Recipes using our home-grown fruit and vegetables.
Just sometimes, when I wake up very early and creep into my very cold tiny office, pitch black sky filtering through my voile curtain, I feel the urgent need for comfort food. On goes my computer, bought back to life by my freezing fingers, and comes to my rescue. Look what I discovered this morning […]
Apologies to all for not blogging since May this year. Having recovered my stamina since my Cancer treatment, I realised that I needed to put a lot of effort into my slightly neglected Kitchen Garden. And that took some doing, believe me! But best of all, we had to finish the final design for our […]
Tales from Our Kitchen Garden The weather in East Yorkshire hasn’t been so bad – no hurricanes or floods or horrendous weather conditions like that – but it has been very wet, slightly frosty with little bits of sunshine. Yesterday (the day of the Tour de Yorkshire beginning), our weather decided to give us almost […]
Belated Happy New Year 2016! OK. I know. I’m sorry. It’s April now, and I’m back. To blogging that is. I know it’s a long time since my fingers touched the blogging keys on my computer, but just wanted to wish all of you, wherever you are, a very Belated Happy New Year 2016. Our […]
Our wonderful late summer days have suddenly deserted us, judging by the steady sound of the rain, thudding on our new extension rooftop just under our bedroom window. Waking early, at 5.00am, I lay there, my mind racing as usual, then I thought “What shall we have for lunch today?” Remembering what a wonderful mix […]
I promised I would report back on how my Jerusalem Artichokes with Bay Leaves turned out. First, I chickened out – I decided to par-boil my Jerusalem Artichokes for a few minutes before I followed the Jamie Oliver recipe. This seemed to work, re: the ‘wind’ factor. Plus I had to add another good splash […]
The more I researched about Jerusalem Artichokes, the more I realised I ought to share some very important tips! In most culinary circles, I have discovered that Jerusalem Artichokes, with their smooth, interesting flavour, are also known as …… close your eyes if you are of a delicate disposition …… ‘fartichokes’. They have the ability to […]
It’s that time of year again for us Kitchen Gardeners – time to dig up those prized Jerusalem Artichokes and concoct or create some tasty and nourishing recipes to share with family and friends. I planted my weird looking, knobbly artichokes early last spring – then the plants grew to about 12 foot tall, and were […]
Celery Soup Recipe The weather in East Yorkshire has suddenly turned – from clear skies with a smattering of sunshine to still warm us up, to a murky grey sky and cold winds blowing menacingly off the North Sea. But are we upset? Not really. It’s time to make steaming bowls of comforting soup to […]
Raised Beds – At Last! Would you believe it? We have three beautiful raised beds in our expanding Kitchen Garden. All filled up with, (from the bottom upwards), bits of brick and stones for drainage, old cardboard boxes opened up from deliveries, our amazing homemade compost, and shop-bought compost mixed with top soil and a […]
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