Vegetable Hot Pot

Its Sunday, and with Sunday comes Sunday Dinner...

I am working Fridays and Saturdays now so its nice to try make the most of Sunday, make it a good family day and make sure we all sit and eat together.... "families who eat together, stay together"

today the rain has been pouring down all day ( in June ) so a good hearty warm meal was the ticket... A Veg Hot Pot is a perfect easy quick warm meal that all the family will enjoy :)

You can use any veg you like to you will nearly always have the ingredients in stock.

Ingredients:

carrots 3diced or i used little Chantilly carrots as the kids love the novelty of them and they are deliciously sweet.

1 large leek

1 head of broccoli cut into florets

mushrooms 6-8

2 tbs of butter

2 1/2 tbs plain flour

7oz milk

7oz vegetable stock

2 tbs of chopped fresh sage

salt

topping:

6 medium sized potatoes cut into slices

cheddar cheese.

steam the carrots and broccoli till tender. drain and set aside.

melt the butter and add the flour, cook for a minute than slowly start adding the milk and stock, whist till smooth. return to heat, bring to boil, stir till thickens. add the mushrooms, leek and sage, stir in the set aside veg.

add salt to taste.

pour the mixture into oven dish.

cook the sliced potatoes, arrange on top the veg and cover with cheddar cheese.

cook in pre heated oven, 190c, for 35mins.