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One-pot cabbage & beans with white fish

By leigh-anne
This cabbage stew is based on a peasant dish from south-west France, called garbure, which is served with everythin
- small knob of butter
- 5 rashers smoked streaky bacon
- chopped
- 1 onion
- finely chopped
- 2 celery sticks
- diced
- 2 carrots
- diced
- small bunch thyme
- 1 Savoy cabbage
- shredded
- 4 tbsp white wine
- 300ml chicken stock
- 410g can flageolet beans in water
- drained
- For the fish
- 4 fillets sustainable white fish
- such as hake
- about 140g/5oz each
- skin on
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Honey mustard chicken pot with parsnips

By leigh-anne
For an easy, warming family casserole on a budget, this one-pot ticks all the boxes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 8 bone-in chicken thighs
- skin removed
- 2 onions
- finely chopped
- 350g parsnips
- cut into sticks
- 300ml vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- few thyme sprigs
- flat-leaf parsley
- to serve (optional)
Pot Chicken

By Catherine B
Pot Chicken: Aquitaine Fine French delicacies await you in Aquitaine
- 1 large chicken
- 8 carrots
- 5 turnips
- 1/2 stick of celery
- 4 large leeks
- 1 onion with three spice cloves inside
- thyme and bay leaves
- Salt flour
- Pepper Mill
One-pot lentil chicken

By leigh-anne
This all-in-one meal makes a brilliant guilt-free supper, and if you are really hungry - just add potatoes
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 rasher lean dry-cure back bacon
- trimmed and chopped
- 2 large bone-in chicken thighs
- skin removed
- 1 medium onion
- thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove
- thinly sliced
- 2 tsp plain flour
- 2 tsp tomato purée
- 150ml dry white wine
- 200ml chicken stock
- 50g green lentils
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- 85g chestnut mushrooms
- halved if large
Basquaise Chicken

By Catherine B
Aquitaine Fine French delicacies await you in Aquitaine
- 2 chicken thighs
- 1 small pepper rouge
- 1 small pepper coaxial small pepper vert
- 1 box of tomatoes pelees2 small oignons
- 1 case of olivesel oil and poivreherbes of Provence
Slow Cook Shredded Beef

By Mummy Expert: Emma, Mellow Mummy
See my Honey Mustard Bread Rolls that can accompany this dish
- 1kg beef roasting joint
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp Bovril
- 1 tbspn Maille wholegrain mustard
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- A dash of black pepper
- 1 Knorr Beef Stock Pot
- 2 tbsp hot water
Sweet Potato Pie

By mydsgirl
Rosy's famous sweet potato pie!
- 225 g sweet potato
- peeled and cubed
- 1/2 bulb garlic
- top sliced off
- 1 red onion
- quartered
- 1/2 red pepper
- deseeded and cut into large slices
- 1 1/2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1 1/2 sprigs fresh basil
- 1 1/2 tomatoes
- halved and deseeded
- 210 g ready-rolled puff pastry
- 1 egg
- beaten
- 30 g cheddar
- grated
Gnocchi and Tomato Bake

By mydsgirl
It's a nice change to pasta or potatoes and is available in most supermarkets
- olive oil
- 1/2 onion
- chopped
- 1/2 red pepper
- deseeded and finely chopped
- 1/2 garlic clove
- crushed
- 200 g can of chopped tomatoes
- 250 g pack of gnocchi
- handful of basil leaves
- torn
- 35 g mozzarella
- torn into chunks
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