On Today's Menu

*Nigel Slater's Sausage and Potato Pie. A real humdinger of a recipe and really simple to make too. I make some short pastry, leave it to rest while I fry sliced pork and herb snorkers and red onions then layer the sausages and onions with par-boiled skin on sliced potato. Season well, add some parsley, place in pie tin and cover with pastry. Bake till brown and crispy. I'll probably serve baked beans with it, could spice them up but probably won't, feel plain beans will suffice.

*A Banana and Apricot Loaf. A Shirley Goode recipe which uses Hartley's Apricot jam instead of very expensive dried apricots. This yummy comforting cake always turns out moist and is delicious either on its own or spread with butter. Have even toasted it for breakfast.

* A multi-seeded loaf. Linseed. Sunflower. Sesame. Poppy.
The third loaf of this kind I've baked in three days. Utterly delicious especially when glazed with egg wash. Shines and crisps the crust to perfection. Makes gorgeous sandwiches and excellent toast, the many seeds add interest especially the poppy seeds which, looked at in the right light, could be mistaken for shredded ants.

Now I cook:)