Thursday, January 1, 2015

The Cottage Cooking Club - January Recipes

Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year! It has been a pleasure cooking along with all of you these past months and I am certainly looking forward to preparing many more wonderful dishes from the book alongside with all you this year!

Hope you enjoyed our eighth month of preparing recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall´s “River Cottage Everyday Veg”! We are now at the beginning of January and by the end of this month, we will have prepared ninety of about two hundred recipes from the book.

Now onto the ninth month and the ten recipes for the month of January:

1. From the chapter "Comfort Food & Feasts":
Kale and mushroom lasagne (page 34)

2. From the chapter "Hearty Salads":
Spelt salad with squash and fennel (page 72)

3. From the chapter "Raw Assemblies":
Cauliflower with toasted seeds (page 108)

4. From the chapter "Hefty Soups"
Fennel and celeriac soup with orange zest (page 142)

5. From the chapter "Bready Things"
Beetroot pizza with cheddar (page 180)

6. From the chapter "Store-Cupboard Suppers"
Curried bubble and squeak (page 228)

7. From the chapter "Pasta & Rice":
Pasta with greens, garlic and chilli (page 261)

8. From the chapter "Mezze & Tapas":
Artichoke and white bean dip (page 303)

9. From the chapter "Roast, Grill & Barbecue":
Roasted potatoes and aubergines (page 351)

10. From the chapter "Side Dishes":
Big baked mushrooms (page 385)


Please remember to leave a comment with your personal choice(s) by January 7th at the end of this post.

Please remember to leave a comment with the link to your blog post on the LYL post by January 28th.

Thank you!

22 comments:

  1. Now that the hustle and bustle is behind me, hopefully I will be able to complete all my choices this month. :)

    1. Kale and Mushroom Lasagna
    2. Spelt Salad with Squash and Fennel
    3. Cauliflower with Toasted Seeds
    4. Curried Bubble and Squeak
    5. Pasta with Greens, Garlic, and Chile
    6. Artichoke and White Bean Dip
    7. Roasted Potatoes and Aubergines

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    1. Cathleen, no pressure at all - a lot of wonderful recipes and I just know you will ace them all...
      Andrea

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  2. Here are my selections, Happy New Year's everyone!

    Roasted potatoes and aubergines (page 351)
    Artichoke and white bean dip (page 303)
    Big baked mushrooms (page 385)

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    1. Cheri, thank you for making your selections! Hope you enjoy them!
      Andrea

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  3. Everything sounds good! I'll try to make most of them (except for the big mushrooms, I just can't seem to learn to like them). I'll commit to definitely making the lasagna, cauliflower, and artichoke dip. Happy New Year!

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    1. Jora, thank you very much for letting me know - looking forward to your blog post that is certain to leave me breathless again.
      Andrea

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  4. Happy New Year everyone!
    I'll be making:

    Kale and mushroom lasagne (page 34)
    Spelt salad with squash and fennel (page 72)
    Cauliflower with toasted seeds (page 108)
    Pasta with greens, garlic and chile (page 261)
    Artichoke and white bean dip (page 303)
    Roasted potatoes and aubergines (page 351)
    Big baked mushrooms (page 385)

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    1. Zosia, that sounds like you will be very busy this month (again) - I cannot wait to read what your darling taste testers think of all these dishes.
      Andrea

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  5. Happy New Year Andrea, and all the members of the Cottage Cooking Club. The January selections look great. My initial thoughts include; Kale and Mushroom Lasagna, Curried Bubble and Squeak, artichoke and white bean dip, and we shall see from there. As always, thanks Andrea for your hard work and leadership for the Cottage Cooking Club!

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    1. Dear Peggy, that sounds like a wonderful selection, dear friend - looking forward to your post!

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  6. Hi Andrea! Happy New Year!!

    Here are the recipes I'm planning on:
    Beetroot pizza with cheddar (page 180)
    Curried bubble and squeak (page 228)

    Maybe more - but we'll see. I am excited to see how all of the recipes turn out!

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    1. Dear Candy, good - you will be making the Beetroot Pizza as well - I shall try my hand at this recipe this week and let you know how it turned out.
      Thank you for your selections,
      Andrea

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  7. Happy New Year. I just love this cookbook. Thanks, Andrea, for introducing it to me.
    This month I will make:

    Spelt salad with squash and fennel (page 72)
    Artichoke and white bean dip (page 303)
    Big baked mushrooms (page 385)

    Can't wait to see how everyone's choices turn out.

    Betsy

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    1. Betsy, thank you for letting me know - nice selections - looking forward to your post!
      Andrea

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  8. Happy New Year!

    I'm only going to commit to one recipe this month, to make sure I post on time, but I hope to get to some of the other ones, too.

    Curried bubble and squeak (page 228)

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    1. Teresa, thank you kindly - Curried Bubble and Squeak sounds good to me! Enjoy!
      Andrea

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  9. Happy New Year! Some great recipes for January. I am planning to cook:

    Kale and Mushroom Lasagna
    Beetroot Pizza with Cheddar
    Curried Bubble & Squeak
    Artichoke & White Bean Dip
    Big Baked Mushrooms

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    1. Ah, another Beetroot Pizza - even better - cannot wait to see/read whether you liked it and the rest of the recipes, of course.
      Andrea

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  10. Andrea, on the road and I just got my cookbook unpacked so I could make the deadline. Great recipe choices this month. I will make Curried Bubble and Squeak, Pasta with greens, garlic and chile, Artichoke and White Bean Dip, and Big Baked Mushrooms. Again, thank you for making the cooking club so much fun.

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    1. Mary, thank you very much - I know that you are extremely busy these days - I certainly appreciate your devoted participation!
      All the best, Andrea

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  11. Hello, Andrea!

    Any chance of getting up the P&Q for January? There is a major typo for the lasagne recipe - at least in the American version. The recipe states to add half of the sauce to the greens, and half to the bottom of the pan - which sounded like a lot to me. Then to top the last layer of noodles with the remainder of the sauce! Which there is none!! My error fo course, for not reading the recipe through beforehand...

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    1. Cathleen, I will put up the Pea´s and Cuke´s link today - thank you for the gentle reminder!
      I have also read through the recipe, the British version includes the same "oversight" with respect to the sauce, as does the online recipe (http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/kale-and-mushroom-lasagne) - I will post your comment to the P´s and Q´s link for all to see - thank you for pointing this out to the rest of us - greatly appreciated! I guess, you will just have to rely on your experience here with cooking lasagna...
      Andrea

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