Check out your cupboards

Check out your cupboards



At a time like this we need to be able to make the best of what we have if we are to make some interesting meals.

 The first thing I would suggest you do s have a good look at what you already have in your drawers and cupboards. We all say we have nothing in the house but it is surprising what we do have that can help to make a decent meal.

 Get everything out and make a list, it might be some dried herbs, tinned vegetables, tined fruit, sauces like tomato ketchup, soy sauce, HP sauce mustards, pickles, chutneys, tomato puree, beans of any kind, lentils, in fact anything you have in your cupboard.

 I did this recently and found I had 5 tins of chick peas that I don't even remember buying (not all at the same time of course). So lets start with that, what can I possibly make with chick peas?

 Well let's see, you can make chick pea fritters, chick pea mash, Indian dahl by adding some garam masala, add it to soup with some Moroccan spices and even use the chick pea water to make meringues.

 I have heard people saying they can't buy baked beans, so buy another kind of bean like Cannalini, Berlotti or even Soya beans and make your own tomato sauce. You can buy these in time or dried in health food stores (these have to be soaked overnight of course).

 Lentils are much maligned but rinse them and simmer with a chicken or vegetable stock cube, add some chopped vegetables, even those that look like they are past their best as long as they are not rotten, some heres or spices and you have the basis of a meal. Try a fried chicken legor sausages on a bed of lentils or for that matter just have the lentils as a broth.

 The point is you might think you have nothing in the house but you probably (most people do) have the beginning of a delicious and healthy meal.

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/homehygiene/Pages/food-leftovers-safety.aspx



Always be careful in the kitchen, we accept no responsibility for any accidents caused as a direct or indirect result of preparing any of these dishes. Children should not be allowed to handle sharp cooking implements without the supervision of an adult. 

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