Mexican Chocolate, Chilli and Black Bean Soup, 99p. Serves 4 at 25p per portion. In a fit of organisation, I got up an hour early this morning to make myself some of this for my lunch. I’d popped the beans… Read More ›
Archive for March 2013
Leveson: My Thoughts. Echo & Gazette Column, 26th March 2013.
Leveson. It’s a word most of us have heard bandied around for the past few months, but do any of us actually know or understand what it means? Does anyone that doesn’t work in the printed press even care about… Read More ›
MY VIEW: School Bus Driver Caught Using Mobile Phone
The school may claim that the vehicle was stuck in traffic when the surreptitious photograph was taken, but the law is very clear on the subject. Driving while using a mobile phone is illegal and those who break the law… Read More ›
School Bus Driver Caught Using Mobile
A SCHOOL bus driver has been caught red-handed using his mobile phone while driving a minibus full of children. The man, who has not yet been identified, ferried pupils to and from the private Saint Pierre school, in Leigh Road,… Read More ›
Breakfast Sunshine Buns, 6p each
Breakfast Sunshine Buns – Pineapple, Carrot and Sultana) – 49p for 8 at 6p each. Ingredients:* 250g flour, 11p (65p/1.5kg) 1 sachet fast action dried yeast, 11p 30g sultanas, 6p (99p/500g) 1 carrot, 5p (part of a 1.25kg vegetable pack,… Read More ›
Earthy Red Wine & Mushroom Risotto, 36p.
Earthy Red Wine & Mushroom Risotto, Serves One. 36p. Still needing easy but comforting food with this cold, I decided to go for carbs and wine and goodness… I’ve never known anyone else to use red wine as a risotto… Read More ›
Feisty Soup, 23p
Feisty Soup, 45p, makes two portions at 23p each. I made this for myself this afternoon as i’ve come down with an awful cold – I’ve not worked out if it’s the dreaded flu yet, but i’m shaky, exhausted and… Read More ›
£867.57 From One Night On The Streets
I just wanted to take a moment to say a huge thankyou to everyone who has donated money to the Southend YMCA after I spent the evening sleeping rough in a car park to raise money for youth homelessness. Together… Read More ›
Sunshine Bread – Pineapple, Carrot & Sultana – 8 pennies
Sunshine Bread (Pineapple, Carrot and Sultana) – 49p for 6 pieces at 8p each Ingredients:* 250g flour, 11p (65p/1.5kg) 1 sachet fast action dried yeast, 11p 30g sultanas, 6p (99p/500g) 1 carrot, 5p (part of a 1.25kg vegetable pack, £1)… Read More ›
Gigantes Plaki, 17p.
Gigantes Plaki, serves 4 for 68p (17p per portion) Heading back to my Med roots with this simple but delicious dish, and I can have it for dinner, and lunch the next day, and pulse any leftovers into a soup…. Read More ›
