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MILLIONS of people will have woken up this morning (Saturday 1 January) determined to stick to the new year’s resolutions they made leading up to 2022. There is something about the start of a year that makes it appear a good time to promise ourselves that we will become fitter, healthier, kinder or better organised with our time. However, research from YouGov suggests that at least a quarter of us will fail entirely to keep any resolution we make. That research also suggested that the older we are, the less likely we are to make any resolutions in the first place. Perhaps many years of failing makes us less inclined to bother again. The truth is, though, change is possible. In this week’s War Cry, we speak with Claud Jackman who describes how his life completely changed from a ‘hollow’ existence dealing drugs to finding fulfilment by helping people who are experiencing homelessness. His complete transformation didn’t come about as a result of a new year’s resolution, nor did Claud make those changes on his own. His life changed when he met a man who said that he had a Christian faith. ‘I needed to know what he was talking about,’ Claud tells us. ‘This guy had nothing that I had, and yet everything that I wanted. Contentment, simplicity, humbleness, yet confidence.’ Claud goes on to describe how he made a decision to become a Christian and the positive changes that enabled him to make in his life. New year’s resolutions can be a great way to start making changes in certain areas of our lives. But if we want 2022 to be the year that totally transforms us and gives us new meaning and purpose, the only resolution to make is to believe ad the War C in Jesus and follow him. If we do that, then e re ry v ’ u 2022 will be a year that we’ll never forget.
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FEATURES
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Dramatic faith that always delivers
Call the Midwife is back for a new series
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Dealing with life
Drug dealer finds a new purpose
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A real Epiphany moment
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Lucille embarks on her first year of married life
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Ahead of the new series of Call the Midwife, writer Heidi Thomas and members of the cast reveal the secrets of the show’s success and what to expect from this year’s episodes Feature by Emily Bright
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Trixie hopes romance will blossom in 1967
ORGET the towels and hot water, viewers only need a comfy seat in front of their TV to enjoy the compelling storylines about nuns and midwives in 1960s east London, which are delivered each week in Call the Midwife. As the 11th series begins tomorrow (Sunday 2 January), it’s Easter in 1967, which, as the narrator notes, signifies ‘new choices, new chances and new horizons’. Certainly hoping for a new chance is expectant mother Audrey Fleming (Kathryn Wilder), who has returned to Poplar with her husband Derek (Jack Colgrave Hirst). Last series, Derek was given a devastating diagnosis: he had radiation sickness following a military deployment years earlier to Christmas Island, which was a nuclear testing site. As a result, their longed-for baby Christopher was delivered with deformities and was too weak to survive. Audrey is anxious that her next baby might experience similar complications. Elsewhere, midwife Phyllis Crane (Linda Bassett) visits Marigold Nyall (Rebecca Johnson), whose mother has
dementia and incontinence issues. Marigold tries hard to keep up appearances as an independent and respectable lady and carer. But there might be more to their story than first meets the eye. These won’t be the only storylines keeping fans of the show enthralled this series. The recent marriage of mechanic Cyril Robinson (Zephryn Taitte) and midwife Lucille Anderson (Leonie Elliott), both part of the Windrush generation of Caribbean immigrants, will be under the lens as Cyril seeks a white-collar job, but is prevented from progressing because of his race. Plus, the romance of fellow midwife Trixie Franklin (Helen George) and wealthy widower Matthew Aylward (Olly Rix) is set to blossom. And newly qualified midwife Nancy Corrigan (Megan Cusack) continues to navigate a complicated relationship with her young daughter, who was born out of wedlock – something that would have shocked many in the community in the 1960s. Writer Heidi Thomas has also dropped a tantalising teaser about the future of Nonnatus House itself, which acts as a convent, a base of operations and also a home to the midwives. ‘It’s been under threat many, many
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From page 3 times, but it’s always been the bricks and mortar, and this time it’s the people who are in peril,’ she says. ‘When I realised what was coming out of my head and my hands onto the computer screen, I couldn’t quite believe it. And that unfolds towards the end of the series.’ As usual, a vast array of ailments will be in the Sunday night medical drama. ‘We’ll be featuring scabies, chicken pox, measles, a lung disease and a couple of cases of post traumatic disorder,’ Heidi explains. ‘There’s one PTSD case specific to the Holocaust, because we felt it was very important to look again at the East End Jewish community.’ To source such stories, Heidi has a rather unconventional start to the New Year: hitting the library. ‘Every new year begins for me going through medical archives and newspaper
