Hello my lovelies! Sorry for not posting in literally months - but now I have a little more free time in my life so will be updating you all on what I've been concocting over the past few weeks, staring with this stonking soup I made the other day - cheap, filling, easy, delicious; all … Continue reading Soup Glorious Soup
Category: Pure unadulterated banter
Apple of Crumbles
Hello ladles and gentlespoons, The day has finally arrived where I admit to my shortcomings as a cook and tell you that I used a trangia pan as a baking dish bc I had forgotten to empty out the usual one of roasted vegetables. Anyhoo, this is an apple crumble with some spicy memage going … Continue reading Apple of Crumbles
Healthy af veggie Pasta (yas, really)
Hello beauties, Sorry for my online absence, I have been out for a number of reasons: I have only just come into possession of a laptop again I have abducted by aliens for 300 years but, in Earth time, fortuitously, it was only 2 months I keep using all the recipes from last term. Especially … Continue reading Healthy af veggie Pasta (yas, really)
Gestalt Cooking on an Open Fire – a Festive Roast Chicken for the Masses.
Ever felt the burning urge to create? Like, ya fingers start itching and you get jumpy and must channel this into something? Maybe I'm mixing this up with ADD. Eck, the principle stands. Hoe dan ook, the need to create flashes through me more than occasionally, and I usually act upon it by going … Continue reading Gestalt Cooking on an Open Fire – a Festive Roast Chicken for the Masses.
Good Snack, Good Craic: Baking Edition 1, Volume 3: Nutty, choccy, naughty Flapajackas
Yoooo waddup. I have a french exam tomorrow so in order to be productive, I'm writing a flapjack recipe. I live off oats. Like, I've gone through 4kg since I've been at uni. Not even exaggerating - I'm currently on my 5th bag. I am at least 12% oats right now. They're are just … Continue reading Good Snack, Good Craic: Baking Edition 1, Volume 3: Nutty, choccy, naughty Flapajackas
Good Snack, Good Craic: Baking Edition No.1 Volume 2. Sticky af Ginger Cake
In which there is moistness
Good Snack: Good Craic* – Baking Edition no. 1, volume 1. Brownies
As some of you might have noticed, I do some things at the weekend which involve not sitting down. When you're halfway up a mountain, there is nothing like shoving something sweet in your gob and trogging upwards. While haribo tangfastics have their place (normally in the left outer pocket of my rucksack), sometimes you … Continue reading Good Snack: Good Craic* – Baking Edition no. 1, volume 1. Brownies
Coconut and corriander Thai style noodles: 38p per serve
Hello! I'll start with a few words: hook, crumpet, bling, adrenaline, chinchilla. Onward: I make this soup fairly regularly now, as it's so sick and quimple to do and fills you up no end, due to the mountain of veg you can add. It's also a bit of a different flavour profile to my … Continue reading Coconut and corriander Thai style noodles: 38p per serve
BREAD GLORIOUS BREAD much cheaper than buying…
Everyone loves bread. Bread has been around since we invented butter, and long before that too. Now, bread is not particularly pricey as an item. I understand this. It's easier to go buy some pre-sliced softish thing from Lidl and be done with it. But the most wholesome (and wholemeal) way to waste your time … Continue reading BREAD GLORIOUS BREAD much cheaper than buying…
ONE CHEESY BOI: Lentil Lasagne at 25p per serve
I'm carefully assembling the components of my lasagna: a couple of pans clutter the small kitchen table. Jenny is watching me, head tilted slightly to the side. She's quiet. She's about to say something profound. "Fliss." I look up from my nutmeg-fest, anticipating wisdom. But all she says is: "I've never seen so much cheese in … Continue reading ONE CHEESY BOI: Lentil Lasagne at 25p per serve