I need recipes, dammit!

[lesrae]

I need to boost my meagre repertoire of easy to cook dinners for when my wife and I get home from work. I could look some up on the net but I thought I’d ask here as there’s a good selection of nationalities and we could get some interesting ideas.

I’ll start with what we’re having tonight, a Scottish dish called Stovies, which is one of those dishes that every country probably has a variant of.

For 2 people you’ll need 6 – 8 medium/large potatoes and about 2/3 that volume of onions. Peel and slice the potatoes and onions down to roughly ¼ inch slices, then get a pan (with a lid) big enough to hold all the potatoes and onions and put a little margarine or oil in the bottom of it. Put it on a low heat and then put in a layer of onions, followed by a thicker layer of potatoes, then add salt & pepper and a knob of margarine or a spot of oil. Repeat the layering with onion/potato/seasoning until the pot is full.

Cover the pan and let it simmer on a low heat for at least an hour, or until the potatoes and onions have gone soft. Some people like to stir it during cooking, which mashes up the potatoes; I just leave it as it is.

Eat it with hot or cold meat, or on it’s own - tonight we’re having it with gammon steaks. This recipe got me through college as it’s filling and very cheap!