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Dandelion Coffee
I’d heard about dandelion coffee for a while and wanted to try making my own, but would it be any good? I realise a lot of people are not too fond of dandelions in their garden and I have been on a mini-mission to change that. When they were in full bloom, I put up…
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Dandelion Biscuits
Since this weeks episode of the podcast was about the folklore of dandelions, I thought I would share with you a couple of recipes I have for making dandelion biscuits. I have to confess I have no idea where I got these from so I can’t give the proper acknowledgements – I’ll just say thank…
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Christmas Cake Calamity!
It seemed like a good idea at the time I haven’t made a Christmas cake in years. In fact, I don’t know if I’ve ever made more than one and the first one was a disaster. So as I was scrolling through YouTube videos the other day, I came across a channel which does a…
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Kitchen Fail – beware YouTube recipes!
I like to experiment in the kitchen as well as the garden but sometimes they don’t work out too well so I’ll be more careful about YouTube recipes from now on! I’d made a lovely dinner – some chicken noodley thing with various veg thrown in. I found a packet of some tasty spicy paste…
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You have to try this – Rhubarb Cordial
If you grow rhubarb you will know it grows really quickly at this time of the year and it can be a challenge to come up with new ways to use it all up. One of the things I do is rhubarb cordial and I promise you, it tastes amazing and will make your house…
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Pineapple Slices with a Twist!
I tried a new dessert this week which I had seen in a book a long time ago called ‘where the wild cooks go‘ (you can also find it on my recommendations page) I’ve been meaning to try it for ages and as I had a pineapple left over from my recent juicing escapades this…
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Salmon and pasta just go so well together!
I don’t put up many recipes really as this isn’t a food only sort of blog so when I do, it’s because I’ve done something a little bit special! I managed to get some smoked salmon for New Year and had put it in the freezer till I needed it. I had a look around…
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Think you don’t like porridge? This might change your mind!
If you look on the back of a lot of porridge oats packets you’ll see instructions telling you to use water or milk or even half and half and to cook for 3-4 minutes on high. Don’t. What I have been doing lately will take your porridge and your taste buds to new heights! First…
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Baking our own goodies!
Our holiday week continues and we decided we would take some time to bake a little something. After a brief discussion with Dearest Son, who is the main baking taster in the house, we decided to make the sourdough snickerdoodles which I’ve done a couple of times in the past. I use the recipe from…
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Nettle Soup
Nettle Soup: The perfectly healthy Spring-time pick-me-up What you need: Foraged nettle tops – about 2 gloved handfuls should be enough 1 onion 1 clove garlic Couple of potatoes – peeled and chopped Chunk of butter Vegetable stock What to do: You can watch the video I made on Youtube about how to make this…
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