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archives, looking for things that spark my compassion, or make me laugh or make me go: “Wow, that is so going to be in Call the Midwife.” I then create and cut round stories to fit our regular characters.’ Such diligent study has paid off in creative narratives spanning 10 tear-jerking series of the show, creating well over 100 hours of drama including each 90-minute Christmas special. Heidi reflects on the success of the show. ‘We’ve all been part of something so much bigger than we imagined,’ she says. ‘We really did think we were giving the world this little beautifully handcrafted sixpart drama series that was a one off.’ The key to the show’s longevity, she
believes, is its sincerity. ‘We never run out of love for those stories and the characters involved in them. We care about our stories, we care about the people in them, and we mean it.’ The 10th series hit a three-year record high of 7.3 million viewers for the show. Georgie Glen, who plays medical secretary Miss Higgins, believes that the programme’s popularity can be attributed to ‘the heart of goodness’ within it. ‘There’s always a moral good at the end, without being saccharine,’ she explains. ‘Ultimately, the best in humanity that can be there is salvaged out of any situation. I think viewers feel safe with it, and it just reassures them that whatever else is going on in the world, there’s a kind of humanity.’ Stephen McGann, who plays Dr Turner, in the series, echoes this sentiment. He tells me that Call the Midwife is about characters simply ‘striving to do good’, adding: ‘One of the things I love about the show is that it’s like a mirror shining on all the ways that women love, whether that’s the church, God, or their children.’ He adds that Call the Midwife approaches the subject of religion in a refreshing way, saying, ‘Heidi was infuriated by the fact that with most
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The work of the nurses and nuns have captivated viewers for 10 series
dramas, you can do a serial killer, anatomise that person’s backstory, show their light, their shade and their darkness. But the minute you got to somebody who had a dog collar on, you could go to a cartoon caricature, or it had to be a very narrow prism, because this is part of our secular society’s representation. ‘That’s not what drama should do,’ Stephen asserts. ‘Faith is such a force in society, and as an actor you’re looking to say: “How is this huge constituency of human beings being so caricatured?”’ At the heart of the programme, he says, is the humanity of those with faith trying to do good. ‘Nuns like Sister Evangelina and Sister Monica Joan were given proper light and shade in the programme. They had their wimples on but they were human beings. Although I don’t have faith myself, I can see that it is a valid, powerful and meaningful force.’ Christianity has certainly been a powerful force in shaping communities across the world, as it encourages followers to help those who are most in need in society. Whether through providing medical care, food parcels or a roof over someone’s head, Christians
have often been at the forefront of social reform and supporting the most vulnerable. This stems from the belief that every individual is loved and valued by God. One passage in the Bible summarises this sense of each person’s inherent value. The writer praises God, saying: ‘For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made’ (Psalm 139:13 and 14 New International Version). Christians believe that every individual has been made by God and so has innate worth. The best way to discover our value is to connect with the God who created us. If we put our trust in him, we can experience his love and he will care for us in a way no one else ever could. Turning to God can give birth to a whole new life in which we are loved, valued and given a new purpose.
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Done deal CLAUD JACKSON explains why he gave up selling drugs and began looking for fulfilment in another direction Interview by Philip Halcrow
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STAFF team-building day helped persuade drug-dealer Claud Jackson that he needed to change his line of work – and more. Claud was not attending the day explicitly as a drug dealer. He was volunteering for Kingston Council as a mentor, ostensibly helping young people. ‘But basically,’ he admits, ‘I had started working there as a cover-up.’ He had been selling drugs since his teens. ‘Just before I was 16, I started selling cannabis,’ he says. ‘At 19, I started selling cocaine, and by 25, there probably wasn’t a drug that I hadn’t sold.’ Claud feels that his early life ‘prepped’ him for the lifestyle he adopted. He says his father was aggressive. He also remembers how his eldest brother left the family home at ‘about the age of 12 and got into crime immediately’. When his brother made his regular visits back, he would arrive with ‘tales of adventure and jewellery and treasures that he’d collected’. As well as weapons. ‘But,’ Claud continues, ‘the defining point came when I was unable to keep up in school and felt rejected by society. I was being made to feel like a loser and a bad guy, so I thought I may as well become one.’ Claud started dealing drugs. ‘Soon I was better off than most adults twice my age,’ he says. ‘Society – as materialistic as it is – was saying I was no good, but I had a convertible Mercedes that said otherwise.’ Claud enjoyed driving a Merc. However, he says that his lifestyle almost drove him mad. ‘I would sleep fully clothed on top of my bed. I had all this lavish stuff in my bedroom, and I never got into this huge bed, because I was fearful that the police would raid the house or someone would break in to kidnap me or I would have to run. ‘I was living with such anxiety. I couldn’t trust anyone.’ Run-ins with the police and menacing encounters with dealers and users did not cause Claud to change direction. Instead, his world was shaken up by ‘a very calm, introverted, simple man’. He says: ‘When I became a volunteer mentor at the council, I met this chap who was the manager. I’d never encountered anybody like him Claud Jackson before. I was in
