What to eat

A ruby red brussels sprout and gruyere salad

Thumbnail image for A ruby red brussels sprout and gruyere salad January 11, 2012

For three years in a row I have tried to grow my own brussels sprout ‘rubine’, the beautiful crimson flecked cousin of the common green brussel, and for three years I have failed. Brussels sprouts need care, love and attention right from sowing the seeds in March, through planting out the baby brassicas in early [...]

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How to make healthy eating incredibly simple this year (2012 revisit)

Thumbnail image for How to make healthy eating incredibly simple this year (2012 revisit) January 1, 2012

A year ago today I was writing about new years resolutions and how to have a big impact on health without spending the first weeks of the new year prioritising complicated, short-lived unrealistic goals.  The post I wrote then struck a chord with a lot of people looking for a simpler way to focus their [...]

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Handpicked links October 2011

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We’re all safely settled into our new house now (humans, cats and chickens).  It’s peaceful and light and just old enough to have bit of character while not being overly high maintenance and needy. And in the garden there’s a tree with the most enormous pears on it that I’ve ever seen.  It’s all wonderful [...]

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What to do with a glut of damsons

Thumbnail image for What to do with a glut of damsons September 10, 2011

This year has been a bumper damson crop for everybody according to the lady who rang my jam jars through the till at our local independant department store.  And yet it’s only a certain sort of cookbook that has any damson recipes in it, let alone a choice. I’ve gathered together a list of my [...]

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