Yesterday I played Duchess of Cambridge and planted two trees! It was a beautiful, sunny morning and felt more like April than January. Mum came to help and advise and we were the only people at the allotment, our sole company, a woodpecker who would occasionally tap away in his hunt for a snack. I [...]
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Lady and the Tramp
Posted in allotment, suppers, tagged allotment, apples, pasta sauce on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hot, hot, hot!!
Posted in cakes, suppers, tagged allotment, cake, chillies, coffee, goats cheese, mango, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, thomasina miers on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing on our meat free odyssey, tonight we set sail across the Atlantic and headed for Mexico, courtesy of Thomasina Miers and her smokey stuffed peppers. Since Sainsbury’s delivered very small peppers, I stretched things by using 3 gorgeous dinky Baby Bear squash from last year’s allotment crop and it was hard to [...]
Something to set your pulse(s) racing
Posted in suppers, tagged allotment, chickpeas, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, lentils, pumpkins on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, so maybe I’m over stating things a bit, but we have just had another very tasty vegetarian supper! This time it was thanks to that bloke who started us off on this meat free quest, Mr Fearnley-Whittingstall. From his Veg Everyday I cooked a North African Squash and Chickpea Stew – which also [...]
Digging for victory
Posted in allotment, baking, bread, suppers, tagged allotment, apples, bread, chickpeas, chutney, curry, kale, mushrooms, Sarah Raven on January 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Over the holidays I ordered some apple trees; some for home and a couple for the allotment. As they could turn up any day, I took advantage of the ok weather and headed off to our plot first thing and began to clear the wasteland at the back of the beds where they will be [...]
Allotment Update November 2010
Posted in allotment, tagged allotment, broccoli, fennel on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Finished Digging over the main fenced section today so everything looks lovely & neat with the exception of the path down the centre which seems to have wandered slightly since I laid it. Add to the jobs list – straighten path & lay weed supresent underneath! We also now have a nice pile of manure [...]
three Super suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged allotment, asparagus, chicken, chorizo, courgettes, fennel, olives, onions, pasta sauce, peppers, pesto, puff pastry, rice, tarts, tomatoes on July 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Love Food Hate Waste? Well, I love nothing more than creating something from nothing and three recent suppers which started life with a rummage through the fridge have produced great results. Sweet Vegetable & Chorizo Stew 1 bulb fennel sliced into 1 cm pieces 1 red pepper sliced 1 yellow courgette sliced 1 green courgette [...]
Christmas 2009
Posted in dinner parties, tagged allotment, blackberry, bread sauce, canapes, carrots, chard & feta parcels, cheesecake, chocolate, cranberry, fennel, fig, mince pies, parsnip, pudding, turkey, venison on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We always start our festive celebrations on Christmas Eve. Once all the preparations are completed some time in the afternoon, we get changed, lock the doors, pop some champagne and head into the sitting room with a plate of nibbles ready for a happy family session of present sharing. We started doing this before we [...]
