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Monday 8 September 2014

Using up more stuff - veg curry!

So I have managed to avoid supermarket shopping at the weekend, as I am still trying to use up bits and pieces from the fridge and veg box.  I did visit the butchers to stock up on meat.  I really enjoy a visit to the butchers, you always get a good conversation and they seem to know just what I want - even when i don't.  So after a browse of the shelves and purchasing the usual chicken, mince and bacon to go into the fridge and freezer for future use, they recommended some beef olives.  Steak rolled up and stuffed with stuffing.  I know, I know, stuffing has breadcrumbs but i have decided to give them a whirl anyway.  I will let you know how they taste soon!  I also bought some barnsley chops - lamb is always free range and grass fed.

As to non-meat things, I like to give meat a rest at times.  It is also, of course, more economical and better for the environment to avoid it at times - and I had a load of stuff needed using up.

So in the fridge I had

leeks
carrots
cauliflower
And in the veg box

Onions
potatoes
sweet potato

So I chopped two onions and two cloves garlic and fried them off in a little coconut oil.  I threw in a dash or more of turmeric, garam masala, cumin, ginger, a little cayenne, coriander.
I added about 5 chopped up carrots, half a cauliflower broken into florets, two potatoes and one sweet potato and about one and a half leeks.

I let that sweat off for a while and then added some frozen spinach (to make room in the freezer for the finished dishes) and a tin of chick peas.  After consulting a blog I 250ml of orange juice and simmered till the veg was cooked, I did add a little more orange juice as it dried out somewhat.



It has made about 6 portions and they have all gone in the freezer for another day.

2 comments:

  1. I'm always looking for veggie dishes as I don't eat meat. I've never cooked with orange juice before so I will give it a go! (when some comes up on yellow sticker obviously) x

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  2. I have a couple of orange juice dishes. Orange juice is really bad for the sugar content, but does give a nice flavour, and portion wise you would get very little.

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