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A new book and jam making
Andrew and I both have book collections, Andrew's is full of climbing guides and mine is full cookery books. As you can see from the photo my cookery books fill more than 2 shelves. Whereas Andrew's...
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Green veg cannelloni
One of my favourite pasta dishes is spinach and ricotta cannelloni. On Monday we still had a lot of green vegetables leftover from our box. So I decided to substitute the spinach for the other veg we...
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Banana chocolate chip muffins
When I saw the photo for this month's sweet and simple bakes I was so happy. I love muffins. But when I saw the what was in the muffins the excitement slowly disappeared. Why? Because, they contained...
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A mountain of chutney
An unspeakable thing happened a few weeks ago, we ran out of chutney. I made one and a half batches of our favourite spicy apple and walnut chutney. I thought that would be more than enough to see use...
View ArticleMeme, 6 random facts about me
I have been tagged by Fiona at The Cottage Smallholder to share 6 random things about myself.Tag Rules: Link to the person who tagged you. Post the rules on the blog. Write six random things about...
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First pasta in the new flat
Most of the boxes are emptied, kitchen arrangment is almost sorted out. Living in a top floor flat is always an advantage but moving the heavy boxes up 3 flights of stairs is hard work. We realised how...
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Mackerel and beetroot salad
This is my first post for a while. We are finally settled into the flat, though I keep opening the wrong cupboard for things! We have also been very busy in the kitchen, all will be explained in future...
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A ray of sunshine
Andrew and I are deep into the thesis writing. This means I was in the flat for two and a half days before I ventured outside. Very depressing. The weather has been awful this week, which has made my...
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So what have we been up to?
Last week Andrew was on holiday from work, we spent most of the week writing our theses. However, we did take a couple of days off from the laptops. We spent one day at Craigie's picking fruit for...
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So what did we do with all that fruit? Part 1 - Jams and Jelly
As I said in an earlier post we had been to a PYO and returned with loads of fruit. With my birthday money I bought a jam pan and was waiting for the soft fruit season to put it to good use. I have...
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Pumpkin risotto and biscuits
After the pumpkin pasta, I was thinking of what else to make with it. So I decided to make a risotto. I roasted the pumpkin whilst I was making the risotto. The pumpkin was then stirred in at the end...
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A Tale of Two Theses
We are back!!!!After an intensive month of thesis writing, we have finally submitted the theses.It meant that I had to neglect the blog but now we are waiting for our viva dates. Just in case you were...
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So what did we do with all that fruit? Part 2 Fruit flavoured vodkas
In August we picked a whole lot of berries from a PYO. The main reason for this was that I wanted to make some jams. But we picked ALOT of fruit. So we had lots leftover for other uses. So we made some...
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So what did we do with all that fruit? Part 3 - raspberry vinegar
Once I had made the raspberry jam and vodka, I had a few hundred grams leftover. I remember seeing in my River Cottage Preserves Book a recipe for raspberry vinegar. I have seen these in delis but are...
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Beef ragu and homemade pasta
When Andrew's parents visited for the weekend they brought some goodies with them, these included a pasta machine. I have told Andrew that I really wanted a pasta machine but he has never been very...
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So what did we do with all that fruit? Part 4 - Blackcurrant wine
Well now, where to begin. Serena has been on at me to write this post for ages and I have finally run out of excuses. Its not that I haven't wanted to write it - I just haven't found the time. Well my...
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Weekend breakfasts
Last week Andrew and I decided that we would make more of an effort with our breakfasts on the weekend. So on Saturday we had kippers for breakfast. We had never had kippers and the thought of fish for...
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Roast pork and crab apple jelly
With the weather being atrocious this weekend we needed a roast dinner. We decided to have pork which we got from Puddledub at the Farmers Market. We had it with roast potatoes, mashed swede, carrots,...
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Sometimes things just don't go right
Sometimes I try a recipe and it doesn't turn out how I thought it would. Most of the time its something I did or didn't but sometimes it just happens.Last night I made Delia's pasta with pepper relish....
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Pumpkin Ravioli
I think I have mastered making pasta dough. We use 100 g of pasta flour and 1 egg for one person. So I thought I would have a go at making my own ravioli.The filling was pumpkin (450g) which I roasted...
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