~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feasts and festivals, culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad....whilst preparing family food with flair ~
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Persian Lamb, Aromatic Cauliflower & Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipes March Core Ingredients: Lemons; Cauliflower; Leeks; Eggs; Chocolate and Lamb MARCH MENU: Persian Roast Lamb with Aromatic Rice Spiced Cauliflower Spicy Shepherd’s Pie with Cheesy Leek Topping Chocolate Truffle Cake with Crystallised Violets Welcome to my second Thrifty and Organic Meal Planner post! [...]
Just in time for the BBQ ~ English Lavender Marinade for Beef, Lamb or Chicken ~ Lavender is a traditional cottage garden plant. Its grey-green spikes of foliage and purple flowers provide colour all year. Since the Middle Ages, the dried flowers have been one of the main ingredients of potpourri. Fresh sprigs are included [...]
British Yorkshire Pudding Day Slow Sunday and My Grandma’s Traditional Yorkshire Pudding Recipe Today, Sunday the 5th February, is British Yorkshire Pudding Day! This special day is the brain child of Florence Sandeman of recipes4us.co.uk and I endorse it wholeheartedly. Today is also the start of my second weekend Blog Hop, my Slow Sunday event…….a [...]
Norfolk Punch, Day Five on the Advent Calendar and a North Country Mutton Hotpot 5th December 2011 St Nicholas’ Eve “Originally children left hay and straw for St. Nicholas’ horse, but now they simply put a shoe, clog or boot outside their bedroom door, window or by the fireplace on the evening of 5th of [...]
Love Food, Hate Waste, Leftover Legends aka Bubble and Squeak Lamb Hash This is not really a recipe as such, just a leftovers idea, or a leftover legend as my husband calls them, as he’s surprised that anyone can remember the original meal that the leftovers originated from! Cheeky devil….but he is right, sometimes I [...]
Karen S Booth
