 Lazy Saturday Kebabs |
Am I the only one who get a 'lazy' cooking day? It doesn't happen very often but sometimes I get that 'can't be bothered' to cook a long meal feeling. It's usually on a day when the time has flown by too fast and I've left it too late to start chopping onions etc. (Or, more likely ..... Read more... |
 Winter Sun | Why is it that the day I decide ..... 'O.K., this is it - winter lethargy ends here - excercise in the form of brisk walks start TODAY' - then I step outside and it's gone freezing cold again? Literally. Great big icicles hanging from the gutterings and slippery, shiny puddles just waiting for me to step on them? Read more... |
 First Sign of Spring |
Got up to snow again this morning just as the remains of the last lot had melted away. It was still snowing hard and beginning to settle so I grabbed my camera and nipped up to the top of the garden to see if the baby goats had been born yet.......... Read more... |
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We like warm muffins for late breakfasts in the garden .......... Read more... |
 Chicken Chasseur |
I love to cook this as it's so easy and it can be left in a slow oven for ages. A lovely, warming late autumn or winter meal - perfect comfort food for those chilly evenings. Read more... |
 Apple Cake |
Adapted from a recipe from a French neighbour who didn't own scales! A fab cake for sharing. Read more... |
 3 Eggs |
Just busy trying to learn how to make a blog - *huh* and I thought it would be easy! Made a cake though ...... |
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Well worth the effort and once handling the Hot Water Crust Pastry has been mastered, no more difficult than making a 'normal' pie. Keeps well if given the chance! Read more... |
 pork and egg pie |
Yesterday I made a pie - not just an ordinary pie - a real pie. A pork, ham and egg pie in fact. A pie dating back from forever and one of those that you never want to make - one of those with that strange, dark hard case - hot water crust pastry! Now I've been ignoring, avoiding and postsponing this culinary feat for more years than I'm going to tell you - until yesterday.I knew - I just knew he would like to enjoy the real thing and so the day arrived to hunt for the recipe |
