Green Beans & Baby Maris Peer Potatoes...

So it's finally December, that means Christmas is just around the corner! This year has gone incredibly fast for me. I can't believe I'll have been a homeowner for a whole year this month!

I'd actually managed to get all bar 1 of my recipes done before the end of last week but just haven't had the time to write the all the posts! That means that by the end of today I'll be adding 3 new recipes to make sure I get all the current Super 6 published before the new offers start tomorrow!
Because of that I've decided to make this one a joint post, I did have both of these dishes as part of the same meal though so I think that's ok!

Conference Pear...

Anyone that knows me will know I tend to like making loaf cakes. They're easy to bake, easy to transport wrapped in a bit of foil if I want to take them into work and also easy to cut and serve.

So I fancied doing some baking on my day off and decided the pears in the current Super 6 at Aldi would be the best thing to use. I did a bit of searching and saw a few different pear cakes but they either needed ingredients I didn't have or I just didn't fancy them. I eventually found one to use as a base and then changed it up a bit to make it my own, and of course, into a loaf cake recipe!

I took one into work on Friday (#CakeFriday, which I totally think we need to make a thing at work!) and it seemed to go down pretty well! :) I've been told it's yummy, has the perfect amount of sugar and have been asked for the recipe too so here it is!

Swede...

It has turned quite cold all of a sudden *shivers*. On Saturday evening I had to de-ice not only the outside but also the inside of my windscreen after having dinner at a friend's and it wasn't even 11pm! I'm so glad I've decided to walk to work rather than drive these days as getting up earlier just to de-ice the car is not my idea of fun.

I'm currently trying to empty out my freezer so I have space to start buying some bits toward the Christmas dinner. I actually have less meat in there than I thought so hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have been able to work my way through that draw at least. 

The cold weather just calls for comforting food and todays offering definitely falls into the category for me! I'm using the swede from the Aldi Super 6 in this one.

The new Super 6...

The new Aldi Super 6 went on sale today and they're 59p each again. There's a good selection I think this time and they're all things I would eat or cook with so I'm feeling good about the next two weeks! I might use more than one of them in some dishes so might not post 6 recipes this time but we'll see how it goes :)

So what do we have to play with?
Green Beans
Baby Maris Peer Potatoes
Red Onions
Swede
Leeks
Conference Pears

I've actually already got cracking with a recipe as I already had 2 of the Super 6 in so no having to wait until Sunday this week! :)

I finally got round to collecting my Crockpot Slow Cooker from my parents house today and decided I'd test it out for the first time today.

Persimmon...

So finally I've made it to the last of the Super 6! Yay! It has be a very few weeks and it's very hard to get these all done but I'm so glad I did! :)

So Persimmon, aka Sharon Fruit, I have to be honest and say that I still don't like them. I may try using them in a cake if they're in the Super 6 again but otherwise I think I'll stick to not buying them.

Parsnips...

So I thought I should share a bit more about myself with you all today.

There are a few foods you will never see featured on this blog as I really do not like them at all and won't even allow them to be brought into my house!
The first is Lamb, I don't like the smell or taste of it. I've been known to send back a meal in a restaurant and change it for something else as it had lamb gravy on, it is something I will never like.

The second, and probably the worst for me, is Mayonnaise, I would go as far as to say that I actually Hate mayo! Trying to find 'food to go' when you don't eat it can be a total nightmare, it's actually surprising how many things contain the horrible stuff.

Anyway...Time to add a recipe using Parsnips!

I had lots of different ideas for these but ended up trying a pie as I had some pastry in the freezer and I liked the sound of this recipe as soon as I saw it.

Baking Potatoes...

So on Saturday I cooked steak and it's probably one of the best steaks I've ever cooked! I made a peppercorn sauce to go with it which was pretty good too but the recipe, if it can be called that, for this post uses the baking potatoes from the current Super 6. This is a Jamie Oliver recipe and it worked perfectly for me!