Well winterfest / thanksgiving was a blinding success with lots of homemade fayre and good cheer. One of the stars of the day was Luke’s amazing cranberry sauce, so cheekily I asked if I could have the recipe in return for the […]
We made candy floss! We made candy floss! We made candy floss! When Kate was little, she called candyfloss “Oose on a stick”. Oose being the Scottish word for fluff or lint and when we go on holiday it’s become a bit of […]
Well this week has been a week of fun with the pasta machine, and just how versatile is a pasta machine? Well let me tell you. We’ll start with pasta… Ravioli with butternut squash filling Ok firstly, for those of you who fancy making pasta, it is dead easy, like […]
Well we already told you about making pasta, but that’s not the only thing you can use a pasta machine for. We also made Pot Stickers. Pot stickers are little Chinese dumplings (won ton) which are fried on one side to get them all brown and crunchy and then steamed […]
This week we thought we’d do you a wee update on the food we get from the garden rather than just lots of pictures of plants, although we will also be including pictures of plants of course The exciting news this week is that we are seeing our first tomatoes. […]
Kate’s mum and dad are visiting for lunch today so we thought we’d treat them to some garden delights (since they are blog fans). So today’s lunch will be stuffed chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham with baby carrots, sautéed potatoes and asparagus (asparagus not from the garden). So pictures? […]
Beetroot tart has become a favourite of ours since we started growing our own beetroot. It’s a bit surprising to the uninitiated just how sweet beetroot can be, mostly I think because they’ve only tried the pickled beetroot from jars and just assume this is what beetroot actually tastes like. […]
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