another of my mother’s recipes.

Soak bread in a mixture of water and milk, squeeze but leaving the bread quite moist and mix together with eggs, salt, pepper, a sprinkling of nutmeg and some chopped parsley.. Grease a baking dish and spoon out a layer of the mixture, cover with slices of artichokes, add another layer of bread mixture until you’ve used up all ingredients ending with a layer of bread. Bake for about 30 minutes (sorry… could be more or maybe less but I’m sure you’ll know when it’s cooked!

This is one my mother used to make. Soak your stale bread in milk, squeeze well then add a couple of beaten eggs, cocoa powder, sugar, sultanas, any nuts you may have in the cupboard, mix well and bake in a greased baking tin. Sorry can’t give quantities, oven temperatures or cooking time but I’m sure you’ll manage!!

Use Italian type bread (like ciabatta) and leave it to go stale. Tear it up in pieces and soak for a few minuted in water. Squeeze the bread thoroughly (if not it will be too soggy) and crumble it, but not too finely,into a bowl. Add tomatoes cut into chunks, celery and cucumber cut into slices or chunks as you prefer, olives, basil (and other herbs if you like) then season well with salt and pepper as well with a vinaigrette and mix well. It’s very much a “as you like” dish – you could add some salad like rocket or any other vegetable you think might be suitable as well some mozzarella. Oh,forgot to say: it’s much nicer if eaten outdoors in the sun but that’s a bit more difficult to arrange!