Sharabelle bakes

It has been sunny here over the last few days. so I have switched to eating salads.  Like a Scottish summer,  better enjoy while it lasts.  It got me thinking, there must be more to lettuce than just using it in a salad. Not all the recipes I find are dairy free or vegan.  Some are easy to change by using dairy free alternatives.  Others give me some great inspiration, to make my limited diet more Interesting.   1.  Soup I forgot that I had lettuce in veggie drawer of my fridge.  It was slightly wilted and not really appetising, so I decided to use it make make soup instead.  It turned out great and I would definitely make it again.   -  Pea and lettuce soup  (Channel 4 food/recipes) -  Nourishing lettuce soup  (tarladala.com) You can use vegetable stock instead if the milk, or swap for your normal dairy free substitutes.   2. Braised For a side dish or light meal, try braising your ...

Reduce Food waste mission I forgot I had lettuce in the fridge!!!!  I'd been food shopping on Saturday night with my mum, and we were able to pick up some bargains.  Food that was either near it's best before or use by date often gets reduced by shops to save it being binned.  In there own way even large supermarkets are trying to reduce there food waste.  I freeze any chilled food that I don't plan to eat that day (Always check the packaging to see if the product can be frozen) Most vegetables can be frozen, however some are best cooked first.    Lettuce being one of those ingredients that doesn't really freeze well.  Luckily the lettuce was still okay, since it was still in its packaging.  With the snow outside it's not the weather for eating salads, so I decided to make a soup instead.  It's one of those recipes you see celebrity chefs make, looks great but not something you'd cook for your self.  The anxiet...