Jack Monroe

Gluten-Free Berry Buckwheat Pancakes, 33p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Feb 25, 2020 | Baking, Blog, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Healthy, Recipes, Vegetarian

I made the batter for these last night after finding a bag of buckwheat flour in Holland and Barrett for half price. I asked Twitter for a decent soft honey-oat style buckwheat bread recipe for it, and was overwhelmed with responses telling me to make buckwheat pancakes instead. Curious, and on the cuasp of Shrove Tuesday, I decided to give it a go. In for a penny, in for a pound, I went for a full gluten free pancake recipe, as the only one missing from my extensive pancake repetoire – and these were such a success, I am...

All The Best Pancake Recipes, from 8p each [GF/DF/VG]

Posted by Jack Monroe | Feb 25, 2020 | Baking, Blog, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Kids, Recipes, Snacks & Treats, Vegan, Vegan Recipes, Vegetarian

Whether you’re after vegan pancakes, dairy-free, savoury, classic crepes or fluffy American style puffs of glory, there’s a pancake recipe here for you! Happy Pancake Day, fellow tossers! Fluffy Berry Pancakes from Cooking On A Bootstrap: Fluffy Berry Pancakes, 41p Gluten-Free Berry Buckwheat pancakes: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2020/02/25/gluten-free-berry-buckwheat-pancakes-33p/ 3-Ingredient Banana Pancakes: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2019/11/18/banana-pancakes-recipe/ Courgette and Lemon pancakes, from Cooking On A Bootstrap: Courgette Lemon Pancakes, 24p Vegan AppleSauce Pancakes: Applesauce Pancakes, 17p Rolly-Up Pancakes: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2020/02/25/rolly-up-pancakes/ Egg-Free Dollar Pancakes: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2018/02/12/dollar-pancakes-recipe/ Porridge Pancakes: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2015/02/16/jacks-porridge-pancakes-recipe/ Apple & Sultana Pancakes: https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2013/11/20/apple-sultana-pancakes-22p/ This site is free, and always will be, but it does incur costs to keep it...

Rolly-Up Pancakes, 8p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog, Guardian Food, Recipes

Unless you’re very deft with your pans, don’t try cooking more than one at a time. Just serve them as soon as they’re ready, or keep them warm on a heatproof plate over a pan of gently simmering water. Makes approximately 10 from 8p each. Prices correct at time of publication 2 eggs, 25p (£1.48/12 medium free range, Asda) a pinch of salt, <1p (27p/750g, Smartprice at Asda) 120g plain flour, 4p (45p/1.5kg, Smartprice at Asda) 400ml milk, 20p (49p/l, Asda) 50g butter, melted, 29p (£1.45/250g, Smartprice at Asda) To serve: lemon and sugar Crack the eggs into a...

Peanut Butter Ice Cream, 43p

Posted by Jack Monroe | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog, Dessert, Entertaining, Recipes, Snacks & Treats, Vegetarian

Caster sugar is generally more expensive than standard granulated sugar (currently £1.19 for 1kg compared to 69p for granulated at the supermarket) – but a few years ago I worked out that I could make my own substitute for it. All you need is a small powerful blender, and a bag of regular sugar, and you can blitz it up to a finely ground sugar suitable for making ice creams and floaty-light cakes with. Admittedly the blender is an initial investment, but I use mine every day for making soups from scrappy leftovers, hummus from cans of chickpeas, light and creamy batters for pancakes and yorkshire puddings – so it’s well worth digging into your pocket for in the long term, if you can. This recipe is from A Year In 120 Recipes, my 2014 book of seasonal, thrifty recipes, available here. Serves 6 from 43p each. Prices from Tesco, correct at time of writing. This recipe is not sponsored, however I make make a small fee if you click a link and make a purchase. 4 egg yolks, 56p (£1.69/12 medium free range eggs, Tesco) 160g finely ground sugar, 11p (69p/1kg, Silver Spoon at Tesco) 400ml double cream, £1.33 (£2/600ml, Tesco) 220g crunchy peanut butter, 55p (85p/340g, Stockwell at Tesco) First separate your eggs, and set the whites aside. You can use these in scrambled eggs,...

Cornish Yarg Fish Pie, £1.11 [ITV This Morning EXCLUSIVE]

Posted by Jack Monroe | Feb 21, 2020 | Blog, Fish, Recipes, Spuds, TV

I was asked to make a fish pie for ITV This Morning ‘with a Cornish element to it’, so I opted for a healthy dollop of Cornish Yarg in the mash. Yarg is one of my favourite cheeses; it was brought to prominence by a couple called Alan and Jenny Gray (Yarg is ‘Gray’ backwards!) around 30 years ago, after they found a recipe dating from 1615 in a dusty old book in the attic. I love a bit of foodie folklore, so I happily went and found some, but if you can’t get hold of it, you can...