An egg must be the ultimate pre packed food and one of the first..So many ways to cook them and so cheap and filling.I often wonder when man or woman started realising they could cook an egg. Did they drop and break an egg on a hot piece of ground and it started cooking? I [...]
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Eggs…So many ways!
Posted in cheeses, cooking, eggs, food, greek recipes, herbs & spices, onions, packed lunches., peppers, potatoes, recipes, spices on November 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Left overs
Posted in cheeses, chilli, cooking, dried fruit, eggs, food, herbs & spices, left overs, mustards and chillies, nuts, onions, potatoes, pumpkins, recipes, soups, Uncategorized, vegetables, walnuts on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Having an allotment or growing vegetables in your garden , makes you realise just how important it is to use up every scrap one way or another . A vegetable or fruit has taken so long to grow from seed to full-grown produce , it seems criminal to throw left overs in the bin.The same [...]
Back again.
Posted in allotments, food, potatoes, Uncategorized, vegetables on October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Summer seems such a busy time with not only both the allotments but the reaping the rewards and cooking all the produce rather than let any go to waste. It has been a great year with a shaky start due to the hot dry weather earlier in the year. Rains later revived every thing and [...]
New allotment year
Posted in allotments, beans, herbs, potatoes, vegetables on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is the beginning of the new growing year but like most people we are way behind due to the harsh winter. I always feel so fed up in the winter..itching to get going on the new year.To me the spring and the start is better than the summer.The first signs of life just inspires! [...]
Winter warmers
Posted in beans, bread, bread pudding, casserole, chicken, citrus, cooking, lamb, mushrooms, onions, orange, potatoes, recipes, red cabbage, sausages, soups, stews, vegetables on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well here we are again at the time of year when all we want to do is eat warming, comforting food that fills us and makes us feel contented.Years ago that would have meant a lot of stodgy food made with suet and fats.If it was anything like my poor mums cooking it would have been very [...]
Vegetarian recipes
Posted in allotments, cabbage, celeriac, cheeses, cooking, courgettes, eggs, herbs & spices, leeks, mushrooms, onions, potatoes, pumpkins, recipes, rice, spinach, vegetables on November 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Having an allotment there is no shortage of vegetables. Sometimes you have to wonder how you are going to use them all,as nothing is wasted.Something always comes to mind though. These recipes are great even if you do eat meat and fish.You don’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy them. As the years go by [...]