I had some mince in the freezer that I bought on offer in lidl before the holiday (£1 for 500g!!! I bought 6!). And I had some potatoes left so I've just made a big cottage pie which should last is a couple of days.
When I was making the mash, I decided to steam the potato peelings over the potato pan. I was really doing it to give them to the hens (spoilt chucks) but it occurred to me that it might be a good idea to do it other times too as most of the nutrition is in the skins so I guess some of this goodness should have worked it's way into the pan below. Just using common sense, so I may be wrong!!
I had a load of leeks that I dug before I went (to make way for new plants) that I didn't get a chance to cook so I desperately needed to use them. So I decided to make leek and potato soup for our lunches this week.
To try and use fewer potatoes in the soup and to avoid losing any of the potential nutrients that I had (hopefully) just created in the mash water, I used all the potato cooking water in the soup. That way I would get the potato flavour and the starch needed to make the soup thick and creamy.
It seems to have worked as it's super-creamy and really tasty! Fabulous!
Right, off to the shop to get some veg. Won't be long until I'm eating from my garden again. Can't wait!
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