ROWAN & CRABAPPLE JELLY If you have never made hedgerow jelly before, or failed in the past, let me share this easy and reliable recipe with you for Rowan and Crabapple Jelly. You can substitute the Rowan with Sloe or Elderberry if you are too late for Rowans, and use cooking apples instead [...]
This month (quite incredibly) marks our second year of producing 'online' botanical coloured pencil drawing courses with the lovely Linda Hampson drawing and nattering away to you and me editing the videos with factual (and some less factual!) interludes. I wish it had not taken a pandemic to give us the nudge to venture into [...]
Apricot & Seville Orange Marmalade In January or February you will be able to buy ugly bitter Seville oranges that make the most exquisite marmalade from any good farm shop. Marmalade could not be simpler, I know people get worried about the setting point and so on but really when you know a couple [...]
Honestly this is the best! Moist and soft, keeps well and is a large mix enough to do a four layer cake, 8x12 rectangular tray or 15 very large muffins. You will need to make some apple sauce first the night before and allow to cool, I tend to make lots when we have cooking [...]
Just one of our favourite dishes, great as a side, main or starter on a bed of lettuce and served with salsa or guacamole. You can make ahead and reheat or make more for two nights. Its so easy and tasty there won't be any left! Recipe: I cup of flour, 1/4 cup of cornflour, [...]
Honestly, you will say, what is she on about! Well I'll tell you... It's so easy to be busy yet unproductive, that feeling you have spent all day running about and achieved nothing! I love to chop and split logs and see the huge pile, or weed the garden and see the beautiful clean bare [...]
EASY TIGER ROLLS Tiger topping is a great way to add interest to your bread, this version is a simplified and quick version of the true 'Dutch Crunch' bread. INGREDIENTS 7g sugar 4g yeast (doves farm is very good) 50g warm water 50g rice flour/ground rice 7g sunflower oil 7g TOASTED sesame oil [...]
IRISH TEA BRACK - VEGAN You wont believe this cake is so quick to make, tastes so good and has no dairy, eggs, oil or butter or even sugar added, just fruit, flour and spice. Fabulous with butter, on its own or as toast for breakfast or after school treat. INGREDIENTS - makes [...]
RHUBARB, GINGER & LEMON VEGAN CHEESECAKE Simple, quick and impressive vegan summer desert that you can make ahead. All the tastes of summer, cool and light after an alfresco meal. You can make this with any fruit you prefer as a topping, it doesn't need to be Rhubarb, gooseberries work very well, or [...]
LEMON MINCEMEAT A page from a family recipe book as good today as it was 100 years ago. Make this mincemeat into tiny dainty mince pies, with stars of finely rolled icing or marzipan on top and dust with lemon sugar to serve! FULL RECIPE (makes a considerable quantity...7lbs in total) Boil four lemons [...]
