1 week Ago
Sausage, borlotti bean and pasta bake The Big Lunch is an idea from the Eden Project that started in 2009. It takes place across the weekend of June 7-8 and is an annual celebration for neighbours or communities. This year they’re inviting people to enter their favourite family recipes into a nationwide competition.
According to their research, four in ten adults say they’re more likely to cook from scratch now than they were five years ago. However, only a quarter of us say the lack of ideas stops us cooking more. When I think back to family meals when I was growing up, it was all very communal.
A big pot would have been placed in the middle of the table with accompanying dishes of potatoes and vegetables. My mum had a big red cast iron casserole and that usually meant meatballs would have been on the menu. I can still feel the anticipation of the lid being lifted off to reveal tasty orbs of meat in a delicious tomato sauce.
The first time I realised I was turning into an adult was forgoing a night out to invest in my own cast iron pot. When you have a big pot like this it ages well — every dish seasons the pan..
