I like to cook things that are a) as simple as they can be b) with simple ingredients, because I at my core am very simples too.
So here is the best most simplest peanut butter cookie recipe borrowed from over the pond from a very close friend of mine
Ingredients:
- 2x cups of crunchy peanut butter
- 2x cups of coconut sugar (I used caster from the cupboard)
- 2 large eggs
- salted peanuts
Method:
- Preheat your oven to 180/170 fan.
- Whisk the eggs until light and frothy.
- In a separate bowl combine sugar and peanut butter till fluffy
- Fold in egg mixture until full incorporated
- Place a dollop (yup that's a technical term there!) on a lined baking tray, sprinkle extra peanuts on the top and cook in the oven until golden brown.
- Cool slightly and eat
What to do at lunch times?
So dinners are planned for the week, what to do about lunches!
Packed lunches
For those at school/work I bulk make lunches (Sunday afternoon, or if like today cream crackered from being at a horse show, tomorrow!).
I purchase takeaway boxes from my local cash and carry.
So into these go pasta salads (recipes at a later blog date)
Bread Rolls
Deep filled bread rolls, (full guide at a later blog date) wrapped clingfilmed and in the fridge, all labeled.
Jacket potatoes
Simples, depending on the size of the spud, 5-8 mins per side in the microwave, remember to pierce the skin several times first. Go for your life with fillings, tuna and mayonnaise, beans and cheese, coronation chicken (again will blog up at a later date).
My Foody Bloggy
Why?
Okay this blog is a demand blog from some friends of mine (Lucinda and Jube!)
Due to financial reasons I have to food plan, I have always done it and have some cracking recipes, of which most look like the most complicated thing ever yet are really simple things to make with the simplest of ingredients.
My essentials
Kitchen equipment:
- Slow cooker
- Scales/measuring cups (handy if using American recipes)
- Electric mixer with whisk attachment
- Cheese grater
- measuring spoons
- plastic and ceramic mixing bowls (several as I am a messy cook and can have several things on the go at any one time)
Cupboard essentials:
To be fair I don't stock pile things, I tend to buy whats required if I don't have it or have run out, but like most things, they last a while and if you only use a pinch of this and that......!
however a a rough guide
- Worcester sauce
- Tabasco/hot sauce
- light/dark soy
- mustard powder
- mustard English/wholegrain/Dijon
- Vinegar, red wine,white wine, cider, balsamic
- all herbs
- all spices
- All types of stock cube
- breadcrumbs
- Flour plain/self raising
- Baking poweder
- Arrowroot
- cornflour
- cocoa powder
- all sugars
- all pasta types
- chopped tomatoes
- passata
- canned beans
- canned veg
Fridge essentials:
- Butter (salted/unsalted)
- Pasty any kind
- milk
- dounble cream
- cheese
- fromage frais
- cream cheese
