Rubbishy Cookery

  This is a great tea to have when you’re battling a flu or cold bug, or if you just can’t get rid of a tagging post-RSV cough and have to go to a classical piano performance and don’t want to be that person coughing throughout the show. Hypothetically. Ingredients: Note the fancy turmeric “golden milk” powder blend. This is not necessary and plain ground turmeric will do. I just happened to be given this product by a friend who hated it and gave the rest to me knowing that I like weird stuff like this. And I do! Directions: Get a big travel mug and personalize it so that nobody will “borrow” it and you’ll never see it again: Heat up some water in your kettle to a less-than-boiling setting, if possible, or to boiling if it’s your kettle’s only option. Just don’t burn your mouth on top of everything else! Peel a chunk of ginger: Then cut it into thin slices directly into your mug: Add less than a teaspoon of turmeric powder—a little goes a long way: And a generous spoonful of honey,...

  This is my current go-to breakfast, and not because I’m a health food nut. I have HFN tendencies, but as my other recipes will attest, I am not a true nut.  This breakfast tastes good, keeps me satisfied until lunch time, and is easy to put together in the morning.  I will say that healthfood-type ingredients tend to be expensive, and are becoming ridiculously expensive. This is not your cheapest option for breakfast, but you’re worth it! Ingredients: Directions: First things first. Let’s toast those sliced almonds until they are golden brown and fragrant. If you do this in your toaster oven, watch them like a hawk the first few times to figure out your oven’s settings and heat level. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve not followed this advice and burned my delicate (and expensive) sliced almonds, rendering them inedible. When they were normal-expensive, it was bad enough. Now that they’re ridiculous-expensive, it’s not an option. This is how they look pre-toasting: T...