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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Seafood and other fish dishes
Posted in cooking, fennel, fish, lemons, pasta, recipes, rice, seafood, soups on November 7, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I was watching a programme about seafood which reminded me of when we were in The Canary Islands one Christmas and instead of the usual Christmas dinner we had Lobster in Champagne sauce.It was at a wonderful Italian restaurant in Fuerteventura.We have been to Fuerteventura for the last few years at Christmas and usually have our Christmas [...]
Homemade sausages & more.
Posted in beans, beef, cooking, curing bacon, herbs, herbs & spices, liver, pates & potted meats, recipes, sausages, soups, tomatoes on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
After a long while of trying to make my own sausages and finding them very nice and flavoursome ,I thought that some that I had made could be quite dry. Last week I finally made some that were just perfect . I was so excited you should have heard me!
Update on allotment
Posted in allotments, cooking, gardening, herbs & spices, recipes, soups, sweet potato, vegetables, tagged leek and potato soup on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The weather yesterday was not as good as it has been recently but we managed to go up for a couple of hours..even though it was quite damp and windy.At least we managed to blow away a few cobwebs.
Using the middle of a Halloween pumpkin
Posted in cooking, jams, pumpkins, recipes, soups, vegetables on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After you have painfully taken the middle from the pumpkin and made the face which seems to have taken you ages and the knife was never sharp enough!…What next? It seems such a waste to throw away the flesh and you can even use the seeds for my recipe for pumpkin seeds …nothing wasted.
Beans and pulses
Posted in beans, cooking, herbs & spices, recipes, soups, vegetables on September 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Beans & pulses in the past year have become a very important part of my diet and a very useful item in my store cupboard.I used to have the occasional tin of bollotti beans etc.,but that would have been it!..not any more.I have dried beans in my store cupboard of every type.The ones I grow [...]
Autumn & Soup is on its way
Posted in cooking, diet, recipes, soups, vegetables on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am sat here looking out of my window and just realised how suddenly the leaves are changing.We look out on to a wood and for me it is the most beautiful time of the year..So it must be nearly soup time.So take a look at some of my favourite recipes as today I dug [...]
