Super easy to make and much nicer than the shop bought stuff, mash it well to make it smoother or leave it chunky, add a little chopped red chilli for a bit more heat and serve as a dip or with chilli con carne or nachos
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Category: Starters, Soups and Nibbly Bits
Recipes for starters or aperitifs or when you need a little something but not too much.
Tomato, Feta and Spinach Filo Tartlets
These are slightly lower fat than standard tartlets as they use filo pastry instead of shortcrust pastry but you make up for that by brushing the filo with melted butter. Super easy to make and they taste delicious
French Onion Soup
A delicious taste of France in early spring and a great way to use up onions, this soup will keep well in the fridge for up to 2 days and is great for weekend lunch or to take to work and reheat.
Beetroot Falafel with Tahini Sauce
Beetroot is packed with antioxidants and vitamins and is lovely grated raw with apples and carrots and sprinkled with lemon juice, this recipe makes the falafel purple, which gives them a real ‘wow’ factor.
Roast Pepper and Tomato Soup
A simple soup full of goodness and just as nice served hot in winter or chilled for summer, serve with foccacia or lovely crusty bread. It also doubles as a pasta sauce, a base for spaghetti bolognaise or pizza topping. Younger children may prefer it in a small bowl to use as a dippy sauce…
Sausage and Mash Cupcakes
These are sausage and mash presented in a cupcake case rather than sausage and mash flavour cupcakes, not sure about this one, could be ‘interesting’. Part of my new Confused Food range.
Tiny Stuffed Jacket Potatoes
Super easy canapes for Christmas and New Year, all you need is a bag of small Charlotte potatoes and some toppings, some of which you may find in your fridge or larder.
Parmesan Lollipops
Fabulous canapes to serve with drinks, lollipops for grown ups. They are quick to make, ideal to get children involved to grate the cheese as it’s cheaper than buying ready grated parmesan, if you have food processor use that, super quick.
Soured Cream Pastry and Sausage Rolls
This is a wonderful cheat version of rough puff pastry and can all be done in a food processor very easily and quickly. It’s brilliant with savoury recipe such as sausage rolls or meat pies and also works well with recipes such as mince pies and tarte tatin.
Sausage Rolls with Rough Puff Pastry
Homemade sausage rolls taste wonderful and are worth the effort. This recipe uses rough puff pastry which is quicker than flaky pastry and there is an extra quick version included too.