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Tomato crumble There is something really special about the evenings of early autumn. It’s not stuffy or humid, and as the golden glow of long, lingering sunsets stretch across the sky lots of amazing food is brewing. Summer and early…
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Sausage and lentil stew - grown up beans and sausages It always amazes me when I look back and think about the blog; The Usual Saucepans has been on the go since late 2012. But whilst almost everything has changed since…
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If there’s one kind of ‘fast’ food I adore more than anything else it’s pizza. I would eat pizza every day if I didn’t think I’d end up looking like the over-inflated Aunt Marge from Harry Potter. It is – essentially…
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What, a bad pun about feta? Bet you didn’t see that one coming. As though that pun wasn’t bad enough, my ridiculous brain has been singing ‘I like to boogie’ all week long - except, of course, my (thankfully internal) rendition of…
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I’ve been thinking about sugar a lot of late. You know that refined white stuff that makes things all sweet and delicious? Well apparently sugar is suddenly not good for us. Or that’s what you’d think if you’re looking at…
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So it’s a Friday evening. You’ve got to sort out dinner, there are other things that seem a higher priority (it’s a lie - you’re just feeling a little lazy, so flopping on the sofa seems of paramount importance). But on the…
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OK, it’s January people. Are you bored of people telling you all about the (usually utterly ridiculous and tedious) fad diets that they’ve embarked on? I am. Are you going to keep to them (I find my internal monologue asking)?…
Continue reading I’m a big fan of local and seasonal eating - it’s not the be-all and end-all, but I don’t like having to settle for what the supermarkets deem to be a ‘perfect’ product. It’s quite often not. I would rather…
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One of the things I love most about food shopping is picking up something that you never really intended on buying. I know that conventional wisdom says that you should make a list before you go shopping and stick to…
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