Test Match Special

This is an old family favourite of Corned Beef Hash & Rice Pudding

It was named Test Match Special by my Grandfather as he could get it all ready & in the oven at 11am so he could watch the cricket & when the teams went into lunch at 1pm it would be ready!!

It feels like a cheat to describe such a simple recipe but here goes

Cook some potatoes, then mash them & add a tin of corned beef I add a little grated cheese as well. Put it into an ovenproof dish

Now for the rice pudding. In a ovenproof bowl I put 2 tablespoons of pudding rice, 2 tablespoons of caster sugar, 1 pint of full cream milk & a dash of vanilla extract

Put both dishes in the oven (rice pudding underneath) and cook for 2 hours at gas mark 3 (170C)

Eat
Enjoy

Roast Beef & leftovers

Oh well I'm getting a bit behind with blogging & I keep forgetting to take photos!

Never mind though so here we go again. Whenever we have a Sunday Roast I use the leftovers to make dinner for the rest of the week

This week we had a beef joint so this was my menu plan

Sunday - roast beef & all the trimmings
Monday - cow in a hole (like toad but using beef not sausages)
Tuesday - beef with pasta in a creamy blue cheese sauce
Wednesday - for speed's sake it was pasties & mashed potatoes
Thursday - beef stir fry with honey & soy sauce
Friday - breaded haddock, mash & peas

I'll post some recipes & pictures later (where I remembered to take them that is!)

Leftover slow roast pork

Using the leftover pork from the weekend & the left over gravy I made individual pies for us all

I really like making individual portions of things - I think it makes meals seem a bit more special!

All I did was warm the shredded pork in a pan, add the gravy & warm through

I then added a splash of double cream & some soy sauce.

Whilst this was simmering I rolled out a piece of puff pastry & cut it to fit my pie dishes

I then split the meat & sauce between the three dishes, topped with pastry, brushed with milk, added a couple of air holes & decorated with Russian Doll cookie cutter pastry shapes

The pies then went in the oven at 200C for 30 minutes

I served this with mashed potatoes (should have peas too but I'd run out from frozen peas!)

Fishy Friday

Sainsbury's Salmon, ginger & chilli fishcakes with mashed potatoes & peas tonight

These fishcakes are very tasty - I sometimes find fishcakes bland bit these are well spiced with a nice crunchy coating

Quick meal!

Tonight had to be a very quick meal due to an early rehearsal call for me.

Although I try to always cook from fresh ingredients I occasionally use the Birds Eye Southern Fried Crispy Chicken - they're nice & spicy which we all like & cook quickly

I serve these with peas & mashed potatoes

I make my mash with boiled potatoes (obviously!) with a little butter & cheese. If I have some in I will add a little double cream too