Sometimes it is just too cold and you are too fed up and/or poor and or/lazy so that there is nothing for dinner and nobody is going to the shops so that old favourite a storecupboard supper is the answer - except there is nothing in the cupboard.
We had two lots of delicious platefuls last week despite this sad state of affairs - because there is always something in the cupboard and something you can do with it. It does help if you have herbs, though fresh ones are not really storecupboard at all. And frozen peas are essential so you can have your greens whatever else.
These are not really recipes, more suggestions for dark days - but tasty ones nonetheless.
Mushrooms and Rice
for 2 people on the sofa
250g approx mushrooms, sliced and then gently cooked in butter with 1 fat clove or more of garlic added
6 oz approx brown rice, cooked in water with a stock cube or powder added
Add the rice to the mushroom pan and mix. That's it.
But you can also add:
for 2 people on the sofa
1 tin butter beans - or whatever pulses you have
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 onion plus garlic
1 small piece of a whole chorizo - even a little bit will do
Parlsey if you have a bunch in the fridge
Fry the onion and garlic in oil, add the chorizo near the end and let it sweat its oil out. Add the rest, cook without a lid for some minutes, taste and season,add parsley and eat.
We had two lots of delicious platefuls last week despite this sad state of affairs - because there is always something in the cupboard and something you can do with it. It does help if you have herbs, though fresh ones are not really storecupboard at all. And frozen peas are essential so you can have your greens whatever else.
These are not really recipes, more suggestions for dark days - but tasty ones nonetheless.
Mushrooms and Rice
for 2 people on the sofa
250g approx mushrooms, sliced and then gently cooked in butter with 1 fat clove or more of garlic added
6 oz approx brown rice, cooked in water with a stock cube or powder added
Add the rice to the mushroom pan and mix. That's it.
But you can also add:
- parsley chopped
- a handful of flaked almonds dry fried in a pan till just browning and then sprinkled on each plateful.
for 2 people on the sofa
1 tin butter beans - or whatever pulses you have
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 onion plus garlic
1 small piece of a whole chorizo - even a little bit will do
Parlsey if you have a bunch in the fridge
Fry the onion and garlic in oil, add the chorizo near the end and let it sweat its oil out. Add the rest, cook without a lid for some minutes, taste and season,add parsley and eat.
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