Home cooked recipes from a Farmhouse kitchen
Subscription boxes are very popular and you can purchase them for a number of activities both for adults and children. I was contacted by the lovely Sarah who runs Little Crumbs baking and cookery classes for children in the North East of England to try out her new subscription boxes. All of my children love … [Read more…]
As the nights grow darker and the leaves fall from the trees, I think we all begin to have the urge to cuddle up. The traditional cuisine of stews and soups in the Autumn really lends itself to a bit of spice and it seems it is our bodies way of trying to relive some … [Read more…]
We always have lamb in our freezer. Well, almost always. There’s nothing like cooking a joint of lamb for dinner and knowing you at least saw it happy in its life. The problem is, for cuts like leg and shoulder, there can often be a lot of left overs. Rather than treat the dogs to … [Read more…]
It’s all very well me harping on to you all about eating more British lamb for the sake of farming but what do you actually do with it when you get it? Well, I asked a group of bloggers to tell you what they do with it and the results will have you salivating at … [Read more…]
I have weaned all of my children the same. They have eaten the same meals as we have and all enjoyed different things from every food group. Why then is it only two of them that are adventurous with food and one refuses things without even trying them? Since turning two, one of my … [Read more…]
I haven’t done a recipe post for ages and these little eggy bites are something I just cobbled together because our hens are laying so much. I wanted a fridge snack that the children can help themselves to, are sugar free and are packed with protein for that all important energy. The options are endless … [Read more…]
Having recently cut his first field for haylage, I got a mini taster into what I know life will be like in summer. Snatched meal times and visiting fields with food. I have decided to let you know into some of my best kept secrets of quick and easy meal ideas for harvest time and … [Read more…]
Disclaimer: This is a collaborative post with Tesco. We love to eat seasonal British food at the farm and there is only one thing more exciting in Spring than our lambs and that is Jersey Royal Potatoes. Those sweet little nuggets of loveliness make me squeal when I see them on sale in the supermarket. … [Read more…]
Rapeseed oil is my number one choice for cooking at the farm. Lower in saturated fat and higher in monounsaturated fat than olive oil, it has a high smoke point which means it can be used to cook at high temperatures and it turns everything a beautiful yellow colour. I think I originally started buying … [Read more…]
I haven’t done a recipe on the blog for ages. We eat a lot of roast dinners here. I love them. Just being able to put the meat in the oven and forget about it is great for me. I also love how it is the easiest meal to get a variety of vegetables into … [Read more…]
