I have a confession to make, I am a pickle-obsessed person! I adore that tangy sweet-and-sour flavour that enhances a dish. Not only that, it’s a great way of preserving the garden harvest. If you follow my blog you’ll know that I have been pickling all sorts from the veg patch. The carrots have been a…
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Aromatic Sweet Pickled Beetroot
I cannot remember a day there wasn’t a bunch of beetroot picked from the vegetable patch this summer. I know I should feel happy and grateful for them, versatile as they are in salads, hummus and grated into a chocolate cake. Not forgetting the deep green leaves, with their magenta veins, they make possibly the…
Roasted Beetroot Dip with Feta
A recipe full of colour today, in an attempt to combat the complete lack of sunshine outside! Beetroot are delicious and plentiful from my vegetable patch at the moment so I thought I would share a great appetiser / mezze / side dish / open sandwich topper. Roasted Beetroot Dip with Feta is an incredibly…
Lavender and Lemon Shortbread Biscuits
Tea is always better with a little treat, (although I am more of a coffee drinker myself, but that’s another story). Last weekend, between the showers, I took it upon myself to tackle the mountain of weeds that seem to have appeared in my garden, in a few short days. We planted a border a…
Vegetarian Mushroom Stuffed Peppers
Today I’ve got a bright, colourful and versatile meal for your next lunch or light dinnertime, brimming with flavour, but which is completely customisable to suit what you’ve got in your fridge or larder. This Vegetarian Mushroom Stuffed Pepper recipe came about a few months back, when the country was in total lockdown. Only wanting…
Healthy New Potato Salad with Fresh Peas
We have just returned from the most relaxing week in Cornwall. Eating out, walking with our dogs, exploring some of our old favourite haunts and dealing with the odd unexpected heavy downpour of rain. You can always rely on very varied weather in the west country. On the days where we stayed at home, we…
Stuffed Aubergine with Olive Tapenade
While in the summer there are a whole load of fresh, light and bright dinner options available, having something comforting and imaginative in a cold spring can be harder. A relatively quick and delicious meal I’ve been enjoying recently is stuffed and roasted aubergine. Served hot or warm, the spongy flesh roasts up beautifully into…
Nettle & Pine Nut Parcels with Whipped Feta
This recipe for Nettle and Pine Nut Parcels with Whipped Feta marks the start of the spring foraging season. They’re relatively quick and easy to make, using some store cupboard ingredients. Bronzed and crisp flaky pastry bites, filled with new season nettles, sautéed onion and garlic, with a hint of spice from the smokey paprika….
Finnish Sourdough Rye (Ruisleipä)
This Finnish Rye Bread Ruisleipä has been on my baking list for a while. And what better time to post than now, Real Bread Week, the international celebration of additive free loaves. As I write this blog, bread heads, near and far are posting their favourite bakes to encourage people to buy real bread from…
Seeded Sourdough Knäckebröd
Knäckebröd or crispbread are widely baked in the Nordic region. Their origins lie in Sweden and Finland where they have been baked in their current form for around 500 years. You may wonder why they have a hole in the middle? Before the invention of the iron stove, baking these crisp flat breads was something…
