Monday
- Porridge with warm berries and toasted seedscreamy oats · warm berries · toasted seeds
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A region of England
East Midlands: its food, and a week to cook at home.
The home of the pork pie and Stilton cheese, and of Lincolnshire's wide vegetable fields.
The photograph is AI-generated.
What people eat here
Dishes from East Midlands
No. 1
Melton Mowbray pork pie
A hand raised pie of chopped pork in hot water crust pastry. Melton Mowbray Pork Pie is a protected food name, made in an area around the Leicestershire town.
No. 2
Stilton
A blue cheese that may only be made in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. It is a protected food name.
No. 3
Bakewell pudding
A pastry case with a layer of jam and a rich egg and almond filling, from Bakewell in Derbyshire. The iced Bakewell tart came later.
No. 4
Lincolnshire sausage
A coarse pork sausage seasoned with sage.
What grows here, and when
Brassicas such as cabbage and cauliflower through autumn and winter, and Bramley apples in autumn.
Lincolnshire is one of England's biggest growing counties for vegetables, including cabbages, cauliflowers and potatoes. Red Leicester cheese comes from Leicestershire.
Seven days, seven menus
A sample week from our recipes
A week to cook at home that suits East Midlands and its seasons, using only recipes on this site. Each day reads in the order you eat.
Tuesday
- Ploughman's plate with quick pickled onionsmature cheddar · crusty bread · pink pickled onions
Wednesday
- Roast chicken thighs with leeks and potatoesgolden chicken thighs · sweet roast leeks · crisp potatoes
- Garlicky spring greens with lemonspring greens · golden garlic · lemon
Thursday
- Punjabi chana masala with basmati ricespiced chickpeas · slow tomato gravy · fragrant basmati
- Soft wholemeal chapatiwholemeal atta · puffed on a hot pan · soft and warm
Friday
- Leek and potato soupsilky leek and potato · snipped chives · green olive oil
- Steak with peppercorn sauce and watercressseared sirloin · cracked peppercorn cream · peppery watercress
Saturday
- Crisp onion bhajiscrisp red onion · spiced gram flour · lemon
- Rajma, Punjabi kidney bean curryslow cooked kidney beans · tomato and ginger · kasuri methi
- Jeera rice with toasted cumintoasted cumin · long grain basmati · fresh coriander
Sunday
- Crisp hake with minty crushed peascrisp-skin hake · minty crushed peas · lemon new potatoes
- Creamy mashed potatoessilky mash · warm butter · chives
- Apple and blackberry crumblebramley apple and blackberry · golden oat crumble · warm custard
We have no recipe yet for pork pie or Bakewell pudding.
Meal plans that suit East Midlands
Cities in East Midlands
Facts checked on 27 October 2026.