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Slowly does it….
So, a few weeks ago I purchased a slow cooker. I’d never really thought of buying one before, and had no desire to own one. But someone at work was talking about theirs and how brilliant it is to come...
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Fishy fishy
I did a REALLY stupid thing yesterday. After a rare shopping expedition to Sainsburys, instead of my usual, closer Tesco, I left my hand bag hanging on the trolley when I left it at the trolley park....
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Bringing home the bacon
Well, the plan is I won’t need to bring it home for much longer, as I’ll be curing my own! I started my first cure this evening. Verdict in about a weeks’ time. Tagged: Bacon, dinner, home-curing,...
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Gumbo party
Is it a soup? Is it a stew? It’s a gumbo! One of my colleagues is in his early 20s and is really just learning about cooking properly. A few weeks ago he was very proud of the chicken gumbo he had...
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Spicy turmeric chicken
I love recipe books, and have a relatively large collection. One I’ve owned for a while, but have cooked little from is Leon’s Naturally Fast Food. It’s a beautiful thing, lovely design (although will...
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Chicken chasseur
So, I’m trying to be really organised, planning meals in advance and doing a big shop once a week in Edinburgh. And this week I’ve got some of it right. I did the big shop (online, delivered yesterday...
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The cat’s whiskers
Not really, it’s cat’s tongues. Or Langues de Chat biscuits. But I’ll come to them in a minute. We had some friends over for supper yesterday. We were going to barbecue, which is lovely and simple and...
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Autumn days
Yesterday was a beautiful autumnal day today. The sun shone all day long, and my wee chickens scrubbled about out in their yard chuntering away to one another. I discovered that my few remaining plants...
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Christmas leftovers (but no turkey)
It’s that time of year when you’re probably still living out of the fridge and store cupboard, still eating up bits of food you bought thinking you’d need it over the festive period. Or perhaps you...
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Janssen’s Temptation
You’ll have heard of this recipe before, you may even have eaten it, and made it. For me, it’s one of those go-to recipes when I’ve bought cream for something and then either forgotten what it was I...
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