“Arabian Nights” Tabbouleh Salad Recipe for the NEW App Uniform Foodies No, I am not dating, and I already have a man in my life who used to be in uniform – that’s my dad who used to be in the Royal Navy, so let me explain the title of today’s post. I am part…
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June Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Salmon, Watercress & Strawberry Delights!
June Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Salmon, Watercress & Strawberry Delights! Welcome to June’s Thrifty and Organic Meal Planner; this month I have created three simple recipes that won’t break the bank or take up too much time in the kitchen; and, one of the component parts of the salmon recipe, the watercress and spring…
Baking Treats for Britain: Rhubarb Crumble Tray-Bake Cake
Baking Treats for Britain: Rhubarb Crumble Tray-Bake Cake Cake stalls and cake sales draw me like a magnet, and wherever I am, if there is food for sale, I can be seen buying it and probably eating it before I get home! And, all the better if they are charity cake or produce stalls, as…
The Little Black Dress of Salads! New Potato & Radish Salad in a Creamy Truffle Oil Dressing
The Little Black Dress of Salads! New Potato & Radish Salad in a Creamy Truffle Oil Dressing Sometimes in recipe development, a recipe is created that seems so simple and yet is “the little black dress” of the culinary scene; it’s easy to make, has simple ingredients, BUT with one special “string of pearls” ingredient…
Better with Brita: Watercress Soup with Chives (5:2 Diet)
Better with Brita: Watercress Soup with Chives (5:2 Diet) Welcome to my SECOND Better with Brita recipe post! When I was deciding what to make for my next recipe, I thought of soup straight away, as soup is made with water and what better way to showcase Brita filtered water then with a soup recipe. And,…
The Red Tractor Hamper Challenge: Oven Baked BBQ Pork Belly Slices
The Red Tractor Hamper Challenge: Oven Baked BBQ Pork Belly Slices I was lucky enough to receive a rather magnificent hamper recently, filled with Red Tractor goodies such as beef, lamb, pork belly slices, chicken breasts, rhubarb, cabbage, onions, celeriac, potatoes, rapeseed oil, cream, flour, sugar, beer, butter, cheese and milk……and, I am sure I’ve…
Pan-fried Smoked Cheese & Ham Stuffed Chicken Breasts in a Creamy Herb Sauce
Pan-fried Smoked Cheese & Ham Stuffed Chicken Breasts in a Creamy Herb Sauce Next Monday, on the 19th of May 2014, marks the start of Yogurt Week, the UK’s first celebration of all things yogurt! Whether it’s for breakfast on the go, a delicious snack or to use in your favourite recipes, yogurt contains a…
Holiday, Piers and Baking with Mum! Fresh Blueberry Scones Recipe
Holiday, Piers and Baking with Mum Fresh Blueberry Scones Recipe Firstly, apologies to my regular readers for the lapse in recent posts – I have been away on holiday for a week, staying at a little cottage in Suffolk where the internet was very erratic before it faded away completely. I confronted this dilemma with fear…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for May: Chicken, Exotic Spices and Floral Fruit
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for May: Chicken, Exotic Spices and Floral Fruit Hello and welcome to my FIRST Thrifty and Organic Meal Planner for 2014! As regular Lavender and Lovage readers will know, I worked with Organic UK throughout last year with a series of special menus based around key seasonal organic ingredients, and…
An Old Fashioned Kinda Pie! Heirloom Apple or Fruit Tart Recipe
An Old Fashioned Kinda Pie! Heirloom Apple or Fruit Tart Recipe Damp tea cloths are drying on the handles of an AGA range, and as well as damp linen the air is full of baking aromas……cinnamon vies with apples and the vague scent of buttery pastry is also omnipresent in the old cottage kitchen; it’s…
Better with Brita: Water as an Ingredient & Potato & Kale Curry
Better with Brita: Water as an Ingredient & Potato & Kale Curry It’s odd how many recipes never have water as an ingredient, and yet we use it all the time in numerous recipes, especially when cooking vegetables, stews, rice, pulses, beverages, soups and sauces; it’s never listed and yet it is an essential ingredient….
Country House Light Luncheon Recipe: Edwardian Curried Eggs
Country House Light Luncheon Recipe: Edwardian Curried Eggs Sometimes, an aroma can bring back so many memories, a snatched moment in time, misty memories come rushing back like a pressure cooker being released and you yearn for that time again……and all it entails. Such is today’s recipe, it’s redolent of hot, humid school days in Hong…
St George’s Day & A Spring Salad Recipe: English Apple and Walnut Salad
St George’s Day & A Spring Salad Recipe: English Apple and Walnut Salad Salad days…….hot, balmy days with fluffy white clouds and the drowsy distant buzz of bees……the early morning translucent light that awakes me along with birdsong and the pale warmth of early sun beams that dance along the old oak beams and form…
The Big Bang Theory, Pantry Staples and “Beefaroni” Pasta Bake
The Big Bang Theory, Pantry Staples and “Beefaroni” Pasta Bake It can be said that I have very eclectic taste when it comes to television, I am an avid fan of period dramas, comedy, satire and even the odd country-style soap in the form of Heartbeat; my favourite comedy programme has to be The Big Bang Theory, which…
The Secret Recipe Club: Award Winning “Logan County Hamburgers”
The Secret Recipe Club: Award Winning “Logan County Hamburgers” (Recipe) Regular Lavender and Lovage readers will know that I am a member of The Secret Recipe Club – and no, it’s not furtive baking or cooking by moonlight in a distant log cabin on the second Thursday in the month, but it’s a on-line cooking…
