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Fish pies and
French fries,
vegetables,
meat and
something
sweet…affordable,
everyday food and
family-friendly recipes
MADE EASY
(for busy people with
a lot on their plate)
More simple, wholesome and
nutritious recipes from the author of
How to feed your whole family…
GILL HOLCOMBE
Spring Hill
Published by How To Content,
A division of How To Books Ltd,
Spring Hill is an imprint of
How To Books Ltd
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asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1998
© 2009 Gill Holcombe
First published in electronic form 2009
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ISBN: 978 1 84803 349 8
Cover design by Baseline Arts Ltd
Produced for Spring Hill Books by Deer Park Productions, Tavistock
Typeset by Baseline Arts Ltd
To Carole, with love and gratitude
“To make your food interesting, serve what
you really like the way you really like it.”
Lee Bailey
Acknowledgements
A very big thank you to Carole Moore, Claire Hack, Debbie
Finlay, Pam Sinyor, Ann Kent, Gill Danis and my mum for passing
on tips and recipe ideas; to Andrea Bovee and Janet Snowman for
work behind the scenes; also Vicki McIvor at Take Three
Management; everyone at Spring Hill and Deer Park Productions;
Jennifer Gregory; and finally, my three children, Oliver, Billy and
Eleanor, even though one of them went vegetarian and the other
two are hardly ever at home.
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“Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed
me with food convenient for me.”
Proverbs
Contents
Introduction / 1 Comfort Food
Chip Shop Curry Sauce / 43
Chips / 45
1. Good beginnings / 3 Pie & Mash & Liquor / 47
Store cupboard ingredients / 3 Swedish Meatballs & Cream Sauce / 51
Fridge and Freezer / 4 Macaroni Cheese / 52
Herbs & Spices / 5 Toad in the Mush / 54
Chillies / 7 Meat & Potato Pudding / 54
Stock / 7 Sausages in Onion Gravy with Root
Quantities / 8 Vegetable Crush / 57
Servings / 9 Kebabs / 59
Measuring / 9 Home-Baked Beans / 60
Oven temperatures / 10 Barbecue Beans / 62
Equipment /10 Sweet Potato Pasties / 63
2. Mood food / 13 SOUP:
Cream of Tomato Soup (without the
Classics cream) / 65
Chicken Chasseur / 13 Roasted Parsnip Soup / 67
Shepherd’s Pie / 15 Mixed Vegetable Skinny Soup / 68
Faggots / 17 Pasta Soup / 70
Pork Satay / 18
Liver Casserole / 20 POT ROASTS:
Raised Pork Pie / 21 Pork & Cranberry / 72
Chicken Cordon Bleu / 26 Beef & Potato / 73
Chicken Kiev / 27 Chicken & Rosemary in White Wine
Goulash / 28 Stock / 75
Stew & Dumplings / 30
Sweet & Sour Pork / 32 Curry
Mutton Dressed as Lamb / 33 Chicken Tikka Masala / 79
Groundnut Turkey Stew / 35 Lamb Keema / 80
Bean & Frankfurter Ragout / 36 Caribbean-style Chicken Curry / 81
Pacific Pie / 38 Green Banana Curry / 83
Creamy Pasta Bake / 39 Meatball Curry / 84
Spam Fritters / 40
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Creamy Vegetable Curry / 86 Dumplings / 126
Quick Curried Prawns / 87 Ravioli / 128
Rice & Lentils / 89 Pasta with Home-made Pesto / 131
Vegetable Samosas / 90
Simple Naan Bread / 92 Kids’ Favourites
Chicken Curry / 139
Cool Dinners Chicken Nuggets / 140
Asparagus Quiche / 95 Tandoori Chicken / 142
Mixed Bean Salad / 97 Southern Fried Chicken / 143
Coronation Chicken / 98 Sticky Ribs / 145
Scotch Eggs / 100 Jamaica Patties / 145
Pâté en Croûte / 101 Burgers with Blue Cheese Dressing / 148
Rice Salad / 103 Sausage & Egg Muffins / 149
Falafel / 104 Chilli Dogs / 150
Hot Tomato Jelly / 105 Crab Cakes / 151
Fish Finger Pie / 152
CLASSIC SALADS: Cheesy Corn Fritters / 153
Niçoise / 107 Bean Burgers / 154
Waldorf / 108 Sausages in BBQ Sauce / 155
Caesar / 109
PASTA:
SALAD DRESSINGS: Tuna, Pasta & Sweetcorn / 156
Basic Vinaigrette / 111
