Reverse Meal Planning

PipneyJane

Suffolk_lass said:

PipneyJane said:

@greenbee What do Alexanders taste like?  I had to look them up - I’d never heard of them.   Google tells me that they’re also called horse parsley, which I have heard of.

- Pip

PS:  If you have too many carrots, don’t forget carrot cake and Carrot & Hazelnut Roast.  Both freeze well if you want to double up.  The latter comes from  Rose Elliott’s Cheap and Easy Cookbook.  Who had too much celeriac?  Rose’s website has a Celeric Terrine recipe

I like the sound of carrot and hazelnut roast - the link you posted does not seem to have it there (but it did have a leek soufle recipe!).

This is my version. I usually serve it with roast potatoes and gravy. Serves 4:

Carrot & Hazelnut Roast

Ingredients
2 large carrots, sliced
1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped
2-3 slices bread, torn into strips
100g-200g hazelnuts
2 teaspooons mixed herbs
2 eggs
1 tablespoon soy sauce

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Place the hazelnuts, carrots, onion and bread into the food processor, hold it securely and process until chopped.  (It’ll bounce around a bit.)
3. Add the remaining ingredients and process until combined.
4. Spoon into a lined loaf pan and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the middle feels firm to touch and it is browned on top.  
5. Turn out of the pan, peel off the lining and cut into 4 to serve.

Hope this helps.

- Pip

ETA:. This recipe doubles up well and you can freeze the second one uncooked.  Remove from loaf pan once frozen.  Pop back into the loaf pan and defrost in the fridge overnight.

Also, if you can’t get hazelnuts, use cashews.

Pyxis

Yes, thanks Pip! I’ve still got some carrots and have just received some hazelnuts, so will give that a go! 

greenbee

I have plantain from this week's veg box. Any suggestions other than frying/baking for snacks?

Pyxis

greenbee said:

I have plantain from this week's veg box. Any suggestions other than frying/baking for snacks?

Gosh! Never had plantain!


I got some samphire in my supermarket delivery yesterday, but a bit annoyingly, the use-by is today, and I know it doesn’t keep well, so I chopped some up and added it to the carrot soup I made a few days ago, and had that for brunch.
The rest of the samphire will be eaten with the last of the carrot soup this evening! 
Then, the last of the carrots* will be made into a nut roast using Pip’s recipe!


*Until Thursday, when more will be arriving! 😂
Who’s got a donkey?

Suffolk_lass

Well team, I wanted to ask what you think...

Shall we carry on with this thread next month?
Shall I rename this one so we just keep posting?
Or shall I set up a new one for May (personally I am loath to lose the lovely recipes) - I'm conscious there are loads at the start of the Grocery Challenge and not sure if they are used much now - so many

Something else?

What do you think? - personally I have tried three new things and really enjoyed reading along, but that is just me...

Chrystal

Please carry on so this one isn't lost.. it would be such a shame to lose so many ideas. X

greenbee

As there are only 147 posts, I think we can keep going for a bit - it's only when there are thousands of posts that it gets unmanageable. How about renaming it Q2 2020? That covers three months and then we can have another think.

candygirl

Please keep it going. I love this thread 😁

rtandon27

Love the idea of renaming it & carrying on!

(Plantain fritters are made or mashed plantain similar to making a potato cake.)

greenbee

Thanks for the plantain ideas - I'm currently baking slices in coconut oil to see what happens. Partly because the idea of something to replace crisps is quite appealing