I’ve not published a recipe in a while. To be honest, I wasn’t too sure that people liked to read them but I made this chilled soup this week and I had to share it. I love soup. All year round. If I am trying to watch what I eat, it is a great way…
Spring can mean only one thing in many homes-outdoor entertaining and barbecues. Who can resist that warm, charred smell of food roasting on hot coals and the last warm rays of sun beaming down on you as you eat. Families and friends come together to enjoy al fresco food meals and make a drink or…
What better time of year to refresh your baking equipment than Easter. Whether it’s whipping up chocolate nest cakes with the kids or a full-on simnel masterpiece, you won’t go wrong with the latest special buys from Aldi. Hitting stores and online on April 13th, 2017, you’ll find everything you need without breaking the bank…
I’m sure you’ve heard of wet and dry food for pets. Dogs and cats especially. I wonder of you have heard the same for children? Maybe you do it yourselves and are unaware you are doing it. Wet food is basically anything which makes a mess. The type they may eat in an evening, right…
We don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day down on the farm. We find it a bit commercial and needless. When you love someone, you show your love in a variety of ways, not just with big gestures. I am not against others celebrating though, I just thought I’d come up with 5 gestures to let your…
Thinking of new ideas for meals can be a nightmare at any time of the day but for some reason, I feel especially challenged at lunch time. Who doesn’t get caught up in a same-old-sandwich rut sometimes? Recently though, Primula sent me a lovely selection of spread cheeses to try and raise me out of…
We love picnics at the farm. There is something about eating al fresco that is exciting-even for me so the children absolutely love it. We don’t let a little thing like autumn or winter get in the way of our picnics though. We make sure we pack a plastic-backed picnic blanket to ensure there are…
There’s not many people who can boast having had Michel Roux in their kitchen and, while he has not made it to the farm yet, with a baking subscription from BakedIn Ltd, he is here in spirit. If like me, you love baking but you get stuck in a same-old-Victoria-sponge-rut, then BakedIn Ltd is for you….
Picture the scene. Lunch time started like any other. The realisation that you only have a bit of cheese in the house so it would be a boring sandwich again because the baby is asleep and, if you’re honest, even if he wasn’t, you wouldn’t have the energy or the inclination to venture out for…
The problem with trying to explain to other people what it’s like to be part of a farming family is that there are so many typed of farming that I could tell you about a year in our life but it would be totally different to say an arable or a dairy farmer. Much like…
