Posts under ‘recipes’

Every so often, I like to snuggle up under a big warm duvet and watch a very silly girly film. When I did that last weekend, I had an extra-special treat as I had some strawberry popcorn kernels from Victoriana Nurseries. so I made myself some sweet popcorn, and settled down for film night.

Parsnips are a very useful vegetable. Sweet with a mild earthy flavor, these healthy vegetables pair nicely with many mild fruits such as apples, pears or even grapes. Sweet and creamy, lightly spiced, this soup is very tasty.

This soup is lovely hot or cold. It offers a sweet, yet, spicy warm flavor with beautiful creamy orange color.

The leaves have fallen from the trees, there is a distinct nip in the air, and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. These altogether mean pumpkin time at our house. You might use this versatile vegetable to make a jack-o-lantern, or only as a pumpkin pie. But there are as many sides to this delicious [...]

As the days grow shorter and cooler, we look forward to eating warmer meals with more pungent flavors and spices.

I don’t normally mind the swing-about of the seasons towards winter: normally everything stays fresh and new and interesting until January (which, incidentally, is so disgustingly miserable and pointless that it should be illegal). But there’s one thing that flicks me into a grump as winter approaches: People Who Have Colds, People Who Think Their [...]

It’s a funny thing about aubergines, most dids don’t like them, but suddenly when one becomes an adult, they’re considered quite tasty. Aubergine, also called eggplant, or brinjal belongs to the night shade family. The fruit is botanically classified as a berry, and contains numerous small, soft seeds. It originates in India, but by now [...]

Matt Williams is a marvellous cook. I know this because I spent a year watching his wife happily eating the extraordinarily delicious soups he had cooked her for lunch at work. His recipes are worth catching hold of, if you ever get the chance. And he’s been so kind to share his superb green tomato [...]

Vegalicious Zucchini recipe series

Savoury zucchini muffins
I think people have a love hate relationship with zucchini: I know gardeners do. There’s always the thrill of having the seeds successfully germinate - zucchinis are so good about that. Then there are the strong plants that grow so quickly with their lovely big leaves, and the [...]

Vegalicious Barbecue Special 2009

Grilled Vegetable Kabobs
Well, we’re approaching the peak of the garden season now, and our lovely garden is full and green. Admittedly, some of the green comes from weeds, but their blossoms bring the bees as well as flowers. It’s time to get out the grill and have some fun.
You can [...]

When I’m not digging, I love baking. Just love it. I don’t think there is a more lovely way of showing a visitor how pleased you are to see them than by baking a nice big cake. And when special visitors come, I bake them a nice big Kitsch Cake.
The most important thing about the [...]

Vegalicious June 2009

Macaroni with Asparagus, Broad Beans and Rocket Pesto

Broad beans, also known as fava beans are an amazingly healthy bean, very tasty, and easy to grow. They are one of the early crops to plant out, as they don’t mind cooler weather, and in fact you’ll have fewer aphids if you do start them [...]

One of the loveliest things about growing your own veg is drifting down to your garden with a bowl and picking a fat crop of juicy salad leaves every morning. There are few greater supermarket rip-offs than those bags of salad leaves: insipid, watery things which last for all of a day, and all for [...]

Mint is a terribly exciting plant. It might look a bit dull, but when you discover that you can grow chocolate mint, orange mint, banana mint, ginger mint, moroccan mint, eau de cologne mint and apple mint, the plant suddenly gains a great deal more appeal.

Edible flowers are terribly exciting and trendy at the moment. A dash of green alkanet in your salad, or some fried courgette flowers are great fun. But even this takes second place to making your own bubbly from the fat white disk-like elderflowers which are popping open in English hedgerows. Once you find a bush [...]