Flavours of home in a vinegar marinade

These last few days I’ve been enjoying my home a lot. The rainy weather was in tune with my body, ready to say farewell to a long summer (I spent much of the spring in warmer coutries), while my foot is slowly recovering from its fracture allowing me to get back in the kitchen quite…

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Autumn calling: pick your elderberries

Elderberries are naturally rich in Vitamin C and their syrup works like magic against colds, coughs and flu.  After trying it with clove and ginger against a particularly persistent virus a few months ago, I was determined to prepare my own stash for the incoming autumn. I went out early this Saturday morning, and under an…

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Tangy orangey gluten free cake

Apparently this week is “Afternoon Tea Week” and before this became my knowledge at the weekend I did something very rare: I baked a cake. Restricting my sugar intake for health reasons has never been a problem for me since I definitely not possess a sweet tooth. But for some mysterious reason on Saturday I…

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And prawns it was in the end…

So in the end my boyfriend managed to find prawns and we had this spectacular Thai curry with lemongrass, fiery scotch bonnet, basil and parsley all grown in our conservatory and garden. Two yellow pattipan squashes provided the base for this creamy dish, with a generous portion of twelve marinaded king prawns added in the last…

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