~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feasts and festivals, culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad....whilst preparing family food with flair ~
Spinach lentil and sweet potato curry for 5:2 diet weight loss
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Spice Up your New Year 5:2 Diet Weight Loss! Spinach, Lentil & Sweet Potato Curry (244 Calories) With HUGE apologies for my absence, it was a week ago that I (...)
The Moose is Loose! Newfoundland Toutons with Butter & Maple Syrup Butter I love bread, and I also love butter and maple syrup as well as pancakes, so when all (...)
The Great British Bake Off and my Mary Berry Cherry Cake Recipe Last week saw the start of The Great British Bake Off, and along with many thousands of others, (...)
A Northumberland Cottage Kitchen Recipe: Stotty Cake (Stottie Cake) A rather plain and flat looking disc of bread, and yet to many people in the North East of (...)
Rhubarb and custard muffins with hazelnut crunch crumble topping
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Rhubarb & Custard Muffins with Hazelnut Crunch Crumble Topping for The Great British Rhubarb Recipe Round-Up Fish & Chips, Blackberry & Apple, Strawberries & (...)
A Middle Eastern inspired recipe for spicy, spatchcock roast chicken with preserved lemons, tomatoes, onions and chillies. Serve with couscous or chickpeas. (...)
with Waitrose Weekend and Home for Christmas Today’s recipe for “Tear & Share” Christmas Tree Cinnamon Rolls is a family tradition on Christmas Eve – these (...)
Loving sausage recipes from debbie&andrew’s Today is Valentine’s Day, and so today I would like to share a new recipe that was sent to me, along with some very (...)
Nocturnal tasting tour of newfoundland: cocktails, puddings & madeleines
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Cocktails, Puddings & Madeleines: A Nocturnal Tasting Tour of Newfoundland – Old & New Dreams are made of this……. Bite-sized Chunks of my Culinary Adventures (...)
Healthy Low-Calorie Recipe for Weight Watchers I bet we’ve all had a bowl of bananas that have just “gone” all of a sudden.……one minute they are pert, bright (...)
Bacon wrapped turkey breast and sausage stuffing loaf for christmas
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A Small Christmas Dinner: Bacon Wrapped Turkey Breast and Sausage Stuffing Loaf Picture the scene, a long table laden with food, the pride of place going to a (...)
Garlic bread cheese toastie for the secret recipe club
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Garlic Bread Cheese Toastie (Grilled Cheese) for The Secret Recipe Club It’s hard to believe that something as simple as a toasted cheese sandwich could have (...)
with Special K Original Cereal Breakfast is the most important meal of the day it is said, and although I am guilty of missing breakfast sometimes, I think I’d (...)
A Vegetarian Light Lunch: Three Cheese and Swiss Chard Pasta Bake Cake As the mornings get lighter, and my trip down to the hen-house gets earlier, I am want (...)
Gala pie - raised ham and egg pie for british pie week
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In celebration of British pork and British Pie Week, the recipe I am sharing today is for a British pie classic, Gala Pie, a raised pie made with hot water (...)
Pork and fennel with red wine and borlotti beans for canned food week
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Pork & Fennel with Red Wine & Borlotti Beans for Canned Food Week (5:2 Diet) Today, Easter Sunday, may not be the time to talk about “canned food” (tinned (...)
Garlic and shallot country style bread for christmas sandwiches
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Perfect for Christmas Sandwiches: Garlic and Shallot Country Style Bread (Breadmaker) Today is the last Sunday in Advent, which means that Christmas day is (...)
Home away from Home: Betty’s Fat Rascals Recipe We have a lovely home in SW France that we like to visit several times a year, and when we aren’t travelling by (...)
A Mothering Sunday Tea Time Treat Mothering Sunday, which the correct title for it in the UK, is just three days away now – this year the date falls on Sunday (...)
Cooking with le creuset: comfort chicken casserole
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Cast Iron Recipes! Cooking with “Le Creuset” Comfort Chicken Casserole What could be better than a comforting plate of chicken casserole as leaves start to (...)
Easter Nest Cup Cakes for the Easter Weekend Tea Time Table It’s Easter Saturday and only a day away from all those Easter Egg hunts and waking up to see what (...)
