In My Kitchen: April 2020

My Kitchen like many people around the country is very quiet in relation to new ingredients and shiny new things, so I am going to share some things purchased a little while back, early last month, as well as what I have been cooking whilst in quarantine. 

I have had this Bumble Bee Beeswax Sandwich Wraps this in my kitchen cupboards since September, I have plans to have a go at making some of my own at home and hope to share it with you next month. Its been something that I have been wanting to do for a long while.

Easy bake bread yeast is so hard to come by now, so I was glad that my niece found some at a supermarket in her town and sent me some. 

I was grateful as we have been able to make bread at home, please don't be that impressed - the Bread maker machine is doing most of the work. We didn't have to purchase any bread flour as we had a sack load still from last year.  I think I have said before we have always been in the habit of doing a big bulk shop (tinned tomatoes, dried beans, lentils, grains, as well as flours) in the long-run its often works out much cheaper for us, but also the fact that we don't really like supermarket shopping. So I am both thankful and feel privileged to be in a position to do that. 

D picked up these oranges early March before quarantine, but in true D style its me that ends up having to find ways of using them.  I have made Orange Ginger Apple Loaf Cake and have plans to make a Orange and Caraway Madeira Loaf tomorrow. 

We also have a load of sweet potatoes and I have been making lots of dishes with them such as   Double Potato and Pepper Curry with Chickpeas  and this Sweet Potato, Sweetcorn and Red Pepper Soup - I will share the recipe tomorrow. 

I also have a stash of dried beans, such as blackeye peas and have made Sweet Potato and Blackeye Bean Soup, as well as this Creole Hoppin' Rice dish (below).

Pasta is hard to get at the moment, not that I am desperate for it at home, but the last time I went to the supermarket with D which was mid March, this was the only pasta left on the shelf.

Other than the unrecyclable packaging, I am not complaining at the spinach farfalle at all, but obviously it did not appeal to other people. I picked up two.

This Sage Derby Cheese which now seems like a luxury cheese under the circumstances was finished off last month in a Sage Green and Lettuce Quiche.

One of the neighbours gave us some freshly laid chicken eggs, so I have made Cheese Quiche more than once in the last three weeks.  If you look closer, it looks like there is meat in this - but it's actually leftover Quorn Roast.  This Golden Cheese and Mock Ham Quiche was really nice to eat on the first day, but I must admit, I wasn't keen on the mock ham filling the following day. 

I  am sharing this blog post with Sherry's Pickings for the In My Kitchen series, I look forward to seeing what you have in your kitchen cupboards in these quarantine days.