Friday, April 1, 2016

The Cottage Cooking Club - April Recipes


My dear fellow members of The Cottage Cooking Club:

Now we are at the beginning of April and therefore into our twenty-fourth and last month of preparing recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall´s “River Cottage Everyday Veg”.

PLEASE feel free to substitute or add local vegetables to the recipes as it is always best to cook with what you can find at your local farmers´markets and greengrocers.

But there is no reason to pull out those handkerchiefs (Taschentücher) quite yet. Because although we have reached the last ten recipes of "River Cottage Everyday Veg" and have cooked two full years together as a group, we shall continue cooking together in The Cottage Cooking Club with two more books. Starting in May, we will start to cook from "River Cottage Every Day" as well as "River Cottage Love Your Leftovers: Recipes for the Resourceful Cook" (this one is optional).




From the chapter „Bready Things“

1. Various rarebits (page 209) - Tomato OR Celery OR PSB rarebit – or make them all…

From the Chapter „Store-Cupboard Suppers“

2. Raid-the-larder bean and spelt broth (page 243)

3. Chickpea ketchup curry OR Ketchup chilli (page 245)

From the chapter „Pasta & Rice“

4. Linguine with mint and almond pesto (page 266)

5. Quinoa with leeks (page 279) – replace the squash in this recipe with another veggie such as carrots or leave out completely

6. New potato gnocchi (page 284)

From the chapter „Mezze & Tapas“

7. Spiced spinach and potatoes (page 321)

8. Spinach and thyme pasties (page 326)

From the chapter „Roast, Grill & Barbecue“

9. Roasted spiced aubergines with chickpeas (page 351)

10. Oven-roasted ratatouille OR Dry-roasted ratatouille (page 362)



POSTING DATES:

Please remember to leave a comment with your personal choice(s) by April7th at the end of this post.

Please remember to leave a comment with the link to your personal blog post on the LYL post by April 28th and/or our facebook page!

Please note that after your April posts, we will have completed 220 recipes in all but two years!


MOTTO:

Our motto for the month of April is: "Last but not least!"

I do hope that you still enjoy cooking from Hugh´s book AND that you will continue cooking with this lovely group as we tackle two more book of his starting in the lovely month of May!


Thank you! Merci beaucoup! Vielen Dank!





16 comments:

  1. Andrea, it's a credit to your planning and careful selection of recipes during the last 2 years that even in our last month with this book, we have such a fabulous assortment from which to choose! thank you

    My choices are:
    Various rarebits
    Raid-the-larder bean and spelt broth
    Linguine with mint and almond pesto
    New potato gnocchi
    Spinach and thyme pasties
    Oven-roasted ratatouille

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    1. Zosia, - very kind of you, thank you! I am just glad that all my planning worked out in the end!
      You chose some very nice recipes for our last month from this book!
      Thank you for letting me know!
      Hopefully you and your family will enjoy all of these wonderful dishes!
      Andrea

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  2. Hi Andrea, I will make rarebit and the spinach and thyme pasties. Thank you for everything you do! Betsy

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    1. Hello Betsy, hope you and Howard will enjoy these two lovely recipes!
      Andrea

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  3. Hi Andrea,

    I will make the following: oven-roasted ratatouille (actually, I made this one a few days ago and we loved it!), spiced spinach and potatoes, and roasted spiced aubergines with chickpeas. Thanks for leading us through this book so graciously!

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    1. Teresa, I did notice that you had mede this recipe before - saw the picture on Instagram but it was already on my list and the kids asked for it too, which, of course is a good thing, after all they tested two years of recipes along with me!
      Thanks so much for your selections! Hope you and Kevin will enjoy them!
      Andrea

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  4. Oh My, every recipe looks great! Various rarebits are definitely on! Any thing with spelt (not available where I shop) and that includes quinoa should be not do-able. So let's see if I can make 7 items! Thanks Andrea!

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    1. Emily, thank you very much for your selections - hope you and your husband will enjoy all the wonderful recipes.
      Funny, thing, I actually came across pearled spelt the other day and made one of Jamie Oliver´s recipes with is, a salad, it was absolutely delicious but if it is hard to find, I believe I have managed to select a few other nice recipes without those grains that appeal to you. So, no reason to worry.
      Andrea

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  5. Had a hard time deciding, will prepare:

    Various rarebits (page 209)
    Roasted spiced aubergines with chickpeas (page 351)
    Linguine with mint and almond pesto (page 266)

    Thank you Andrea!! cannot believe it is our last post from River Cottage Veg.


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    1. Cheri, those three dishes sound delightful to me! Enjoy!
      Andrea

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  6. Hi Andrea and All! Wow! Where has the time gone? This final month I will prepare the linguine dish and the aubergine with chick peas. And since I'm just home from Los Angeles I shall Post up my last months post onto the LYL- if only to make it "official"
    Thanks much and see you in April.

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    1. Peggy, thank you very much for your link and your selections!
      Hope you will have a delicious month of May!
      Andrea

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  7. Hello Andrea! I hope to be making the Raid the Larder Bean & Spelt broth, Roasted Spiced Aubergines & Chickpeas, Spiced Spinach & Potatoes, and the Chickpea Ketchup Curry. Looking forward to all the deliciousness! Thank you for all that you do and I'm also looking forward to cooking the new book with everyone! : )

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    1. Dera Anne, so very nice of you to post your selections for th elast month from this wonderful book!
      Looking forward to many more posts with a new book or two with all members of the CCC!
      Andrea

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  8. I'm sorry I'm late to this, but...
    Various rarebits (page 209)
    If I can, I'll do the roasted potatoes and eggplant.

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  9. Hi Andrea,

    I have been reading various posts on cottage cooking club and realised the group is about to choose a new book real soon. I will look forward for the post and its details. :-)

    Cheers,
    Siri

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