The Lasagndwich

A 'Brangelina' idea of horrific proprtions was drawn to our attention by the Guardian's Word of Mouth blog. It was however, too good to keep to myself!

The Lasagne sandwich has come to Tesco!

Breakfast Apple Sundae

Easy-peasy!

I love apples but tend to go through phases of eating 2 a day for a week and then ignoring them petulantly for 2 weeks. This is what I do with slightly bruised/waxy skinned/wrinkled apples or when I just don't fancy them raw.

This is so easy that I don't really use measurements, just throw it all together but those of you who prefer exact amounts then here you go:

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Ingredients:

4 apples, peeled, cored and any really bad bits (actual rot, yuk!) cut out

1 tbsp sugar (or sweetener if you are waist conscious)

1 tsp cinnamon

150ml water or apple juice

1 tsp butter (optional)

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Method:

Chop your apples into small pieces. [Chop - I'm doing a Gordon voice here]
Add the butter to a warm, large saucepan. [Melt.]

Add the apples and swirl the butter over them. [Swirl]

Add the sugar and cinnamon. [Stir.]

Add about 100 ml of the water [Slosh]

Turn the heat up high until the sugary water starts to bubble. Lower the heat and cover the pan.

Keep on the hob for about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add the extra water if it gets too dry.

The fruit should be very soft now and all cinnamony brown. If you chopped very small or like it with a bit of texture, leave as it is. If you prefer it smoother, use a potato masher to mash the apples. Allow the mix to cool.

Now get a large wine glasss and layer your apple mix with greek yoghurt, crunchy cereal and drizzles of honey. End with a yoghurt layer and sprinkle with chopped nuts (pistachio look most impressive).

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Fancy breakfast!

Fruit flavours

The gorgeous weather has brought lovely salads and fresh fruit platters to the forefront and its hard not to get a little bit over enthusiastic at the shops and come back clutching bags of apples, cherries and even a large watermelon ["I carried a watermelon", cue Dirty Dancing Music].

Unfortunately, we've been quite busy at the C&L Towers and the fruit has started to languish in the corner of our warm kitchen. Every piece is a bit too soft and squashy for our fussy tastes but it seems awful (financially and morally) to just through it in the bin.

So what to do with:

- 2 limp, brown, brown banana

- 3 slightly wrinkled nectarines

- 4 bruised and waxy apples

- 1/4 punnet of over-ripe cherries?

Here is what I have come up with:

- Breakfast Apple Sundae

- Low fat Banana Cinnamon Bread

- Poached Nectarines in Cherry Syrup

See the next entries for pics and recipes!