by richard | Nov 1, 2023 | autumn, Blog, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Pumpkin & Butternut Squash Soup Don’t throw away your Halloween pumpkin, instead follow this simple recipe to make a warming and healthy soup. Rich in Beta-carotene which is converted to Vitamin A in the body. Pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potatoes...
by richard | Apr 6, 2023 | Baking, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe, Spring
Hot Cross Buns Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban buns in 1361. A sweet, fruity bake bearing a cross on top, the buns were given to the local poor on Good Friday. This Easter treat so pleased the...
by richard | Mar 25, 2023 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Foraging, Homemade, Nature, Recipe, Spring
Wild Garlic / Ramsoms / Ransoms / Somerset’s ‘Onion Stinkers’ / stink bombs or stinking nannies are widely available to forage throughout the British Isles particularly in the Westcountry where it grows in abundance in woodland & hedgerows. Often...
by richard | Oct 30, 2022 | autumn, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Follow this Classic All-American recipe to save wasting your Jacko lantern this year. It takes 20 minutes to prepare, and baking takes 40-50 minutes, Serves 8-10. 750g Pumpkin / Squash 350g shortcrust pastry 140g Caster Sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp Fresh Nutmeg 1 tsp...
by richard | Apr 3, 2022 | Baking, Blog, Cooking, Homemade, Recipe
Try Bannock Cross Buns this Easter With Easter approaching I thought i would try an alternative to traditional hot cross buns. Sourdough Selkirk Bannock Buns. Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th-century monk, is widely credited as making the very first hot cross or Alban bun in...
by richard | Mar 24, 2022 | Blog, Cooking, history, Homemade, Recipe
Making Homemade soft cheese is both easy and rewarding and can start you on a quest leading to greater things. Cheese in all is various forms has been part of Human culture for thousands of years and its true origins are unknown. Principally it began as a means of...
