GROUP: Cooking for Men
LEADER: Don Gribble (604541)
WHEN: 2nd and 4th Mondays 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m (note extended eating time)
WHERE: HHK + HH1
We are a self-help group. Each member takes a turn to prepare a recipe, and bring the ingredients and the wine. In addition to the normal 50p attendance fee the cook for the day expects a contribution (typically £2.00) for the ingredients and the wine. After the meal is cooked the members sit down and eat the result and drink the wine.
After many years service Johnnie has stepped down as leader and Don has been persuaded to take over.
Some recipes that the group has cooked and eaten
| Recipe | Description |
| Bread making | Home made bread with all sorts of ingredients both sweet and savoury |
| Leek Soup with Blue Cheese | Thick potatato soup with Leeks flavoured with blue cheese |
| French Bean and Prawn collation | A good starter for a hot day |
| Chicken Navarin with Spring Vegetables | A dish for the warmer weather. |
| Chicken el-Socorrat | Spicy (but not excessively!) chicken with rice |
| Chilli con Carne | Another tasty way to serve mince, with rice or tortilla chips. |
| Malmsey mushrooms & ham | A rich dish best to use the tiniest button mushrooms you can find. |
| Moussaka | A well-known dish from Greece. |
| Norman's concoction | A quick and interesting dish with sausages on a leek and tomato base with sauce. |
| Pork tenderloin with pears and potatoes | The slimming version of a tasty Pork dish. |
| Godsend Pork & Bacon casserole | A rich dish best served with mashed or roast sweet potato. Meat is usually the roast pork joint from previous meal. |
| Ratatouille and Mozzarella strudel | This treat has crisp, flaky pastry and a delicious filling packed full of vegetables - a great new twist on a vegetable pie. |
| Pasta sausage bake | Sausage, Pasta and spinach layered with special sauce and baked. |
| Sausages braised in Red Wine | A different approach to a tasty sausage dish with bacon and mushrooms. |
| Scotch Eggs with Feta Salad | The best Scotch eggs this side of Secretts. |
| Chocolate Bread and Butter Pudding | How to use up that sliced loaf in a 'slimming' dish. |
| Exotic Fruit salad | Fruit salad with light syrup - good to start the day with at breakfast. |
| Fresh fruit salad | Just the thing for a summer's day, slimming if you skip the cream! |
| Limoncello trifle | A pudding for the warmer weather. |
| Maggie's Meringue masterpiece | Meringues with cream and fruit - delicious! |
| Sticky Toffee Pudding with Walnut Toffee Sauce | A delicious pudding with dates topped by yummy sauce. |
Some clickable pictures of a cooking session
