Old-fashioned? Unusual? Yummy, though. I don’t know what inspired a wondering/yearning for seed cake but a bit of research and a couple of experiments yielded this. Plus a bit of jiggery pokery to source the key ingredients, caraway seed (closely related to cumin, but don’t use cumin!) and diced mixed peel. Absolutley brilliant with a …
Super simple but packed with Mediterranean sunshine and Italian tastes. In February, when it’s citrus season from Sicily, I really love this with ‘blush’ or as they used to be called ‘blood’ oranges, because the flesh is mottled or completely dark red and somehow less acid than your big orange oranges. But as oranges store …
Try this nidra from this season put up by the people I did my nidra training with in 2016
Green lentils are a quick and non-soak easy way to get your pulses in. They take about 40 minutes to cook*. But in this soup I feel the star is herbes de provence. You can substitute other herbs (see below) but the key here is a kind of bitterness, great for gut health and digestion, …
This is a delicious cake to slice and have with a cuppa. The mid morning break for the apple pressing team was lovely. The apple sauce is the binding agent and it works to a T. Ingredients (a loaf tin 10 x 25 cm, 10-12 slices) 150 g applesauce (cook down 3 or so Bramley apples …
Tangy, sweet and earthy with protein added via salty, herby, slightly chewy chickpeas. Well, the Thursday Night Practice Class loved it. Fenugreek is quite a pongy spice, but it just seemed right for this combo, and not overdoing the spice element. It can usually be found in the supermarket, but it can also be …
I’ve cooked these and posted about them on facebook and EVERYONE comments, ‘my mum used to make these’ (which makes me think perhaps that the people I know are rather old because many grown ups that would be grandmother age). Anyway, being mum is part of what happens here quite a lot. Bramleys uniquely fluff …
