The forecast was for cold and rain, and more rain. I fancied something easy - a one pot cook up - so sent him off to the freezer to get a bag of bacon bits, and some bags of sunshine veggie mixes which I made last summer.
We are really lucky living in a village with a traditional butcher. The meat is all locally sourced, and you can get lots of off cuts - like chunky bacon 'bits' for example - that you can't get in a supermarket.
So it was no hardship to 'throw' in to my big saucepan, a bag of roasted pumpkin pieces, a bag of mixed roasted summer veggies which included peppers, different squashes and courgettes, green beans, tomatoes, and some potatoes - I added some green puy lentils too.
In went the big chunky smoked bacon pieces - and I left it to simmer for an hour or so.
Voila - job done!
My version of convenience food - and the reason I love my allotment!
A hearty meal for four people at a cost of £1 a head!
A hearty meal for four people at a cost of £1 a head!
mmmmm, looks scrummy!
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