Mandarin Glut!
What do you do with a treeful of mandarins or other citrus?
Skinning A Duck
What do you do with a misbehaving drake? Around here, you invite him to dinner!
Bread As A Quiche Base
Quiche is a quick and easy meal, and a great way to use up leftover food. Using bread as the base makes it even quicker and easier!
Head Cheese Recipe
It’s a boiled pig’s head, meat removed and diced, then set in a terrine mould with jelly made from the cooking broth. What’s not to like?!
Pig Trotters In Sweet Vinegar
We’re getting towards the end of the pigs we raised for meat – literally! I’ve never cooked trotters before, so this was an interesting meal.
Sampling Home Made Parmesan
Finally, we got a chance to sample Gavin’s home made parmesan cheese on Tuscan meatballs with spaghetti. Yum!
Meeting The Pickles
We finally get a chance to meet up with some new online friends, have a great time, and finish off with pumpkin soup for dinner.
Broad Bean And Bacon Fettuccine
A quick and easy meal, made with frozen ingredients that are easy to keep on hand. Delicious!
Duck Egg Yolk Pasta With Pesto
It sounds really fancy, but it’s actually just a practical way to use up duck egg yolks after making lots of meringues with the whites! Home made pesto is quick and delicious accompaniment that does the pasta justice.
Home-Grown Pumpkin Soup
One of our favourite meals on a rainy Sunday is pumpkin soup. It’s dead easy to make from scratch!