It’s January. It’s winter. It’s cold. I don’t enjoy winter time. Yes, there are some nice things, like frosty mornings when everything sparkles, and the occasional snowy flurry, but mostly in England it is cold, damp, dark and dreary. I wake up in the morning and just want to stay in bed. Healthy eating in … Continue reading
Making tasty meals from scratch really isn’t that hard, you just need things in stock! I have a large selection of spices in my cupboard, and I don’t really know what I’m doing with them most of the time, but having a look at a few recipes for inspiration can help. I rarely have all … Continue reading
Today I had planned on having prawn salad for lunch, but a cold salad wasn’t too appealing by the time it got to lunch, as I have been feeling the cold lately. I decided to do a bit of a stir fry with them instead. I added a bit of chilli to add to the … Continue reading
Today it is cold and wet outside, and I’m not feeling 100%. I needed something warm and filling, healthy comfort food. Soup usually ticks all those boxes, and homemade chicken soup is great for fighting off those winter bugs! I had a chicken carcass in the fridge from our roast a couple … Continue reading
We have had an amazing crop of tomatoes. This was the first year we have grown them too! There were so many that we couldn’t possibly have eaten them all as they were, so I decided to make some tomato puree to put in the freezer. I chopped them up and put them into roasting … Continue reading
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