Mayonnaise / 112 PIZZA:
Super-Quick-No-Wait Pizza / 158
Credit Crunch Cuisine Pizza Rolls / 159
Beef Teriyaki / 115
Chicken Noodle Broth / 116 3. Loose ends / 163
Chinese Red Roast Pork / 118
Fresh Mackerel with Lemon & Leftovers
Parsley Stuffing / 119 Chicken Pie / 165
Roasted Vegetables with Red Onion & Sweet & Sour Chicken / 167
Roquefort / 120
Filo Pastry Pie / 121 LEFTOVER CHIILI RECIPES:
Cauliflower Cheese Soufflé / 124 Stuffed Marrow / 168
Calves’ Liver in Sherry Sauce / 125 Chilli & Tortilla Chips / 169
Oriental Beef with Lime
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Contents
LEFTOVER SAUSAGE 4. For starters, mains
RECIPES:
Quorn Sausage Chilli / 170
and just desserts / 209
Sausage & Potato Omelette / 172 ◆ Nettle Soup / 210
◆ Squash & Salmon Fishcakes / 211
LEFTOVER VEGETABLE ◆ Sweetloaf / 213
RECIPES:
Bubble & Squeak / 173 ◆ Deep-Fried Camembert / 214
Fish with Asparagus Sauce / 174 ◆ Beef in Beer / 216
Stuffed Cabbage Leaves / 175 ◆ Chocolate Mousse / 219
Potatoes ◆ Chicken Liver Pâté / 220
Cheesy Potato Bake / 179 ◆ Beef Stroganoff / 221
Cheesy Potato Bread Rolls / 181 ◆ Oranges in Caramel / 223
Hash Browns / 183
Gnocchi / 184 ◆ Tuna Pâté / 224
Potato Base Pizza / 186 ◆ Lamb in Red Wine Sauce / 225
Potato Salad / 187 ◆ Orange Jelly Cheesecake / 226
Stuffed Potato Croquettes / 188
Vegetarian Moussaka / 190 ◆ Cool Cucumber Soup / 227
◆ Sausages & Warm Potato
FISHCAKES: Salad / 228
Quick Baked Fishcakes / 192 ◆ Strawberries & Cream Sponge / 230
Prawn & White Fishcakes / 193
Fresh Mackerel Fishcakes with Lemon ◆ Egg & Bacon Salad / 231
& Roquefort / 194 ◆ Baked Fish in Horseradish
Baked Potato Fishcakes / 195 Sauce / 233
◆ Gooseberry Fool / 234
Take One
Lemon & Lime Fish Bake / 199 ◆ Aubergine Dip / 235
Pan Pizza / 200 ◆ Orange Baked Chicken / 236
Rarebit / 202 ◆ Sweet Pastries / 237
Creamed Mushrooms / 204
Hot Lamb Chops / 205
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◆ Stuffed Mushrooms / 239 6. A lot on your plate / 287
◆ Classic Spaghetti Bolognese / 240
◆ Amaretti Peaches / 241 MENUS
Week One / 289
◆ Potato Skins / 243 Bean & Frankfurter Ragout
◆ Pork in Pickle Sauce / 245 Falafel
◆ Profiteroles / 247 Beef Teriyaki
Pasta & Pesto
◆ Prawn Cocktail / 250 Sweet & Sour Pork
◆ Blade Beef Steak & Chips / 251 Basic ingredients
◆ Black Forest Gateau / 253 Shopping list
Week Two / 290
5. Something sweet / 257 Baked Potato Fishcakes
Gipsy Tart / 257 Coronation Chicken
Steamed Syrup Sponge / 258 Roasted Vegetables with Red Onion &
Lemon Meringue Pie / 260 Roquefort
Rice Pudding / 262 Creamy Pasta Bake
Dime Bar Cake / 263 Lamb Keema
Tutti-Frutti Ice Cream / 264 Basic ingredients
Magic Chocolate Pudding / 266 Shopping list
Bakewell Tart / 267
Baked Alaska / 269 Week Three / 292
Trifle / 271 Southern Fried Chicken
Hot Fudge Sundaes / 272 Scotch Eggs
Quick Queen of Puddings / 273 Squash & Salmon Fishcakes
Nursery Pudding / 275 Filo Pastry Pie
Butterscotch Crunch / 277 Sticky Ribs
Fruit Cobbler / 278 Basic ingredients
Simple Pineapple Sorbet / 279 Shopping list
PIZZA Week Four / 293
Apricot & Marshmallow / 281 Baked Fish in Horseradish Sauce
Chocolate Orange & Ginger / 282 Asparagus Quiche
Apple, Sultana & Mozzarella / 282 Super-Quick-No-Wait-Pizza
Blueberry & Ricotta / 283 Potato Croquettes
Pina Colada / 284 Sausage & Potato Omelette
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Contents
Basic ingredients Week Six / 296
Shopping list Chicken & Rosemary Pot Roast
Leftover Chicken Pie
Week Five / 295 Vegetarian Moussaka
Chicken Chasseur Swedish Meatballs
Quick Curried Prawns Macaroni Cheese
Sausages in Onion Gravy with Basic ingredients
Root Vegetable Crush Shopping list
Chips and Curry Sauce
Sausage Chilli
Index / 301
Basic ingredients
Shopping list
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