 items chosen before the challenge starts, one of mine being tea, essential!

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

A few meal ideas

Garden Veg - plenty of caterpillars in the cauliflower (just to prove its organic!)
Well this weekend I was working at a festival, Harvest at Jimmys. I did make quiche and scotch eggs to take along but they didn't last all weekend so I did have to break the rules a bit - I shall be adding a few extra days on the end to compensate!

I have been trying to come up with some good meal ideas to share so here are a few plus some great books I have been using:

Spanish Tortilla
Make this by cutting up potatoes really small and deep frying, once they are done you can drain them on kitchen paper. Then add some fried onions and garlic plus ideally some smoked paprika (a spice so allowed!) and salt and pepper. Whisk up some eggs, add to the pan with everything else and cook over a low heat, the top can be finished under the grill.
Eat with a salad and corn on the cob.

Sausages and Mash with seasonal green vegetables
Easy option!

Pies (and a great book)
Try cheese and vegetable, chicken and leek, chicken and mushroom, beef and ale - the list goes on!
For great pie recipes and more this book is fantastic: Porters English Cookery Bible, Ancient and Modern. By Richard, Earl of Bradford and Carol Wilson

Cheesy Cauliflower
Make a yummy vegetarian meal by cooking up some cheese sauce and pouring over steamed cauliflower. Add breadcrumbs on the top and a bit more grated cheese and cook up in the oven to serve with seasonal vegetables.

Bread Book
Another good book I have been using: A Loaf of Bread by Gail Duff. Bread in History, in the Kitchen and on the Table: Recipes and Traditions

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