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and this lady says, “You must be Claud!”, my £300 jeans and £400 jackets, and he shakes my hand and gives me the warmest was in a plain shirt and a pair of chinos – greeting. yet, whereas my life felt like a war, he was ‘I think it was on the second week comfortable with the way he was. everyone was given the opportunity – with ‘In the office, I would try to prod him by no pressure – to invite Jesus into their lives. rocking on my chair and playing the clown, I closed my eyes and said: “I dare you, but he would just crack on with his work. Jesus, to come into my life and do what ‘I’d never felt so far removed from these people are saying you can do: make somebody. Yet in the office, everybody else a change.” would ignore me, but he would come in ‘It was a bit of an oxymoron, because and say, “Morning, Claud, how are you?” I was so empty and desperate, but my I remember thinking, “Why is this chap ego was so big that I dared God. At that taking an interest in me?”’ moment, I didn’t know it was God’s Spirit, Then came the team-building day. but I felt a change.’ ‘As an ice-breaker, you had to introduce No longer wanting to drag people yourself and tell everybody one thing that down with drugs, Claud juggled part-time they didn’t know about you. The whole Claud is training for church ministry jobs at a coffee shop and high-street store. time, I wondered what this chap was going Between shifts, he attended services at a to say. church and began working at its ‘He stood up and said: “What nobody knows about me is I’m a shelter for people experiencing Christian and Jesus changed my life.” homelessness. ‘I needed to know what he was talking about. This guy had Claud realised that he wanted nothing that I had, and yet everything that I wanted. Contentment, to help people, whatever they are simplicity, humbleness, yet going through. He has written a confidence.’ book about his experiences, Guns Claud asked him how he to God. And he is training to be a could find out more about church minister. Jesus. He told him about ‘I enjoy the relationship with Alpha, a course run by Jesus that he offers us for our churches, which helps people explore the basics of Christianity. journey through life,’ he says. Searching online, Claud signed up for a course. He went along ‘I want to walk that road with and was simultaneously disarmed and disconcerted by the others.’ warmth of the welcome he received. ‘I was so hollow that I had a Harrods account and would spend l Guns to God is published money there just so they called me “Mr Jackson”, because no by SPCK one had ever addressed me respectfully. But I turned up at Alpha
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Becoming a Christian
There is no set formula to becoming a Christian, but many people have found saying this prayer to be a helpful first step to a relationship with God
Lord Jesus Christ, I am truly sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me. I now turn from everything that I know is wrong. Thank you that you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven and set free. Thank you that you offer me forgiveness and the gift of your Holy Spirit. Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me for ever. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen
Extract from Why Jesus? by Nicky Gumbel published by Alpha International, 2011. Used by kind permission of Alpha International
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An ‘aha’ A new year message from Commissioner Gillian Cotterill, one of the leaders of The Salvation Army in the UK and Ireland
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APPY new year! I wonder if you are looking for some fresh insight for your life in 2022. Perhaps some light and direction for living, an ‘aha’ moment that will not only be a quick fix or wear off in a few weeks, but will give inspiration and meaning for the rest of your life. If truth be told, we could all do with some good news. Something that will give us strength and hope for the future, as we continue to battle through a pandemic which has affected our lives more than we could ever have imagined. On Thursday (6 January) the beautiful Christian season of Epiphany begins. So often it is a season that is overlooked as we hurry to pack away Christmas and get on with our lives in the new year. Many people won’t even have heard of Epiphany, which is a shame, as it holds a precious invitation right at the beginning of the year to pause, reflect and dig deeper. It invites us to seek and really find Jesus for ourselves, just as the wise men – who we hear about over Christmas – did all those years ago. The story of the wise men is familiar to many of us. It describes how they saw a significant star in the east heralding a royal birth, packed their bags and set out on an epic journey of discovery. These learned men, using their logic and skills, headed for Jerusalem, the obvious place to find the newborn King of the Jews. It is safe to say that their arrival was not greeted with shouts of joy – certainly not by King Herod, who immediately sensed the threat. In the ensuing pandemonium, the chief priests and teachers of religious law fearfully pointed an angry Herod to the prophet Micah’s words foretelling that Bethlehem would be the place where this royal birth would take place. So, the wise men continued their journey to Bethlehem and the star that had so caught their attention
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appeared again and went ahead of them. Imagine that! What happened next, as recorded in Matthew’s Gospel, shows us the depth of spiritual insight that had inspired these wise men throughout their quest. ‘On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh’ (Matthew 2:11 New International Version). Here was their ‘aha’ moment, when all that they had seen, experienced and
