Slow Cooker Lamb Shanks
The perfect welcome home! Tender lamb shanks & beads of bloated pearl barley in a rich, deep sauce, sweet with carrot and honey, yet aromatic with coriander seeds and sherry… My slow cooker spends most of the year gathering dust in the back of a cupboard, but each year, around October time, I suddenly yearn […]
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Recipe: Winter Salad of Roasted Vegetables & Bulgur Wheat
The perfect weekday work lunch I came up with this recipe in an attempt to use up some veg that was starting to look a bit sorry for itself. I had no intention of using it for the blog but frankly, it’s just so good, I had to share it! I’ve made enough to give […]
Continue readingWhat’s in season in October?
October in season; a time for celebrating with food I love how food is so interwoven into our culture, that just by looking at what is coming into season, we can immediately get a sense of what cultural occasions and feasts are approaching. This month, pumpkins will be carved, the first cranberries will be purchased […]
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My Monthly 5 – September Recipe Share
September’s top recipe shares from around the Blogosphere… A fab selection in my recipe share this month! I’ve just noticed that they’re all vegetarian! Purely coincidence – I must have been really feeling the veg in September… 1) Acorn Squash, Brown Rice & Chickpea Burgers – from Stovetop Story After last week’s veg box delivery, I […]
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Salted Caramel Apple Crumble
This recipe is dedicated to my friends, Nick and Elise, whose new house we visited last weekend, and who, very kindly, allowed me to go and fill a bag with apples from the two trees in their garden. I could I suppose have given them the crumble I made by way of thanks, but, umm, well, […]
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September: What’s in season?
September in season; A Time For Crumbles & Crab Apples As the evenings start to draw in and the mornings to dawn a little cooler, we can comfort ourselves with the knowledge that there is a wealth of new food in season this month to bring a warming Autumnal glow to our tables. Following on from […]
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