Breakfast quinoa with clementines, sour cherries and pecans

This combination of juicy fresh fruit, sweet dried fruit and a hint of spice was my food flask breakfast for a very early train journey a few weeks back, inspired by a leftover bowl of quinoa.  Porridge (possibly more commonly known as oatmeal?) is my regular nutritious winter breakfast in many, many different guises, but quinoa makes a very pleasant … Read the full post

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A Happy and Healthy 2009

by admin on January 1, 2009 · 5 comments

Winter grasses
Here’s wishing you and your families a happy and healthy 2009! 

Today will be a day chilling out on the settee for me, reading The Smelly Sprout, watching the other half play MarioKart on the Wii and messing with my awesome new rice cooker/slow cooker/steamer/porridge cooker gadget. 

For you enthusiastic souls straight on to New Year’s resolutions, I just

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autumn veg

menuforhopeIt’s Menu for Hope time again!  Menu for Hope is an annual food blogging fundraising event that takes the form of a gigantic raffle of fabulous foodie prizes.  You can read more about this year’s Menu for Hope and see the full prize list over at the site of the events creator, Pim.  This year’s regional Europe host is … Read the full post

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Thoughts on how to choose a turkey

by sophie on December 14, 2008 · 3 comments

free ranging turkey

I’ve been pondering turkey choices this week.  There’s no real decision to make from a nutritional point of view; turkey is a relatively lean meat provided you don’t eat all of that crispy skin and besides, we’re just talking about a couple of meals out of the year.  Nope, it’s all the other stuff about animal welfare and sustainable farming … Read the full post

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