When a red pepper is more than a red pepper

It struck me as I was riding home that there was a red pepper in the fridge. Elation. Glee. Oh the possibilities. And here I was thinking there was nothing vegetal left but onions and some softening potatoes. So a lovely Spanish tortilla for supper used the pepper, the remaining eggs and potatoes as well as some scratchings off a very very dry hunk of Parmesan from the depths of the fridge. Oh and 2 big spoonfuls of our endlessly-useful tomato chutney from last summer. (There are 2 open jars of chutney in the fridge. Oops.)


But there's a wrinkle in my Pantry Attack Regime: tomorrow I'm due to develop 5 recipes for the September issue, which means all sorts of new ingredients will be coming into the kitchen. Thus prolonging the assault.