heard came together and suddenly made sense. This was a life-changing moment for them. This was big picture stuff. God, in his great love and wisdom, had chosen to reveal his Son to the world and chosen to do it through the visitation of these mysterious men of the east. Instinctively, they fell on their knees in worship, adoration and devotion to the Saviour of the world. Scripture records that they changed their route home, having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod. And I cannot help but reflect that they also returned
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home with changed hearts, because of their encounter with Jesus. In these early days of 2022, in this season of Epiphany, I would like to offer you an invitation that could change your life more than any new year’s resolution. Why not embark on an intentional journey to learn more about Jesus? You can find answers to such questions as who he is, why he came, why he loves you and how he can change your life. Now that sounds like an ‘aha’ moment in the making – one that could change your life for ever, just as it did for some very wise men. I wish you all a happy Epiphany! God bless you.
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the Christian Every week the War Cry carries interviews with people who share how some of the faith has impacted them. As we look back over the past year, here are e work people we have spoken to whos puts them in the public eye
I believe that we were all made with purpose, worth, and for glory. We’re sometimes taken off course, but God is gracious and loving and wants to see us restored. Lives can be redeemed.
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Throughout my career, I have suffered with adult acne, and so there have been many times when I’ve struggled with my self-worth. But Jesus has been my backbone. He is with me through everything, and I need to depend on him.
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God brings a feeling of presence. He’s not a super human being or anything like that. His Spirit lives within people. Olivier award-winning actress Dame Sheila Hancock
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CBeebies presenter Gemma Hunt
At its best, faith compels us to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and visit the imprisoned. It asks us to do all the things we are supposed to do as humans. And to not be soft about it.
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Jesus is a friend and companion. I find myself talking to him as if he was walking alongside me. On the other hand, there is this sort of magnificence, the almighty element of God. My faith is on my mind all the time, a constant presence for me.’ ‘Songs of Praise’ presenter Pam Rhodes
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God is my light, my direction and my hope. Without God, I wouldn’t be me… Life has never been about red carpets and glamour for me. It’s about being real, helping people and having the courage to fulfil God’s ambition in me.
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My faith has made me the person I was always meant to be. I think faith peels away all the unnecessary layers – the things we cling on to, the pain from our past that we don’t need. When I became a Christian, I began to realise that I could accomplish more with Christ than I ever could without him.
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My faith has been a constant in my life. However well or badly things have gone, or whatever changes have happened in my life, I’ve always gone back to that… My faith shapes me a lot, even down to the small things like how to approach a night out or see gossip in the workplace. I can’t turn it off and do something else and then turn it back on and carry on.
The stories about Jesus are great. Particularly the parables he told. You can look at them, take them apart, look at them again and they will always give you something interesting to think about in terms of how you should live your daily life. ‘The Larkins’ star Joanna Scanlan
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As 2022 commences, we take a look back with these quiz questions on topics covered in the War Cry in 2021. Why not have a go and see how many you can answer correctly by yourself or with friends and family! 2
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As lockdown restrictions were eased, we reported on the Men’s FA Cup Final. Who won the match?
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During the summer, Sir Tom Jones took part in the Revive Live Tour to support smaller venues. In which year did he have a No 1 hit with his song ‘It’s Not Unusual’?
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We reported on which pop group’s greatest hits compilation, Gold, as it neared the milestone of being the first title to clock up 1,000 weeks on the album charts?
Author Nick Page spoke to us about the Christian season of Lent. What food is traditionally served on Shrove Tuesday, the last day before the start of Lent?
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In October, we reported on the Cop26 conference on climate change. In which city was the conference?
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At the start of the year we interviewed Robert Glover, who told us how he started a project to help find families for children in China. What is the capital of the country?
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We interviewed screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, the man behind the prison drama Time. Who played the firsttime inmate, Mark Cobden, in the show?
