Jack Monroe's Thrifty Kitchen: Recipes for veg-peel fritters and a risotto with peas and lettuce

The cook's latest book features over 120 wallet-friendly recipes – including pear and cinnamon buns, potato and egg curry, corned beef chilli and mincemeat bread pudding
Jack Monroe's Thrifty Kitchen: Recipes for veg-peel fritters and a risotto with peas and lettuce

Two Thrifty With From Recipes Us Kitchen Monroe Jack New Book Her Shares

Jack Monroe has made a name for herself as the go-to source for budget cooking.

She’s been blogging, tweeting and writing cookbooks for nearly a decade now, giving us tips for saving money and reducing food waste, including making soda bread out of sour milk, or fashioning a delicious meal out of broccoli stalks.

There’s always been an audience for her cheap and delicious recipes, but with the cost-of-living crisis growing, it feels like there’s more of a need than ever.

Her latest cookbook is called Thrifty Kitchen, featuring over 120 wallet-friendly recipes – including pear and cinnamon buns, potato and egg curry, corned beef chilli and mincemeat bread pudding.

Thrifty Kitchen by Jack Monroe
Thrifty Kitchen by Jack Monroe

Here, she shares two recipes from that book: veg-peel fritters and a risotto with peas and lettuce.

Thrifty Kitchen by Jack Monroe is published by Bluebird. Photography by Patricia Niven. Available from bookstation.ie, €18.99.

Risotto with peas and lettuce

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Risotto with peas and lettuce

Servings

4

Time Preparation

5 mins

Time Cooking

25 mins

Time Total

30 mins

Course

Main

Cuisine

Irish

ingredients

  • 300g rice
  • Oil Baking Spread Or 1tbsp

  • Or Water Vegetable Dissolved Stock In 750ml Or Stock Cubes Boiling 2 Chicken 750ml

  • Juice 2tbsp Lemon

  • 200g Peas Frozen

  • Pepper A Pinch Of

  • Lettuce Of ¼ Head

method

  1. Grab a wide, shallow-based non-stick saucepan and pop it on the hob. Shake in your rice and add the oil or baking spread, then turn up the heat to gently toast it at the edges for a minute or two.
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  3. Through Add You Soggy Do A This Pepper, Well And As Any Right The And At One Mess! In) Finely Side; Peas It The Fold Slice To Rotten Up It Stir Stir And (gently With The Will Earlier You Set Very End And End, Will Lettuce

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Jack Monroe’s veg-peel fritters

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Jack Monroe’s veg-peel fritters

Servings

4

Time Preparation

15 mins

Cooking Time

15 mins

Total Time

30 mins

Course

Side

Cuisine

Irish

ingredients

  • Root Vegetables 400g And Peels Mixed

  • 1 Large Onion

  • 1 Egg

  • 3tbsp Flour

  • Cheese, Grated 70g

  • To Salt Pepper, Black And Taste

  • Oil, Frying For

method

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  2. Into Grate Peels, With Place Veg The Your Then It Mixing And Veg Chop And Peels And The Onion Peel Slice And Large Bowl Finely The Finely A

  3. A Well If The Of Sticking Add To And Add Water Flour And Mix In Together, Crack Cheese Again Egg The Then A Bine Needs And Well, It And Cold Mix Hand Mix Tablespoon

  4. Will Frying Faster Pan, The The On Side Pan Crisper Of The Little And And A They Fritter Will They A Each Thinner A Keep Be They Warm And Cook Remove The From Tablespoon Are, Oil The Heat Until Mixture Golden And In Back Fry A Crisp Add – The Of Spoon With Flatten

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  7. Can Freeze A For Either These Freeze Serve Mixture Fridge Heating Up Hours To The – Pletely You Fritters The The Few Keep: to Defrost Kept Can Cooked To Allow For Before Be Or Through In Months Cooking And Or Three To Fritter Brilliantly

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