Nigel Slater’s unplanned supper recipes

Off the cuff meals from an almost empty larder can be a surprising treatA humble supper for a cold night. That was all I asked, all I needed. There were onions in the house, pearl barley in the cupboard and the usual mustard, garlic and a bunch of thyme. There were also a few vegetables that needing using up: a brown paper bag of mushrooms and a carton of cream (bought for soup which was never made) and a leek left over from heaven knows when, but which seemed fit enough. A challenge, then. I en