What to eat

Zucchini (courgette) flecked scrambled eggs

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Scrambled eggs are home-cooking at its most glorious. Quick, delicious, comforting, frugal, familiar.  And almost never nice when eaten out, with catering establishment incarnations ranging from watery through to bouncy. And then there are those diet police versions, throwing away yolks and with them a whole load of flavour, protein, Vitamin D, iron and beta [...]

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New paths

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I hate those “I’m sorry I haven’t posted on my blog for months and months but I’ve been really busy” posts.  Blogging should be a pleasure, not a chore that you must squeeze in. Plus sometimes it needs to be gently reminded of its place around activities that get you out spending time with the [...]

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Easy rhubarb and quinoa breakfast bowl

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Our house is the neighbourhood home for unwanted rhubarb. I love the stuff, while some of our friends who have rhubarb growing in their gardens just aren’t as keen (or possibly just have way too much).  It’s not uncommon for us to come home to find a bag of rhubarb hanging on our front door [...]

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Why sometimes it’s just lovely to do your own grocery shopping

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Last time we talked about online grocery shopping, and how it’s convenience can help you to eat healthily when life is busy.  But there’s a down side too.  A picture is worth a thousand words. This is what you don’t get when you do your shopping online. The freshest leaves… The youngest, tenderest produce… The [...]

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