The Creative Pot

Or, in simpler terms – an honest-to-goodness potato curry! Perfect for lazy weekend meals or just any day when you want something slightly more low-maintenance. You just fry the onions, chop the potatoes and then allow it to simmer for 10 minutes before stirring in your tomatoes. Add the peas just before serving and you’ve got a virtually hands-free meal.

Hands up if your mom also couldn’t churn out crunchies fast enough for you to gobble it all up as a kid. Crunchies was my mom’s stock standard cookie offering – low effort, low cost and the recipe she had made about a billion cookies, so she wouldn’t have to bake again for quite some time. My mom, bless her, would rather whip up a new skirt (she’s a super seamstress, takes after her dad), than spend her afternoons baking or cooking up a storm as I like to.

But I think my mom would approve of this cinnamon baked oatmeal. It delivers on taste (tastes rather like crunchies actually!), and although you have to let it soak overnight and bake 40 minutes the next morning, the hands on time is about 5 minutes. Leaving you with plenty of time to slowly awaken and get ready for the day amidst the heavenly fragrance wafting from the kitchen.