Jack Monroe

Easter Egg Brownies, 22p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Apr 21, 2019 | Baking, Dessert, Entertaining, Kids, Recipes, Snacks & Treats |

I probably come across as a slightly miserly parent here – and I absolutely am not one – but I detest the cheap sugar orgy this time of year. Yes, children should absolutely have treats. My son has plenty of treats. But we’d barely finished the Christmas chocolate this year when the Easter eggs started to turn up, despite me beseeching well-meaning family and friends that we really do get enough. One, in my books, is plenty enough. And so, over the years, I have declared the Saturday after Easter Sunday as some kind of Easter Chocolate Amnesty, whereby...

Marmite Bread, 8p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Apr 15, 2019 | Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Healthy, Lunch, Recipes, Vegan, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian |

I love Marmite on toast as a simple, quick and healthy breakfast, but my mischievous mind is always stretching possibilities and pondering, and for a while I had been wondering whether I could make Marmite *in* toast instead. This recipe is not for the faint hearted – I use a LOT of the sticky black stuff, so you may wish to temper it slightly – but it has quickly won a place in the heart of my kitchen; for breakfast, spread with butter or peanut butter, or dunked into tomato soup, or with a little cheese melted on top…...

Peanut Butter & Jam Crumble, 21p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Apr 14, 2019 | Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Recipes, Snacks & Treats, Vegan, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian |

I am near fanatical about peanut butter and jam – or peanut butter and jelly, for my readers across the pond. I have previously made these extremely popular PBJ cookies (vegan version here), PBJ microwave brownies for BBC Good Food, a PBJ semifreddo ice cream for a Small Boy and a PBJ pie with peanut butter hand-kneaded into the pastry, stuffed with thick, unctuous strawberry jam. My latest homage to my favourite marriage of flavours is this – the PBJ crumble I served at a lunch for 10 yesterday – met with a chorus of rapture as I placed...

Mushroom, Lentil & Ale Pie, 37p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Apr 12, 2019 | Baking, Beans & Lentils, Dairy Free, Lunch, Recipes, Vegan, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian |

This pie came about because firstly, I adore pie. It was my pregnancy craving, steak pie followed by cherry or apple pie. I would buy packets of Mr Kipling and polish them off by the half dozen. Something about the crumbling, yielding collapse of the pastry, the hot-or-cold, sweet-or-savoury, the lingering lubrication, satiation, of a layer of fat and gravy disappearing down my greedy gullet. I make a pie most weeks, more so since cooking vegan food than ever before. This particular pie came from a longing for something ‘meaty’, but not meat, of course. A hearty, wholesome, dark...

Twice-As-Nice Meatballs, 51p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Apr 10, 2019 | Beans & Lentils, Entertaining, Healthy, Kids, Lunch, Recipes |

To make these go further on a budget, I add mashed beans to the mix to pad them out, hence the name ‘twice as nice meatballs’, because it makes double the amount!. If you don’t have hordes to feed or freezer space for spares, you can leave them out, but leftover meatballs can be tossed into a stew or kept in the fridge for a few days, so don’t be afraid to make a pile of them! Take a leaf out of the books of traditional Italian meatballs, and tip some chopped tomatoes into the pan to heat through for a few minutes at the end. You could then serve this atop a pile of spaghetti, if the fancy takes you. Vegan and vegetarian readers; this recipe was first published in A Girl Called Jack in 2014. I’m working on a vegan equivalent, but in the meantime, my Not Meatballs are right here waiting for you! Makes approximately 24, from 51p/serving. (This post is not sponsored; I provide links to the ingredients that I use so you can see how I calculate my recipe costs, and I may earn a small commission if you click the links or purchase any ingredients.) 1 x 400g tin of baked beans, 23p 1 onion, 5p (54p/1kg) a pinch of chilli powder, <1p (£1.15/100g) 2 slices of bread, 4p (36p/loaf) a handful of...