

In a oven safe saucepan heat the olive oil and brown the pieces of meat to seal them.

Preheat the oven to 180Deg (160Deg Fan, 350DegF).A quick, easy, frugal and healthy recipe that we upgraded from leftover to the main meal. We spiced up with a little chilli, mustard and cumin. It is most often cabbage and mashed potato, but any combination suits, so we used mashed parsnips and potatoes, some brussel sprouts and leeks. Hash (US) or Stoemp (Flemish) would be a similar concoction. A traditional English dish that uses up the remains of roasted vegetables to make crispy fritters. If ever a dish could be imagined by its name, that would have to be Bubble and Squeak. Being part of the ‘A Turkey is mainly for Christmas’ brigade, we chose a smaller bird, braising chicken in a rich stock, serving it up with some of these fritters, aka hash, aka Bubble and Squeak. We were asked to do a trial run of a festive roast. If anything can reduce the need for blog posts such as ’21 ways and 21 days to use up your Christmas meal leftovers’ we are right behind it! That said, we all know the festive shopping frenzy that happens over the holiday season.Once you know what you need, you still need to go into the Christmas Food Shop and manually order the items you need individually. We think this is a clever and useful tool, though it would be great if it had a closer interface with the online shopping tool.

Those who prefer vegetarian, pescatarian or other meat alternatives will find plenty to suit them at Waitrose and other supermarkets this year, but it is not part of this particular planning tool.
