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Belly pork with apple
This is a lovely autumnal casserole – serve with a mountain of mashed potato and some buttered cabbage in front of a roaring fire.
Baked red cabbage
The colour of the cabbage enhances any main course but it goes particularly well with roasts and can be cooked, at the same time, in a casserole on the bottom shelf. It is very temperature tolerant and can even be gently simmered on top of the stove, providing you are there to stir it occasionally.
As red cabbages can be large you may have more than you need; any leftover freezes well and can easily be reheated in a microwave.
Grannie Messenger’s Mincemeat
Family Christmas’s always meant home made mincemeat and stirring to make a wish. The great day was 23rd October for both the pudding and the mincemeat. This is my grandmother’s recipe and possibly her mother and grandmother’s before her. As the luxury mincemeats now include cherries, that is an optional extra that I have indulged in.
Beef and veggie stew
Jenny loves making this beef stew. It’s a recipe which she’s adapted from an over-50s magazine, and those near-pensioners and above love a bargain. So this is fairly cheap, as it goes a long way. It’s easy to make, healthy, tasty and is good any time of the year.
