Wild Garlic and Mushroom Risotto
It's that time of year again when wild garlic starts to come out. It's a great plant to forage for as it's easy to spot and is very abundant. To learn more about wild garlic check my post from last year Wild Garlic Season. This year I've got out early to pick the very...
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Cuisinart Sandwich Maker
My first memories of a cheese toastie were the ones made on the hotplate of my parent's Aga so squished by the heavy lid most of the cheese had seeped out before you had a chance to eat it. They just couldn't compete with the ones in cafes with those crispy sealed...
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Kendal Festival of Food 2016
I am extremely lucky to live in Kendal, not only is it on the doorstep to one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world but it is a hub of local independent producers from across Cumbria. In recent years, thanks to organisations such as Kendal BID, Kendal has...
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Featured Ingredient: Heart
First of all well done. If you are reading this then you've got past the first hurdle of cooking with heart. I was thinking about putting the finished recipe as the first image but I wanted you to be under no delusion that cooking heart is something that you have to...
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Simply Good Cookery School
Last Thursday I took part in a food course at the Simply Good Cookery School owned and run by Peter Sidwell. The school is based in the wonderful Rheged Centre on the outskirts of Penrith, in the Lake District. The course was an introduction to setting up a food...
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Breakfast Summer Berry Smoothie
You have probably heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but if you're like me it's often the most skipped. So this recipe is not only fast (can be made in less than a minute) but will give you a great start to the day. It uses frozen fruit...
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Some Dieting Tips #3
This will be my last set of dieting tips for a this year. I hope that you have found at least some tips helpful over the past few weeks. I've also saved a really good breakfast recipe (pictured) for the end. So without further adue here are my final tips: Keeping a...
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Some Dieting Tips #2
Following on from Dieting Tips #1 a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to share a few more tips that have helped me over the past few weeks with losing weight. Alcohol So for me this was a big part of why I've a put on weight over the past year. Not only do I love beer,...
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