The British Larder
So, welcome to the launch of my new blog section, dedicated to trying to buy and consume only UK-sourced food and drink. This is not […]
Month: February 2020
Move over purple sprouting broccoli.
I was up at the farmers’ market thing in Malvern at the weekend and alongside the PS Broccoli, they had some kale tops. Wow! Look […]
Carlin Pea and mushroom burger.
No, me neither, but I think I bought them in the Bran Tub ( or it may have been Greenlink ), both top health food […]
Roasted tomato salad
There are British growers who now produce tomatoes and salad veg over winter ( Thanet Earth for example ), which means that it is OK […]
Tagliatelle with artichoke hearts and purple sprouting broccoli.
Ingredients: 1 can of artichoke hearts in water, drained. 100g purple sprouting broccoli 10g flaked almonds, toasted. As much Tagliatelle as you want for two […]
Microgreens
Remember those beans that I was going to try and sprout a few weeks back? Well those ugly ducklings have just turned out to be […]
The first cut …
When Cat Stevens sang that the first cut was the deepest, I don’t think he can have been referring to lawns, as it’s best not […]
Preparation
This week we’ve been starting to get the garden ready. I bought some manure and some veg compost and have cleared out some of the […]
If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother
When we went to Aberystwyth in November we went to a nice Spanish restaurant. One of the highlights was that they gave us some olives […]
Smoked Garlic Oil
This is really easy. Get some good quality oil ( I used olive, but any other well flavoured oil would do ) and a head […]