I have been craving sweet stuff recently and made myself some flapjacks. After all, you only need sugar, margarine and oats! If you have golden syrup even better. Mine were bit crumbly, but this recipe I am linking to uses half sugar and half syrup, so give yourself a treat and give it a go!
Of course, mine were vegan, using margarine instead of butter. And I added a little maple syrup. Other options for spicing them up would be adding a teaspoon of cinnamon or cardamom. Or a handful of dried cranberries.
The second recipe is one I have been meaning to post for years! It is an old favourite for a quick and tasty dinner when there are no fresh veggies left in the fridge. I think it was originally a rice salad that ‘evolved’ into a hot dish. I call it simply ‘Curry rice’. 😃
Curry Rice
All you need for two to three portions is:
- 200g basmati rice
- About 2 tbsps margarine
- 1-2 tbsps curry powder (depending on how hot your curry powder is!)
- 200g (frozen) green beans
- 200g tin of sweetcorn
- Salt and black pepper
Warm a large serving dish in the oven. Cook your rice and your green beans separately, according to the instructions on the packets. When the beans are cooked, turn off the heat, add the sweetcorn and leave for a couple of minutes to warm through. Then drain.
Mix the rice, beans and corn, the margarine and the seasoning thoroughly and place in your warm serving dish.
We like this with homemade naan bread or spicy fried tofu cubes. You could in fact serve it as a side dish but we like a big portion, so it is a main meal in our house!
Hope you too are eating well during lockdown. 😉
P.S. Here are a few more recipes that can be made with minimum ingredients:
The curry rice certainly appeals Cathy and sounds as if it would be an excellent stand by meal. It would have to be a mild version for me although himself likes hot and spicy. Thanks for sharing your recipes.
I put extra curry powder on the table in case we find it too mild! 😉
I always thought of flapjacks as another name for pancakes. This is totally new to me.
Perhaps they are in America. It is often confusing for me with American terms for cobbler or scones being different, and in Germany pancakes and donuts have the same word depending where you live, which is quite odd! 😉
Same as Cindy, I too thought flapjacks were pancakes. Sounds good. Shared recipe with my daughter. Thanks Cathy.
Well, pancakes is another good idea for store cupboard meal! 😉
I’ve been hankering for granola bars lately. Stay-at-home carb loading, hehe! 😉
The curried rice looks good, might have to try that one.
We ate through our entire stock of sweet stuff so I stopped off at our wholefoods supermarket yesterday while running another errand and managed to refill the biscuit jar! 😉 I keep telling myself the pounds will drop off now I am gardening again, but garden work gives me an appetite! LOL!
An endless loop, haha. For me, once it gets hot, all I want to eat is fruit and salad, so it’ll melt away, or so I hope!
I’m going to try the curry rice, Cathy – sounds lovely! And I think I need to look at your falafel recipe too!
Hope you can try one of the recipes Cathy. 😃
I certainly will – if I can tempt my meat-eating husband away from his ‘path’. It’s my normal when he’s not here!
The curry rice has to be delicious, although I have little curry in my stomach. I just have to order a jar of curry spices in the next order I make, and I cook it. Flapjacks are a good source of energy and must be in decline. Cathy I hope you are well and thanks for your recipes. Stay safe. Take care. Loving greetings from Margarita.
Hope you are well too Margarita. xx
Yums to both these! I am so grateful for all these ingredients right now. I hope you are keeping well and enjoying the slower pace of life, Cathy.
We are enjoying all the extra time for the garden to be honest! 😉
Looks delicious!
Thanks Jason. I have taken on more projects in the garden than usual and being outdoors so much is giving me an appetite for sweet stuff at the moment!
OK, now you’re making me hungry, even though I had a full dinner with plenty of calories and dessert! Haha. Yummy stuff!
😃 Hi Beth. You need some snacks for in between meals though… 😜