Stealth Veg – The Supper Mum

“Leftovers” are key to the way I plan our family meals and reduce labour and waste. I’ve always felt a little more at liberty to experiment with leftovers as they are an “added bonus” – it doesn’t feel like such a disaster if things don’t turn out perfectly. Also it’s much easier to “stretch” leftovers with other ingredients so it can be a really cost effective way to cook.

It’s one of the main tenets of Jamie Oliver’s “Save with Jamie” – a really useful recipe book if you’re cooking for a family. (I will write a proper review at some point.)

As we had a decent amount of brisket left over I had a look through his Beef chapter and realised the Beef Rendang recipe was virtually AIP friendly already so I gave it a whirl! (Especially now my hubby has managed to reintroduce rice into his diet, he is delighted to try new curry recipes whenever the opportunity arises.) It was so good there was only one portion left (which I have my eye on in the freezer next time I am home alone in the evening). Continue reading “Leftover Brisket Curry” →

There are all kinds of “exotic” hummous about the place – caramelised onion, red pepper, chipotle and lime, cumin and coriandar etc.. and that’s just in our local supermarket. Don’t get me wrong, they’re great. But if it ain’t broke why fix it?!

That said, I’m always looking at ways to boost our vegetable consumption. I read somewhere that the “Five A Day” recommendation was mainly based on what it was felt the good people of Britain would be prepared to eat, rather than what would be best for them (somewhere closer to “Nine A Day” with a much heavier emphasis on veg than fruit). So, even though our children are pretty good about eating their veg, I still like to sneak extra veg into whatever I can. (We call it “Stealth Veg”.)

Butternut and chickpeas really work together – the earthy and the slightly sweet. I’ve been bunging them together in tagines for years (probably with inauthentic abandon – do gourds grow in North Africa?). Needless to say, they are awesome together in hummous. Continue reading “Butternut Hummous” →