This recipe has been offered as part of our BOX-IT food delivery project. We’ll be posting weekly recipes over the next few months to get us all biting into something homemade, while getting to grips with the nutrition behind what we eat. We want to share healthy food options and encourage conversation at meal times. The recipe is simple to make and is here to help everyone and anyone create a really tasty, healthy meal at home (whether you consider yourself a chef-in-the-making or a kitchen novice). Since a roast dinner (often involving roast beef or lamb alongside roasted or mashed potatoes and other vegetables) is common on Sundays in England, this dish is a classic Monday meal.This week’s recipe is a modern twist on the ‘blast from the past’ dish of bubble and squeak.

This dish can be served as a hearty breakfast, often topped with an egg.Īlternatively, it can be a main meal in itself or served as a side to some leftover roast meat. When would you typically eat bubble and squeak? (In Switzerland, Potato pancakes are called rosti.) These make a great component to a traditional fried breakfast (alongside bacon, sausages, fried tomato, and egg). Rumbledethumps is generally made as a casserole so that the top crisps up.Īnother popular ways to use leftover potatoes are to make potato pancakes or potato farl as they are known in Scotland. Swede can also be added, which is a common vegetable in Scotland (although less popular now). Like colcannon, this dish is made with mashed potatoes and usually cabbage or kale and onion. There is also a Scottish dish that is similar to bubble and squeak called rumbledethumps. Similar recipes to use leftover vegetables and potatoes

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