In The Kitchen

Roasted butternut squash and carrot soup Hope you’ve had a great time over the festivities and haven’t overindulged too much!! We’ve got no will power so we’ve almost finished our mountain of chocolate and mince pies! Time to cut back a bit and what better way than with a hearty soup – it’s no hardship […]

Our apples are tucked away in store ready to enjoy over the winter but I try and use them as soon as I can, especially if I find one with some bruising. A friend gave me a few Comice pears the other day. They are a later crop than our Conference pears but they need […]

We had a visit from the Damson fairy this week! I think word has spread in the village that we’ve had a terrible crop from our fruit trees (apart from the pear tree!) this year so we’ve had several offers of apples and plums and a very welcome bowl of damsons left on our doorstep […]

Our crop of plums has been a disaster again! Fortunately, I’ve a very good friend who has a bumper harvest so I’ve been scrumping with a couple of bags and taken loads of fruit from her tree! I could just sit and eat them as they are but I do like to get some in […]

We’ve had a great few days at the Great Yorkshire Show this week and on Wednesday Martin and I gave a quick ‘Gardening on the Menu’ talk and demo. Martin gave loads of tips on growing new potatoes, broad beans and strawberries and I did a couple of really quick cook recipes with the produce. […]