Autumn is the time of the year when deep leafy green vegetables hit my weekly fruit and vegetable delivery. I love leafy vegetables. Probably because my mother was a big fan and grew her own. There is nothing that beats fresh chard, steamed with just a little butter. The perfect side for a warming meal. […]
Recently my weekly fruit and veg boxes have included apples. Lots of apples. I eat apples for snacks. I have experimented with red cabbage and apples (served with duck breast, this was delicious!). I have made applesauce to have with pork chops – cue: Brady Bunch flashback! With autumn and the apple season, I have […]
This summer we switched to ordering food boxes for our weekly vegetable purchase (we buy from Abel & Cole). The food box is like a lottery – it arrives, you menu plan for the week according to what you have received, and it is a wonderful way to explore and get creative with ingredients in […]
From Wednesday I have been hibernating. Ok, not really. But I paused triathlon training and have been resting. I have been trying to block out the fact that London Triathlon is on Sunday. I have done as much work as I could. I have been training since May 2009, and although I am only now […]
I am not even going to start this with a disclaimer. This is a cupcake recipe. If you are interested in low sugar, low calories, and no treats in your daily eating regime, read no further. Now for the good stuff. This is an extremely easy recipe that I got from Martha Stewart (I love […]
Like so many things in my life these days, I learned about the “Beyond Baked Beans ” contest on twitter. The concept is simple – blog a simple staple recipe that you made while at university to help new university students to start off with an easy bag of simple staple recipes when they head […]
In April Erica posted on Twitter that she was making hot cross buns for Easter. I asked if I could have her recipe, made it twice (once on Easter and once recently for an afternoon tea snack when friends came over), and asked if I could publish it on my blog. The recipe is delicious. […]
Thanks to Twitter I have a constant stream of motivation and encouragement. And new friends. I must admit I was a bit skeptical about this whole “online community / meet like minded people” thing. But thanks to Twitter, I have linked up with some really super inspiring people. One of them is Khara. Khara lives […]
I must admit DH and I are kind of creatures of habit. Coming up on about 15 years together, and 10 years of marriage, you can imagine that we have kind of a nice routine going on. One of those routines involves cooking (and eating) together. We try to plan out our meals, and inevitably […]
A few weeks ago I participated in the #i8this challenge on Twitter. It was started by Christine Lynch, the Holisticguru, as a way to spur on food awareness of what we are eating, and also to become inspired by what other people were eating.I realised I had some chicken in my fridge that needed cooking, […]