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In November, we previewed a TV documentary about the Beatles. Name all four band members.
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The Academy Awards ceremony in April was a celebration of diversity in cinema. What film, directed by Chloe Zhao, won best picture?
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At the start of the year we noted the 70th anniversary of the world’s longest-running continuous radio drama. What is it called?
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In our Faces of Faith series of interviews with Christians, Heung Chong from London mentioned his interest in the book Wolf Hall. Who wrote the Booker prizewinning novel?
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ANSWERS 1. 1965. 2. Leicester City. 3. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. 4. Glasgow. 5. Beijing. 6. Anna Maxwell Martin. 7. Abba. 8. Sean Bean. 9. Pancakes. 10. Nomadland. 11. The Archers. 12. Moxie. 13. Nine. 14. The Governess. 15. Cadbury. 16. The Royal Albert Hall. 17. Hilary Mantel. 18. Q and Z. 19. Sir Christopher Wren. 20. Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith.
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PUZZLES Quick CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. Colossal (4) 3. Light blow (3) 5. Fewer (4) 7. Rise and fall (9) 9. By word of mouth (4) 10. Break (4) 11. Metal structure (5) 14. US film award (5) 15. Made mistake (5) 17. Bury (5) 18. Monarchs (5) 19. Meeting place (5) 20. Weird (5) 23. Overdue (4) 25. At this place (4) 27. Tired (9) 28. Tot (4) 29. Foot part (3) 30. Byway (4) DOWN 1. Forbid (4) 2. Cash register (4) 3. Unsteady (5) 4. Mickey’s dog (5) 5. Auction items (4) 6. Halt (4) 7. Enchant (9)
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Veggie haggis Ingredients 25g cooked red kidney beans, mashed
2tsp mixed spice
35g peanuts, ground 25g hazelnuts, ground
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
35g mushrooms, finely chopped
1tbsp soy sauce
200g fine oatmeal
1tbsp lemon juice
50g red lentils
2tsp dried thyme
Mashed swede and potatoes, and green vegetables, to serve
600ml vegetable stock
2tsp dried rosemary
Onion gravy, to serve
100g onion, finely chopped 1tbsp sunflower oil 50g carrots, very finely chopped
Cayenne pepper
Method Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Sauté the onion in the oil for 5 minutes. Add the carrots and mushrooms and cook for a further 5 minutes. Pour in the lentils and three quarters of the stock. In a bowl, blend the mashed red kidney beans in the remaining stock. Add to the pan with the nuts, soy sauce, lemon juice and the herbs and spices. Season with salt and 1tsp pepper. Mix the ingredients well and cook for a further 10-15 minutes. Mix in the oatmeal and reduce the heat. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, adding a little extra liquid if necessary. Pour the mixture into 4 lightly-oiled pudding tins and bake in the centre of the oven for 25 minutes. Serve with mashed swede and potatoes, green vegetables and onion gravy.
SERVES
4
Pea, spinach and goat’s cheese frittata Ingredients 4tsp olive oil 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 50g spinach 100g peas, fresh or frozen 6 free-range eggs 100ml semi-skimmed milk
Method In a non-stick pan, heat 2tsp olive oil and cook the red onion and garlic over a medium heat for 5-10 minutes, until soft. Remove the pan from the heat and set aside the cooked onion and garlic in a small bowl. Heat 1tsp olive oil in the pan and increase the heat to high. Add the spinach and peas and cook for a few minutes, until the spinach has wilted. Add in the cooked onion and garlic and spread the mixture evenly to cover the base of the pan. Crack the eggs into a bowl with the milk and whisk until fully combined. Add the chives and a pinch of salt and pepper. Pour the egg mixture over the vegetables in the pan. Heat the grill to medium.
5g chives, finely chopped
Dot the egg mixture in the pan with pieces of the cheese. Turn the heat down and leave the frittata to cook until the Salt and ground black egg starts to set. pepper Place the pan under the grill to cook the top of the frittata 50g vegetarian goat’s for about 10 minutes or until it starts to brown. Remove from the grill and leave to cool for a few minutes. cheese, broken into small pieces
100g salad leaves 1tbsp lemon juice
Meanwhile, evenly divide the salad leaves between two plates and dress with the lemon juice and remaining 1tsp olive oil. Carefully slide the frittata onto a chopping board, slice and serve with the salad.
SERVES
2
Recipes reprinted, with permission, from the Vegetarian Society website vegsoc.org 1 January 2022 • WAR CRY • 15
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