Kedgeree

You were quite taken with the idea that this used to be eaten for breakfast. I'm not sure anything could come between you and your cereal, toast and dried apricots combo though.

You'll need (makes enough for three adults):

two eggs, hardboiled and chopped
an onion, finely chopped
a tablespoon of butter
a mugful of rice
about 350g smoked fish (eg cod or haddock)
a teaspoon of mild curry powder
lots of fresh parsley, finely chopped
lots of lemon juice

First of all, poach your fish in two mugfuls of cold water. Bring it to the boil, and simmer for 8 minutes. Drain the fish (keep the liquid), and keep it warm under a plate.

Gently fry the onion in the butter for 5 minutes, until it's softened. Add a teaspoon of curry powder, and cook for half a minute. Stir in the rice, and swish it all about until it's coated with the curry mixture. Add your drained fish liquid, bring to the boil, and then simmer for 10-12 minutes until all the liquid has been absorbed. If the rice is still too al dente, you may have to add a little more.

Flake the fish and take out any bones. Add to the cooked rice, along with the boiled egg and lots of fresh parsley (ours is still going strong in the front garden, despite snow, ice and tumultuous wind and rain). Add lemon juice to taste, along with lots of black pepper.

This goes well with a green salad, or some peas. In fact green stuff of any description looks lovely against the yellow fish and rice.