For a vegetarian meal, remove the meat completely. The nice thing about this recipe is that it is flexible.

To reduce the calories, once the bacon is cooked, you can remove the bacon grease and use a cooking spray. Add eggs and you have a hearty breakfast.

This finished dish works well as a meal for lunch or dinner. Instead of using ham, I typically use Corned Beef since I always have left over corned beef, cabbage and potatoes when I make it. The name comes from the noise (bubbling and squeaking sounds) that it makes while frying in the pan.

My version of bubble and squeak is below. For Colcannon, the ham or bacon is eaten with the meal, but not mixed in as it is with Bubble and Squeak. Spring onions, scallions or chives may also be used. Several recipes for Colcannon use kale instead of cabbage. These dishes were often made for breakfast since they contained bacon and/or ham. They are perfect when you have leftovers. These recipes became popular as cheap, year-round food. Both recipes call for cooked boiled mashed potatoes, cooked chopped cabbage, onions, and herbs. I was recently surprised to find a recipe for Colcannon, which is a classic Irish recipe that is very similar in ingredients and method of cooking. Rundell’s, “A New System of Domestic Cookery” in 1806. Bubble and Squeak is a classic English dish. Method Stir in the chopped coriander and serve.We started making Bubble and Squeak at our house after watching an episode of “The Frugal Gourmet” back in the 1980’s. This recipe is from the original Licence to Cook programme and is provided under the Open Government Licence. © Food – a fact of life 2019Ĥ Method Stir in the chopped coriander and serve. Add the potatoes and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the stock to the saucepan and bring to the boil. Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry all the vegetables, except the potatoes, for 5 minutes. Top and tail the carrot, then peel and dice. Vegetable soup Ingredients 1 onion 1 carrot 1 leek 1 potato 1 celery stick 1 x 10ml spoon oil 600ml stock (water and stock cube) 1 x 15ml spoon coriander, chopped Equipment Chopping board Knife Vegetable peeler Measuring spoons Saucepan Measuring jug © Food – a fact of life 2019 1 Vegetable soup Ingredients 1 onion 1 carrot 1 leek 1 potato

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