A seasonal treat that’s quick to prepare and easy on the budget! We live in a place where wild garlic dominates the hillsides in late winter and early spring. I love the smell of it—delicate at first, and stronger as…
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Wild Garlic Soup
Tagged with: Foraged foods, Leeks, Ransoms, Small portions, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wild garlic
Posted in Eating seasonally, Recipes, Spring
Posted in Eating seasonally, Recipes, Spring
Yaya’s Catalan Fruit Salad
Recently we spent a few days visiting friends in Barcelona. Although we hadn’t been expecting it, virtually every day, after hours of sight-seeing or trawling through a museum or wandering in a park, we came back to the flat and…
Tagged with: Breakfast, Dessert, Fruit, Gluten-free, Oranges, Salad, Strawberries, Ten minute dish, Vegan, Wine
Posted in Friends' recipes
Posted in Friends' recipes
Quick Beet Soup
Summer soup, perfect for one of those ‘cleaning out the fridge’ days ahead of going on vacation. This soup is incredibly light and velvety smooth, and can be made vegan and/or gluten-free. I hope you like it as much as…
Tagged with: Beets, Carrots, Ginger, Gluten-free, Soup, Stock, Vegan
Posted in Kitchen Economy, Recipes, Summer
Posted in Kitchen Economy, Recipes, Summer
Stir Fried Cauliflower ‘Waste’
I absolutely love Chinese-style stir-fried vegetables. Although prep can be time-consuming, the veggies cook quickly in a minimum amount of fat, so they retain most of their nutrients and don’t gain much in the way of calories. Stir-frying is also…
Tagged with: Apples, Cauliflower, Cooking creatively, Gluten-free, Honey, Vegan
Posted in Kitchen Economy, Recipes
Posted in Kitchen Economy, Recipes
Onion Bhajis
This is the promised use of the donated gram flour and Asian spices (supplemented with some I already had). It’s my first attempt at bhajis, ever so slightly modified from the recipe on the bag of Natco flour (quantities cut…
Beans!
Parsnips are great winter vegetables!
Disasters happen!
Natures perfect food
Beautiful squashes from our allotment
Party pizzaz
Braided wreath and baskets of ‘Easter bread’
Creative Economy in the Kitchen 