The hills are alive with the sound of Stanley

I don't know if any of you have been to Winchester before but there is one thing that makes it stand out from other cities. It isn't the ancient city streets lined with buildings that hold more stories that I could image. Nor is it the Cathedral, a building which is the cultural and spiritual home of the city.
No. It is the hills.
I'm pretty sure the hills move, like the staircases in Hogwarts, because no matter where you go, you are always walking up a hill. If you walk up hill on the way there, you'll be sure to walk up hill on the way back too.
If I don't have a spectacular bottom by the end of this year, I shall be really annoyed.

When I walk home, with a head full of questions like 'how exactly is a one way independent ANOVA going to benefit my life?' and 'do I really need to spend £30 on a statistics book? Won't the lectures cover everything?' (they don't by the way), the only thing that gets me up the aforementioned hills is the thought of a warm dinner soothing my statistics riddled brain.

Fairly lucky I've got a Thermomix then!

One of my favourite things to have for dinner is Lentil Ragu, but it normally takes over an hour to make and to be honest, I don't have the time to faff around in front of the hob, making sure my lentils don't boil over, so I adapted the recipe for Stanley and it is thus:

1 onion
2 carrots
1 garlic clove
250g red lentils
400g chopped tomatoes
1tbsp tomato puree
1 tsp dried herbs
1tsp paprika
1 veg stock cube made up to 500ml

1) Add onion, carrot and garlic and chop a few times on turbo until fairly well chopped
2) Saute 100°c/ speed spoon/ 5 minutes, until softened
3) Add lentils, tomatoes, tomato puree, herbs and stock and cook 100°c/ speed spoon/ 20 minutes.
4) Check the lentils are cooked and if not, cook them in 3 minute bursts until they are cooked through.

I like to have mine with ryvita or a warmed pitta bread, but it is equally delicious with pasta or rice for a really filling meal. This also made 3 servings, so one for the freezer and one for lunch the next day.
And the best thing was, I didn't have to wait around in the kitchen for ages, I could go and watch the telly. I mean do work...

Actually, THE BEST this was is that it cost about £1.80 to make (seriously), which is a jolly good job, because it turns out I do need to buy that statistics book.