Hello Spring vegetables!

Hello Spring vegetables - Tastes of Carolina

This week I want to eat only vegetables. I crave their crunch, their colour, their life giving qualities. Spring vegetables and grains and nuts and seeds. That is all I want. With the weather finally warming up a little and behaving, as it should be in Spring, with its typical teenage-like extremes (sunny spells quickly…

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Lamb in my new Spring menu? Ewe bleating believe it!

  Easter is nearly here and clocks are soon going back, giving us one more hour of light in the evening and making the Spring season officially start. After a long winter spent cooking ossobuco and pasta & fagioli, it is time for my DishNextDoor offering  to finally change and after a week of researching…

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Herbs, teas and folk tales to while away a Saturday

Last Saturday I spent an afternoon amongst herbs, teas and folk tales. It was a perfect way to wind down after a really busy week: Spring was in the air but I felt tired and under the weather. Back to nature it was then, with an energising long walk across Hackney that brought me to the Kingsmead…

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Why my thyme is never wasted & neither is my food

wasted no food tastes of carolina

This week I am proud I wasted no food. I have to admit organising my meals isn’t always easy, and that this week I ended up with lots of my lovely Food Assembly vegetables a bit past their best.That’s why I hope the recipe featured below will inspire you to look beyond the soup for…

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