I've always been a big lover of vegetables. There are not too many I don't like with the exception of tinned peas. This goes back to when I was a child. Other than carrots and turnips, we mostly had tinned vegetables at home, and my mother found a dead cricket at the bottom of a tin of peas once, after...
Ahh . . . Pumpkin Season is upon us. Autumn. That time of year when we start to long for food that is a bit stodgier than the summer fare we've been eating the past couple of months. Bring on the bonfires and . . . the Pumpkin delights!
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Hi there peoples! I wanted to tell you about some of the equipment I've been using in my kitchen over this past month. You know a cook is only as good as the tools she uses and I have been very blessed to have nice things that are really useful.
A few years when I was over in Canada, the Toddster wore out...
I have to say that although I found the prospect of ever being able to eat anything delicious a little bit daunting at the first of my Diabetic journey . . . a week later and I think I am finally beginning to understand things a bit better. I am a long ways from an expert by all means . . . but I've...
I really do get sent the nicest things. I was recently sent a box of some really delicious cracklecorn from Portelbay Popcorn. Portlebay is a small company in the depths of Devon,which creates all of their products by hand. I was sent both the Chilli & Lime and the Wasabi & Sweet Ginger flavours...
I decided to play with one of my favourite Pumpkin Muffin recipes the other day to see if I could replace the sugar in it with a sugar substitute suitable for baking, and replace the regular cooking oil with coconut oil, which is better for you.
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The Great Cornish Food
Festival – the largest event anywhere dedicated 100% to Cornish food and
drink – is back for its 12th year on Truro’s Lemon Quay from Friday
25th to Sunday 27th September.
With a packed timetable of hands-on masterclasses, sampling and kids’ activities,...
When we lived down in Kent we were really spoiled. We were surrounded by Orchards and in the autumn had our pick of windfalls . . . several varieties of apples, and pears . . . not to mention hedgerows filled to over flowing with sloes and blackberries
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We love fish in this house. We don't eat it as often as I would like to, mostly because of the expense, and partially because I am not fond of mystery fish. I like to know what I am eating and although there are cheap options at the shops, they are all covered in batter or fried, or the type of fish used...
The challenge with this new diet will be keeping my own sugars in check, and losing weight myself, without Todd losing weight. He had his yearly check up today and he is in perfectly good health, except he has lost some weight. This means that I either have to cook two separate meals or add some extra's to his. ...
Keeping it Real in The English Kitchen, my first Lesson in Controlling Diabetes
Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Hello everyone. Last Friday I was diagnosed as having Type 2 Diabetes. I don't know how someone goes from being normal to Type 2 overnight, but that's what happened. I only know that I had not been feeling really well for a long time. I was very tired and experiencing blurred vision from time...
I do get sent the nicest things. Look at what dropped through my letter box recently! Cadbury's latest smash hit . . . Cadbury Dairy Milk Marvellous Smashables! These two new bars are available in two deliciosu flavours; the ever popular Jelly Popping Candy and the all new Rocky Mallow...
I had never heard of Brioche before I moved over here to the UK, let alone Brioche Chinois. You would be right in thinking this is not English . . . it's French in origin, but it brings the Brioche a step beyond a normal Brioche . . . this is "Translated literally," a Chinese Brioche. Nothing...
This September Amy's Kitchen is supporting Soil Association's Organic September and encouraging you to switch to organic which can have huge benefits for people, animal welfare and the environment. The buying decisions you make are a simple but powerful form of direct action, and your actions really can make a...
I normally eat chicken breast meat, but the other day I got a package of chicken drumsticks for a pretty good price. A price I simply could not resist, and so I did what anyone who lives on a limited budged does . . . I brought them home with me!
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You would be quite forgiven if, upon closing your eyes and taking a bite of this lovely cake, you imagined you were eating a baked cheesecake. In fact with that delightful crack on top, and underlying creamy taste, it really does resemble a cheese cake.
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One of the nice things I loved when we were living down South was being so close to the tunnel and the ferry over to France and the continent . . . France, France, France, home of my forebears . . . land of the black beret, garlic, the macaron, the Eifle tower, beautiful baguettes, tasty cheese . . . and these . ....
Pork and Piccalilli Pies, Cheese and Caramelized Red Onion Muffins and Mustard and Horseradish Beef Cobbler
Friday, 18 September 2015
The Rugby World Cup 2015 commences today, Friday the 18th of September and will be hosted this year on home soil. The England team need the support of home fans and whether you're watching from home or make it along to the hallowed grounds of some of ruby's most inspiring pitches, you'll need some very English sustenance...
I was checking on here the other day and I couldn't believe that I didn't have my blueberry pie recipe on here! Not surprising really as when I first moved over here in the year 2000, blueberries were not an ingredient that was readily available. Thankfully that has changed now and we have tons of them,...
Sausages . . . or Bangers, no matter what you call them . . . they are a real favourite in our home. If there is one thing which the Toddster really loves it's a good Banger. I completely adore British Bangers, but not all sausages are created equally. I like a quality banger...
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