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Sausage and mash for tea …..

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11351) • United Kingdom 4 Jun

I wanted something that is quick and easy for tea. The Mister is home a day early and I want to spend time with him not in the kitchen. So, sausage and mash it is. We have Richmond sausage, I do think that they are the best....

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Trying a new recipe for tea …..sweet chilli chicken and halloumi

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11351) • United Kingdom 16 May

I have so many cook books ….i just love cooking, and eating ! I have all the books in the Pinch of Nom series. Not diet books but low calorie / low fat recipes. I have tried lots and they are lovely, although I will say that the...

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Gammon, fried potatoes and sweet corn for tea.

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11351) • United Kingdom 25 Apr

I bought a small gammon joint last week ready to boil for this evenings tea. It was on special offer and although it says small on the label it easily does for 6 meals. Anyway, I boiled that up and whilst it was cooking I par...

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The Year I Grew Sweetcorn

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382068) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Sep 22

MyLotter Fleur (@Fleura) wrote about the sweetcorn she grew. You can catch up here: https://www.mylot.com/post/3525469/my-attempts-to-grow-sweetcorn I was reminded of the time I had it in our vegetable garden. It was back in...

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My attempts to grow sweetcorn

Fleur @Fleura (35018) • United Kingdom 15 Sep 22

I first tried to grow sweetcorn a couple of years ago. I grew a few plants and they did OK, but my main problem was that I didn’t know when to harvest the cobs so I think I waited rather too long. Last year was a bit better, but...

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Free sweetcorns.

ardoy0731 @ardoy0731 (7308) • Philippines 4 Apr 19

My youngest brother came home from work with some fresh sweetcorns. He work in a farm as accountant so everytime there are some spare or excess fruits, his boss used to gave some and it's sweetcorns last night. Mom cooked...

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Grwoing greatly

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 27 May 10

Well after a late frost here in Minnesota I thought my sweet corn died off. So I went ahead and planted more seeds for the killing frost loss. But...... This is one of maybe 50 or more plants that I have in my garden this year....

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Sweetcorn fritters ...

Wizzywig @Wizzywig (7847) 30 Apr 10

Personally I dont like them because I'm really not much of a sweetcorn fan and I find fritters too greasy but, the rest of my family seem to like them a lot and I am told that, in certain areas, they are sold in pubs/fast food...

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Maximizing the benefits of sweetcorn

jasjon @jasjon (252) • Philippines 12 Dec 06

Zeaxanthin is best absorbed by the body when eaten together with some fat. Baby sweetcorn is high in folate, which can be destroyed by lengthy cooking.

How much sweetcorn should you eat?

jasjon @jasjon (252) • Philippines 12 Dec 06

Sweetcorn is fairly high in calories. An average portion of 85g a day should be sufficient to derive the benefits from sweetcorn.

The benefits of eating sweetcorn

jasjon @jasjon (252) • Philippines 12 Dec 06

Sweetcorn is a good source of folate. It also helps protect against age-related macular degeneration and helps fight free radicals in the retina. It provides more starch and more calories than most vegetables. It is high in iron...