Into the wild…
I was sick for a while. I’m better and I’m going foraging. I have this desire to reconnect with nature, it’s been a long Winter, let me out into it. When we absorb nature, it absorbs us too. All will be revealed on my return.
Author: Oonagh
Author Archives: Oonagh
I took a boat to Africa….
These beautiful photographs were taken on a visit to Morocco, a few years ago. The colours, and the light transport me straight back and of course the food, cart fulls of almonds in the street, the Berber people on horse-back bringing bunches of harvested mint to town, the Tagines, with…
Comfort food…….
It comes in many forms and I suppose most cultures have a version of stew, the epitome of comfort food. Here is a mind blowing list of different stews from everywhere, from France with it’s Bourguignon, to Vietnam for Bo Kho. Stew was often eaten in our house as kids,…
Time for a herbal drink
Absolutely loving trying out some recipes from ”Jerusalem”. by Yotam Ottonlengi and Sami Tamimi. Made cous cous with tomato and onion, simple, but you cram it all in a non-stick pan and steam it for 10 minutes, until the bottom goes brown and crispy! We had it for breakfast with…
Growing Coriander:
Coriander, you either love it or hate it. Growing up it wasn’t part of our diet, as parsley and thyme were. I suppose when I went to live in London, and was exposed to flavours and cultures from all over the World, did I only then begin to use it,…
Jerusalem:
Jerusalem: A Cookbook: Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi … While chatting to a friend over mulled wine and cheese at our stalls at the recent Christmas market, the above mentioned book crept into our conversation. I had read a review earlier in the year and of course wanted it on my…
Everything I need to know, will come to me easily…
I can safely say I am giddy with excitement, creating this site. I have been writing for years, poetry, short stories, scribbles. Writing for the world to see is another ball game, and a far cry from my dusty diaries and notebooks, hiding under my bed. It’s been a mad…
So Much Beauty, In My Compost
Funny the way stuff finds you. As an organic gardener/tutor for years, making compost in ”the oven of the garden” is a hugely satisfying and rewarding thing to do. When it comes to using the dark crumbly remains (yes I have perfected the art of good compost making) I have…
My thoughts entirely…
Free food at last…..
It’s not that I can’t afford to buy my greens, and of course I have lots of lovely fresh organic vegetables in the tunnel, but out walking in the near-by glen the other day with my boys we came across the first tasty offerings of the season. Young Nettles, bursting…
