In The Kitchen

Blink and you miss them – it’s courgette time! The extremes of weather we’re having at the moment seem to be perfect for our courgettes this year! Let’s just say we could eat them for every meal and still have some spare! I try and pick one or two every day so that they’re not […]

Marvellous mangetout We always grow some mangetout in the tunnel to get a really early crop of this delicious veg before moving on to a row of it in the veg plot. Martin grew some in a large pot as well this year so we’ve already had plenty in the kitchen. A lot of it […]

With the asparagus growing so well at the moment we’re trying to use some in most of our dishes and this is one that can be combined with another of our favourite spring veg – spring greens. It’s surprisingly filling and is packed full of goodness. both spring greens and asparagus provide a huge amount […]

A lot of us are going for longer walks than normal and finding great delight in the emerging flora and fauna growing around us. Some of it of course is edible and although I’m a bit wary of picking mushrooms I often seek out the pungent smell of wild garlic as it can be a […]

I made a batch of rhubarb and ginger jam a couple of days ago and as we’re all in need of a few extra treats at the moment I thought I’d make a cake using some of the jam as a lovely moist filling. It is a light sponge cake with a hidden layer of […]