As promised, here is our lunch today, which consisted of cold meat (turkey, chicken, gammon), pigs in blankets (cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon), stuffing balls, and the Brit’s infamous bubble and squeak.
I did mine as a huge pancake today as it was easier than faffing about with little rounds that are a pain to turn over with utensils that basically are useless. The good thing with this is I could flip it.
Our bubble and squeak contained chopped boiled and roast potatoes, sprouts (yes, we are very fragrant and having a competition), green beans, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower.
I made up a small amount of instant mash (quick, easy and always a good standby in the cupboard), then added the leftovers and mixed them altogether.
I sprayed a little oil in the frying pan, and tipped the mix in, patting it down to the edges, cooking on a highish heat (my hob rings go up to 6 on the dial and this was 5).
I sprayed the top with a little oil and flipped it after about 8 minutes. It was doing well!
I turned the heat down to 3 after five minutes, and flipped it another couple of times to make sure it was hot all the way through.
I turned it onto a plate to cut it up as getting it out of the pan always results in a mess because of the wooden spatulas I have that simply are not up to the job. We had half to start with, and this was what was left on the plate.
So, here are our dinners:
Ah, but I forgot the most important thing on mine
pensitivity101 
Yum!
Oh it was!!!! We are definitely fragrant though (sprouts) haha.
LOL!!
😀 😀 😀
We had bubble and squeak too, with beef and pickle and left over Yorkshire pudding.😀💜💜
I didn’t do yorkshire puddings this year, but we had practically everything else.
Excellent 💜
I grew up on Bubble and Squeak! Loved it. Also Toad in the Hole, Bangers and Mash . . . Sigh, good memories.
Hi Pam, oh yes, toad in the hole……. haven’t done one for years.
Hope you had a good Christmas. take care
Wow learned something new never heard of bubble and squeak 😀
It’s a great way to use up leftover veggies
Perfect Boxing Day meal.
It was!!
Oh WoW! Quite the feast fit for a King and Queen! Now what is “Branson’s?” And what are stuffing balls? I’m presuming stuffing balls are balls made of stuffing…left over or fresh? And the bubble and squeak? Okay, I think I get the ‘squeak’ part (the tooting that might result from eating all those cruciforus vegetables) but bubble? It looks like what I would call a veggie omelet, without the eggs! Maybe what I’d call frittata? Whatever you call it, it all looks so delicious! Thanks for sharing the visual with us across the pond! ❤
Stuffing balls are breadcrumbs and grated onions with sage seasoning, mixed to a ‘dough’ with hot water, rolled into balls and then baked in the oven. No eggs in the bubble and squeak (apparently so called because of the noise it makes when cooking sometimes)
Branson’s is the pickle relish. Very British!!
Looks really tasty – except for the Branson’s!
It is optional and I don’t like a lot.
It may be a regional tradition, Di, but we would have Piccalilli with ours. This year, with home deliveries, we forgot to order any Piccalilli. 😬
Now I would cook it in a pan too but my wife bakes it in the oven. It turns out more or less the same.
Hi Ian. Tradition used to have piccalilli and red cabbage available too, and my Dad loved pickled walnuts, but we don’t like any of those, Depending on how much I’m making will determine whether I do it in the pan as one big slab or individual rounds, but if I was cooking for a large family, I’d do it in the oven too. It’s easier to crisp on both sides as a pancake for the two of us as I’m a pretty good flipper!!
I have a good recipe for sweet-sour red cabbage and was intending to serve that in lieu of the piccalilli but I completely forgot. It takes at least an hour to cook and didn’t remember until we were serving up. d’oh.
I forgot the pickled onions today, so Hubby had tem on their own!!
Love my bubble – one of the downsides of not cooking our own Christmas dinner this year is no bubble and squeak on Boxing Day (although I will have tomorow as roasting today). Mine just gets stirred around in a mound and spooned onto the plate – you get more crunchy bits that way.
Thanks Cathy! Hope you had a lovely Christmas.
We had lots of crunchy bits too, and the last of it is cooking now. Happy New Year
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Never heard of bubble and squeak, but it sounds like it is worth a try.
Great use of leftovers.
Yummy it sounds so delicious! I love it! Its one of my favourite dishes! 🙂
A favourite of ours too Carol Anne.
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