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Monroe had a brief relationship with a male friend which resulted in a son. [11] She also had a long-term relationship with a woman which ended shortly after Monroe told her partner she was considering a mastectomy. [65] Serve, or if you’re anything like me, eat it from the pan in front of the telly to both feel ludicrously decadent, and save on washing up. Cover your pan with a lid, or if you don’t have a lid, a larger pan upturned to make a Dutch oven type thing, a baking tray laid flat across the top, a sturdy dinner plate that will withstand some heat, or some cooking foil will do the same job. Reduce the heat very slightly so it’s not absolutely boiling, and cook so the fish poaches through, which should take around 8 minutes. Stir in the cheese at the end to melt it into the sauce – you can reserve some for the mash if you’d like to.

Monroe appeared in a Labour Party campaign video in October 2013. [44] She left the Labour Party in March 2015, after disagreeing with its rhetoric on immigration, [45] and became a member of the Green Party of England and Wales, also in March 2015. [46] [44] In April 2016, Monroe appeared online supporting the Women's Equality Party. [47] In January 2021, Monroe tweeted that she was a "fully paid up member of the Labour Party and have been for quite some time now." [48] pasta (I used ‘gigli’ as it was a birthday present, but am pricing it up as a cheaper option as fancy frilly pasta is not essential!) 14p, (35p/500g Sainsburys Basics) The University of Essex announced in May 2015 that it would be awarding Monroe an honorary degree. [60] self-raising flour 100g (or 100g plain flour and 1 level tsp baking powder or bicarbonate of soda), plus extra to flour the work surface Vegan (ish): 100 simple, budget recipes that don't cost the earth (Bluebird, 2019) ISBN 9781529005080a b "ESAB Introducing...David Hadjicostas MBE – Essex County Fire & Rescue Service". The safeguarding blog. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015 . Retrieved 27 July 2015.

Moorhead, Joanna (September 2004). "The toughest love". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 . Retrieved 11 December 2016. In January 2022, Monroe announced plans to launch a new price index, called the Vimes Boots Index (VBI), highlighting the greater cost of poverty. [41] Monroe passed the 11-plus examinations and attended Westcliff High School for Girls, a grammar school in Westcliff-on-Sea. She left school at age 16, "bullied and disillusioned", [8] with insufficient GCSEs (she sat 7 and passed 4 and a half of them) to progress to A Level. [11] Despite her future career, Monroe said in 2022 that she only achieved a low D grade in her home economics GCSE. [12] Career Early work Now turn your oven on to 180C, and grab a suitable dish, one that looks like it will hold the same amount of lentil-mushroom-ragu that you have. Spread a layer of ragu into the bottom of the dish to cover it. Lay lasagne sheets over the top, leaving no gaps between them if you can help it. Spread a thin layer of white sauce onto the dry pasta. Then repeat: ragu, pasta, sauce, until the ragu is all used up. Top with a final layer of pasta sheets, then a generous layer of white sauce, carefully spreading it right to the edges. Sprinkle breadcrumbs generously across the top, and carefully place into the centre of the oven. Bake for 40 minutes, until golden and crisp around the edges. A knife inserted into the middle should go through the pasta easily. If not, bake for a further 10 minutes. This blog is free to those who need it, and always will be, but it does of course incur costs to run and keep it running. If you use it and benefit, enjoy it, and would like to keep it going, please consider popping something in the tip jar , and thankyou.When soaked, drain and thoroughly rinse your beans. Put them into a saucepan with fresh water and bring to the boil for approximately 10 minutes, then turn down to a simmer. Add your fish and fold in carefully so it doesn’t break up and flake too much, making sure it is covered by the liquid sauce. Gently clean any excess earth from the mushrooms with a clean tea towel, chop them into small chunks and add to the pan. Shake the herbs over and allow everything to cook together for a few minutes to sauté the garlic and mushrooms.

Dice the ham or bacon and peel and chop the onions. Put into a frying pan with the oil and fry on a medium heat, turning to seal the meat on all sides. Leave to cook through for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Grate the garlic over the top, or chop it very finely. Add the oil and salt, and stir well to coat the veg. (Still no heat yet, step away from the ignition! Think of this like a flash-marinade if the thought of cooking from cold makes you feel a little weird, trust me any reservations you have about not doing things like the posh telly chefs do should be alleviated by the reminder that their energy bills for those recipes are paid for by television companies. Yours – and mine – aren’t!)When the oil is gently bubbling, it's ready. Take a piece of herring roe, roll on the floured work surface and drop into the batter. Lift out with a tablespoon – to keep as much batter as possible clinging to the edges before the crucial frying process. Tips: if making this soup for little mouths, do not chop the chilli or use the seeds inside. Instead, halve the chilli down the middle and rinse it under a cold tap to remove the seeds, then add to the soup whole during cooking. Remove before blending. self-raising flour 8 tbsp (or 8 tbsp plain flour and 1 level teaspoon baking powder or bicarbonate of soda), plus extra to dust your hands Finely chop the mushrooms into smithereens, almost a mince-like texture; this lasagne works best when its component parts are barely detectable, instead a mysterious homogeny of deep, earthy flavours and sneaky-vegetable bliss. When chopped as fine as you can muster, add those to the pan too with the gravy granules and spinach and – you guessed it – give it all a stir. BootstrapCook (13 January 2021). "For anyone who needs to hear this today, I am a fully paid up member of the Labour Party and have been for quite some time now. I voted Labour at every election except 2015.

After the 20 no-cook minutes, either remove a quarter of it and blend it to smooth if you have a blender, and return it to the pan, or leave it as is if you’d prefer. Give it your last one-minute blast of heat to get it hot hot again, and serve. In 2014, it was reported that Monroe and her son were living with Monroe's then girlfriend Allegra McEvedy; [72] the relationship ended in June 2015. [11] In January 2019, Monroe announced her engagement to a woman [73] but the relationship ended in 2021. [13] Legal actionsTip: make a simple "tarty" sauce to dunk the roes in by mixing natural yoghurt with lemon juice and chopped parsley. Blitz in a blender to achieve your desired consistency. I leave mine a bit chunky but it can be blended smooth.