Following on from some tasty examples from you lot on here - thanks for the inspiration:
Hearty, herby stew (still working through the B***! one) other cookbooks are available!
It's got the following: new potatoes, onion (not the shallots in the recipe), celery, carrot, garlic, lemon juice, yeast spread, Dijohn mustard, olive oil (to fry the diced veg), savoy cabbage (couldn't find Cavalo Nero), cannelli beans and green lentils (both from tin), seasoned with salt and pepper, but also fresh rosemary, bay leaf and sage (using my own herbs in the garden), dried thyme, and fresh parsley from supermarket), plus 750ml veg stock (from a cube) and a small dash of white wine. I bought one of those tiny bottles (197ml I think), of the cheapest one I could get.
The smell of chopped fresh herbs, and going out into the sunshine, feeling the warm breeze, was great. Cooking it all brought out all those delicious smells of sauteing onion, celery and carrots, garlic, like cooking up the scents of summer. And the colours were lovely, bright greens, dark greens, creamy new potatoes, orange carrots, etc. You top it off with Nooch and more parsley, I felt like it hit all the senses - smell, sight, touch taste. Best of all it makes 4 portions, so I'll have a bit tomorrow too, and some for freezing. Uuuummmmm.
