It can be hard to get Tanny to try new things. Last year I introduced him to Char Siu Pork and now I seem to have created a monster. Anytime he sees we have pork in the house he always looks hopeful that this is what I am making. He and I also decided that…
Tag: Christmas leftovers
Mini Quiches
Boxing Day for us (the day after Christmas for those who don’t know what it is) is the day we have all the kids over to have a Christmas celebration with them. I find it easiest to put together a buffet of finger food as that way there is something for everyone. Purchasing premade finger…
Top 10 Ways to Store and Preserve Brussel Sprouts
Here we are at number 4 of our series on storing and preserving Christmas Veg. It brings us smartly to Brussel Sprouts. The supermarkets have a price cap on them from the 18th of December for 19p for a 500g bag so it’s a good time to stock up if you want to. Brussel Sprouts…
Top 10 Ways to Store and Preserve Parsnips
Ah the humble parsnip. A vegetable maligned possibly as much, but in more whispered voices, as brussel sprouts. A love it or hate it vegetable they are a very handy root vegetable which has been known to be badly cooked to the point of mush or over cooked to charcoal causing enough food trauma to…
Potato Bake 2 Ways – Christmas Leftovers
One of our things we always seem to have far too many of at this time of year is potatoes. Tanny and I don’t really eat them except with a roast dinner and we always get the best we can get for the money and it always seems to be 1 or 2 bags far…
Turkey and Vegetable Curry Base – Christmas Leftovers
It’s been a while since I had to think carefully about what I was doing while cooking or meal prepping for cameras so unfortunately there really aren’t any really good shots of the curry base. However there is a good chunk of video in the main video which I will link below. Anywhoooo Tanny although…
Turkey and Vegetable Soup Base – Leftovers From Christmas
Soup is one of those meals that is a comfort in the deep of winter or a great meal to have on the go any time of the year. I wanted this to be a base for an amazing soup. Something I could build on and create the kinds of soups we want at the…
Christmas Leftovers 2022-2023
It is believed that in the UK alone around 141,525 TONNES of food packaging ends up in landfill each year and the average UK household spends an extra £100 on food, of which at least £16 goes straight to the garbage. Based on this figure, potential Christmas food waste in the UK would amount to…
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