This year has been a bit hit and miss in the garden. The late spring not making the gardeners life any easier, at one’s busiest time. Stuff was late going into trays, and later coming out of them…..some abandoned altogether, better luck next year hey! Anyway some stuff that…
Someone pinch me, even if it has been intermittent, but the sun has actually been shining here in the west of Ireland lately………….We have had more sun in the last few weeks, than we have had in the last few years! Starved of that precious Vitamin D, left frustrated and…
Took myself up the bog road the other evening to Martha and Liam’s, to have what has become a much loved and looked forward to blogging session with the Bean an TÍ, and brilliant blogger who goes under the name marthaserena.com, check it out. It was raining (of course) buckets…
Stolen from Felicity Cloake’s Sustainable recipes in the weekend’s Guardian. Recipe from Jess Baum, Bristol. http://themotherinlawskitchen.com/ Thank you. Man do I like chickpeas and new beetroot, so when I happened upon this recipe using both together, I had to have a go……. Here is the proof, my attempt…
Salad for-ever. Some of the beauties I have been knocking up lately…..Salad for breakfast, lunch and supper, I love that word supper. Salad in the car, on the beach, yes the weather is glorious and it’s salad making season. I could never tire of it, especially when it’s only a…
The constant joy of growing, cooking and eating my own food is what sustains me. There are some foods that are as eagerly awaited each year as the swallow, and the first potatoes are one of them. Before and after………
In a recent post I gave instructions for making water Kefir, here are a few shots of it in the making….
Collagen soup – The Irish Times – Sat, Apr 13, 2013F Or facelift in a bowl………….mmmmmm For what-ever the reason this sounds good. I need soup, it such a complete meal, and sustains you for hours/days. It’s a long time since I made Asparagus soup from a big tin, all…
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I’m going through a purple vegetable phase at the mo. as they seem to be so prolific in my garden/tunnel, undoubtly ending up on my plate. P.S.B, Beetroot, Purple Basil, and Pea’s and beautiful Purple lettuce….. I believe plants find you , and your body informs you through craving and…
