Your best recipes of the year so far??

[Nicos]

Just wondering if you'd like to share your most successful recipes so far this year?

Tried and tested, or something new?
Preserved or fresh....

[Mr Bones]

This summer we've revisited a side dish that most of our grandparents in the area used to make. They used malt vinegar and served it at Sunday tea time with Colwick cheese sandwiches.

Thinly sliced red onion
Sliced cucumber
Sprinkle of sea salt
Generous slosh of red wine vinegar

A simple dish, the vinegar brings out the sweetness of the onions and combines it with the cuke.

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Not so much a recipe than a tip!

I love curry!

But following my recent MOT at the Doctors was diagnosed as borderline high cholesterol and have to start cutting it out!

So treat myself last Friday to the full "Shabang", all the sides n the lot! Raita sauce, mango chutney, the works!

Local shopkeeper "Indian" said do away with the Raita n Mango n use "Brown Sauce"

Give over!

But it brings out all the flavour in your side dishes said he, and we use it all the time.

Tell ya what! He was "Bang On"!

[Small pumpkin]

Swede & carrot soup recipe has been a very good find.
It's lovely. Will definitely be making more for the freezer.
Just got a pile of courgettes to turn into soup today. With another new recipe will let you know if it's any good.

Recipe taken from a vegetarian cooking blog / website thing

swede and carrot soup with smoked paprika
Servings: 4Print
Ingredients

1 onion, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
400 g swede, peeled and cut into chunks
150 g carrot, peeled and cut into chunks
½ tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp dried thyme
½ tsp sea salt
generous grind of black pepper
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1.2 litres vegetable stock

Method

1. Pour the oil into a large pan and place over a medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the onion and stir. Continue cooking until the onion is translucent. Add the Swede, carrot and garlic, and stir and cook for a further 3 to 4 minutes. Add the thyme, smoked paprika, sea salt and black pepper and stir in. Finally pour over the vegetable stock.

2. Bring the contents of the pan to a simmer. Reduce the heat and cook for 20 – 25 minutes or until the carrot and the Swede are tender. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for a few moments.

3. In a blender, process the soup until it is smooth and velvety. You will need to do this in batches. To serve, reheat the soup but do not allow to boil.

[veggiechicken]

Stewed plums and granola for breakfast...............and lunch
The plums were cooked ready for jam making............but I was hungry
That's my best recipe of the day, does that count?

[SelkirkAlex]

been playing around with korean chilli paste, gochujang, nice and fiery.
made a lovely pak choi dish yesterday.

make a paste of 2 tablespoons miso paste, 2 cloves crushed garlic , a minced green onion,2 teaspoons of sesame oil and 2 tablespoons gochujang (if not a hot chilli fan, cut that to a teaspoon or two)

blanch pak choi and drain, toss onto paste and stir fry for a minute, sprinkle with two teaspoons toasted sesame seeds, serve or plain white rice.


home made british minced chilli paste would work just as well as long as it is hot

[vixylix]

Love this thread!!

[Bren In Pots]

I've made this courgette and potato bake a few times its now amongst my fave recipes.

Briam (Greek potato and courgette bake) recipe - All recipes UK

[Jay22]

The butter chicken recipe on the link that Jimmy put up on his 'Curry' thread. Delish!

* mod note.....

This one?

http://titlisbusykitchen.com/recipe/...hicken-makhani

[Mr Bones]

Another quick seasonal favourite - Green beans with mustard and chorizo

Ingredients
Green beans chopped into 1inch pieces
Handful of chopped chorizo
tbsp of Dijon mustard
Chopped garlic

Method
Sauté the beans in a splash of water and olive oil (the beans should be almost cooked when the water has evaporated)
add the garlic and cook for a minute
add the chorizo and mustard and cook for another minute
season to taste

[Chestnut]

Another seasonal one;

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mon...courgette-cake

It works just as well if the grated courgette is frozen and defrosted prior to making the cake - neither I or OH could tell any difference in taste or texture on consecutive mouthfuls of cake from frozen/thawed and cake from freshly grated courgettes.
So, we now have a few 200g blocks of grated courgette in our freezer for winter use

[ecudc]

Runner bean bhaji..,like an onion bhaji but three quarters of the onion substituted for shredded runner beans. I made it up but it's fab.

[Jay22]

The butter chicken recipe on the link that Jimmy put up on his 'Curry' thread. Delish!

* mod note.....

This one?


Better Butter Chicken / Chicken Makhani

That's the one Nicos. Couldn't find the fenugreek leaves so just had to use ground but it was delicious.