A new vegetable? It was to me!

A new vegetable? It was to me!

I grew one excellent box of radish earlier this year by planting radish seeds in a box in the greenhouse. I have tried several times since to repeat it, with no success at all. The last lot, I sowed in the garden, and they weren’t all that good, and I ended up leaving...
Smoothies, thickies and wedding invites

Smoothies, thickies and wedding invites

We have loads of plums in the freezer that I want to use. The challenge is that I am trying not to eat very much sugar at all, so I don’t want to use them in crumbles and pies etc. So, this morning, I got out a little pot of them and whizzed them up with 300ml fridge...
WI garden group, giant tomatoes and unreliable broadband

WI garden group, giant tomatoes and unreliable broadband

Had a great day at WI garden group today. I spoke about how to grow watercress, showed some growing plants and gave a few rooted cuttings. Then gave out pieces of one of my very precious Brandywine tomatoes for people to taste. There is nothing like a Brandywine,...
Oranges, Lemons & St. Clements

Oranges, Lemons & St. Clements

Enjoyed one of these for my lunch today. And this time, I added a piece of preserved lemon, cut up very small.  It gave an added dimension of flavour. I already like this sandwich. A lot.  And with the addition of a little tangy lemon under flavour, humming away in...
Nans, Drawers and Wedding Cakes

Nans, Drawers and Wedding Cakes

Having this for lunch today, Toasted Nan and Dahl. I will be using dried chickpeas from my store, some of the coconut milk powder that I have masses of and I shall make a nan using the magic dough in the fridge. For the squeeze of lemon, I shall use a few drops of...
Hips, Haws and Hangovers

Hips, Haws and Hangovers

I have a migraine hangover headache this week, which means that after the migraine on Friday, for the rest of this week, I will wake up feeling pretty crappy, off-colour and with a sore head, until about 10am. I’ll feel increasingly well through the day. Then at...
Using magic bread dough to make pizza

Using magic bread dough to make pizza

Pizza for dinner tonight. Oops, forgot to take any pictures, the picture was taken after dark and is the last remaining portion. Remember the magic dough kept in the fridge? When we got back from the bread course we went to at River Cottage, I made a bread mix. I...
A waste of a day

A waste of a day

Yeurgh, woke up this morning with a burgeoning migraine, and after getting up really early, soon had to go back to bed having popped an Imigran. It’s now almost 6pm and although almost all the pain has gone, every muscle aches. What a waste of a day   Was...