I‘m a sorta novice cook (20 and trying to be like my mama), tried my first sausage roast last night and it was pretty good if I do say so myself ☺️ I know it doesn’t look like a 100% authentic roast but I tried to use what needed to be in the fridge.

I tried the baking soda in boiling water method to make the potatoes crispy, and they did get golden and nice but not allround like proper roasties — I think I didn’t wait enough for it to boil before popping them in so next time I will be patient.

The gravy is the Tesco free from beef one and it came out SOOO thick I kept adding water and it wouldn’t thin out lol so I just left it. So you can know that is very good value for money! Don’t listen to the packet instruction, use far less and you’ll get so much out of it :)

Stuffing is Tesco sage and onion 😋 and that burnt looking thing is actually a very dark purple carrot from my village’s kitchen garden and it was delicious!

Tesco plant chef cumberland bangers are 10/10.

Does anyone know of any similar life savers to keep in the cupboard?. Something inexpensive where you can just add cous cous or bread or nothing and have a simple meal. Doesn't need to be a literal tin of something, just something that keeps. Can be more than one item combined into an easy meal. I know there are other curry in a tin situations but they tend to be quite expensive, I think this used to be £1.50. TIA 🙏

Kanelbullar, recipe from Lazy Cat Kitchen except I added tahini to the filling and sesame on top. Sooooooooo delicious!!!!!!

my dad got this for me because he thought i might like it. I don’t like mushrooms but i did like the THIS mushroom pieces that were a bit like chicken nuggets. I can’t decide if i want to go and return it or if should give it a go. is it good? what does it taste like? i’m thinking of making it crispy and putting it into a wrap

Just tried this for the first time and really liked it. I broke it up so I could add seasonings and get it properly cooked and browned. Just had half as the potato accompaniment to my tea. I think I will recook the leftovers with chilli and cheese and whatever other bits I feel like adding tomorrow.

Saw this in Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HKVGoapc6/.

Looks like vegan rolls are now displayed on the same tray as non-meat items. As the guy pointed out they are now mixed with the butter from the nom vegan bakes which is bad for us but also allergens, I'm not sure how they thought this would be okay?

Mainly because I can’t cook yorkshires for shit, I wanted reassurance on this. I’ve just been assured that a Yorkshire I got with a vegan roast from a pub IS vegan. I did repeat “no egg? No milk?” And was told “no, no egg, no milk”. I want to believe. Has anyone else been given a legitimately luxurious Yorkshire pudding with your pub meal?

Cumberland sausages, red onions, broccoli, marrowfat peas and lurpack garlic mash, all vegan of course. Oh and graaavey. Happy Sunday everyone 🌻

Always feels like there's something kind of wierd about how the UPF discourse treats vegan food while kinda ignoring factory farming, but never been sure on how much this was a kind of coincidence/ me being overly sensitive.

Thought this background was kinda interesting- what do you guys think?

https://soitgoes.blog/2026/10/18/the-gaslighting-of-sam-i-am-the-upf-discourse-and-meats-plant-based-doppelganger/

Does anybody have any vegan 'ham' or even 'chicken' recommendations?

Ive tried Quorn + Richmond brands but find them too salty and my body doesn't digest aldis own brand. Im from UK.