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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘apples’
Lady and the Tramp
Posted in allotment, suppers, tagged allotment, apples, pasta sauce on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
The Big Freeze
Posted in suppers, tagged apples, beef, chicken, chilli, chorizo, fennel, peppers, pumpkins, soup on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have been having a mammoth cooking session over the last couple of days and as a result now have not one, but two incredibly full freezers! I also have a house that is full of the most enticing and homely smells you could wish for – this is real Autumnal comfort eating! I started [...]
Something on the side
Posted in oriental, tagged apples, chutney, mango, mint, yogurt on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At a recent girl’s night, my friend cooked curry so I volunteered to take along some chutneys. I had a stock of home made mango chutney already and added to this with cucumber raita and mint chutney. The mint chutney is something we always get in a dinky little pot from our favourite Indian [...]
October Suppers
Posted in suppers, tagged apples, aubergines, beef, beer, brocolli, carrots, cauliflower, cheese, chicken, courgettes, curry, fennel, mushrooms, parma ham, pasta sauce, pine nuts, prunes, pumpkins, risotto, salad, sausages, spinach on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of our more interesting October Suppers: Autumn pasta (October scans p1) – Broccoli, mushrooms, parma ham & pine nuts; autumn on a plate! Sausages in Apple Gravy (October scans p4) – really tasty with a lovely gravy which the boys really liked too. Home made Chicken Kiev (October Scans p18) – a [...]
Harvest moon
Posted in allotment, tagged allotment, apples, beans, beetroot, chillies, chioggia, courgettes, greenhouse, leeks, peppers, plum, ratatouille, soup, tomatoes on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was the Harvest Moon and despite the fact we are now in October, this weekend certainly seems to have lived up to this. Went apple picking at our local PYO on Friday. I always love this ritual that marks the passing of another season. The trees were absolutely laden and the coxes were [...]
An afternoon with sarah raven
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apples, cake, soup, tomatoes on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Used up some more tomatoes today and made a batch of tomato soup with the recipe from Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook (p268). A very simple mixture of sweated onions, tomatoes, sherry & basil; cooked, then blitzed and sieved. Smelt beautiful and will have to be eaten not frozen as both my freezers are now officially [...]
Nutters for Chutters
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apples, chutney, mango, plum, soup, sweetcorn on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Had a bit of a chutney making session this week with mixed results. The first batch was plum and apple using a recipe from Sarah Raven’s Garden cookbook. Smelt wonderful and consistency was good. The taste of course is rather a wait and see until it has developed some more but I’m looking forward to [...]
A couple of Jars of Jam
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apples, cherry, jam on September 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Friends gave me a huge bag of cooking apples today so I’ve been thinking what to do with them. Definitely some plum chutney tomorrow as plums need using up quickly, also I have plans for chilli jelly once the chillies have ripened and some more mango chutney as we liked last year’s batch very [...]
