Happy VE Day!
In the grocer in Sturminster Newton yesterday I found fresh turmeric. Only that morning my mother was saying she wanted to eat it to help various ailments. So as luck would have it ….
Serves 6
Ingredients
1 aubergine with 1 clove finely slice garlic, olive oil and salt
glug of plain oil (olive, rapeseed …
This is not the first time I have posted sushi on this blog. So it is the same recipe but a reminder. I served it with two salads because the children wouldn’t eat the fennel salad so a cucumber concoction accompanied us too. We compared Waitrose bought sushi with homemade. I noticed a difference in …
In Dumfriesshire during half term, we walked 3 miles from our hotel on the coast to a little fishing village called Port Patrick where we had lunch in a pub called The Crown excelling in seafood. This recipe was inspired by that. The pub was as traditional as they all used to be, but with …
The children chose, and they prepared. I sat at the kitchen table with a cup of tea, directing! This is such a simple recipe that perhaps it does not even need to be here, but then we all like simple recipes, and sometimes the obvious needs stating, – it does for me anyway.
Ingredients
280g cream cheese
4 …
My iphone has died and so I have lost the picture of the squid alongside the soup and aioli. This is my last post until the end of the month when we get back from Canada. Have a good rest of August!
This is a traditional recipe, the origins of which are claimed by both the …
Last night my husband and children went fishing on Chessil Beach with friends. In a huge break from the norm, each family came back with 28 mackerel, or thereabouts!!! Our veg garden is slightly over-run by spinach so this and its herbs added to the satisfyingly homegrown/self caught lunch.
Ingredients
Quinoa salad
120g quinoa
340ml water
glug of virgin olive …
In case anyone has noticed it has been a while … I am back, having had a break from the food world whilst waiting to launch Bicycles, Bloomers and Great War Rationing Recipes which, (can you believe it as it has taken 2 years to be published!!) is coming out next month!!! Hooray! So rather …
To enjoy this fully, you need to get stuck in with your hands, eat them with close friends or family (i.e. eating corn on the cob on a first date – unlikely!).
Ingredients
3 tbsp olive oil
25g butter
1 onion finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, finely sliced
salt (about 1 tsp or more depending on taste)
25 shell on King prawns/crevettes
200mls Vermouth
Parsley
1. …
In a local village hall – I write ‘a’ because we live between quite a few villages and their halls in no-man’s land, not belonging to any in particular – Granny Dot’s recipes were used for their annual fund-raising event, raising a grand sum of £600! Among the recipes was this which was so popular that I …
These are hard to resist. To recreate exactly is a time-consuming process. Alternatively, use whichever whizzing gadget you have and a fine sieve to speed things up a little…
But first, here’s Granny Dot’s version:
Materials and Method.–Steam a haddock, and work the flesh through a sieve, moistening it with a little milk, when necessary. Mix …
