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FLAVOURED SPARKLING WATER
FLAVOURED SPARKLING WATER Craft sparkling water is certainly a current trend. We’ve been making our own with sparkling water and a spoonful or two of The Slow Vinegar Company’s delicious Orange & Lemon or Sweet Winter Spice mixed in, so refreshing! Add any flavoured vinegar you want, it really is just so easy! Ingredients: … read more
CLEAN DRINKING
CLEAN DRINKING Clean Drinking is definitely NOT boring…! The season of indulgence has passed and its now time to “ring in the new and ring out the old” – as Tennyson so nicely put it. We are all ready for something fresh and the best place for this to start is in the kitchen … read more
A CHEESEBOARD
A CHEESEBOARD After writing the Cheeseboard article, we just couldn’t resist putting one together! (Also this is so quick & easy to prepare). Ingredients: 1 x Hard cheese 1 x Goats cheese 1 x Sheeps milk cheese 1 x Washed rind cheese (stinky!) 1 x Blue cheese 1 x Brie or Camembert cheese Your choice … read more
THE CHEESEBOARD
THE CHEESEBOARD It’s just not Christmas without a cheeseboard. It is the unwritten rule along with roasting the right bird – and matching sauce – and trying very hard to spruce up those little round green veg, love them or hate them they are just part of what makes the big day so special! … read more
SWEET TREATS
SWEET TREATS Twinkling lights, Christmas music, elf-shaped hats and sugar sparkling festive treats… December is upon us! We are never guaranteed a white holiday on the British Islands, but the weather chases us indoors nonetheless. Luckily, at this time of year we are happy to watch the blustery cold from inside as we come together … read more
CHRISTMAS BISCUITS
CHRISTMAS BISCUITS Making Christmas biscuits is always a jolly event that the whole family can enjoy together, make as many different shapes as possible! We love this biscuit recipe… Ingredients: 100g unsalted butter, softened 100g caster sugar 1 lightly beaten free-range egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 275g plain flour To decorate: 400g icing … read more
STIR IT UP – IT’S PUDDING TIME!
STIR IT UP – IT’S PUDDING TIME! If you’ve made plans for this coming Sunday you might want to take a rain cheque because it’s clear that you’ve forgotten that this year “Stir-up Sunday” falls on the 21st of November! If there’s going to be any Figgy Pudding this Christmas, it’s time to get … read more
CHRISTMAS PUDDING
CHRISTMAS PUDDING Christmas is not complete without a Christmas pudding! Make it on “Stir up Sunday’ where families gather to stir the mixture, make a wish, and add a coin to the batter. Ingredients: 450g mixed dried fruit 25g mixed candied fruit peel, finely chopped 1 small cooking apple, peeled, cored, and finely chopped … read more
THE SLOW COOK
THE SLOW COOK It’s the time of year where we find ourselves buckled over in the back of a closet searching hopelessly for the match to a beloved mitten, wondering how they always seem to get separated from each other over summer! Bundled up in our coats we stumble our way through a dark evening … read more
SLOW COOK PORK SHOULDER
SLOW COOK PORK SHOULDER A fabulous dish to warm you up on colder nights, great after a good bonfire and with a lovely glass of mulled wine… Ingredients 2kg pork shoulder – rind on 2 apples, quartered 3 shallots, halved 2 celery sticks, roughly chopped 3 large garlic cloves, skins on 1 bay leaf … read more
