Tomorrow’s chili today

by sophie on February 4, 2007 · 5 comments

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A few people I know turn their noses up at Quorn because it “doesn’t taste of anything”. To my mind they are missing the point; it is precisely this quality of Quorn that makes it useful. Yes, the plain imitation chicken fillets are decidedly uninspiring (and a little odd) but ignore those and go for the mince or the pieces; … Read the full post

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Chocolate mini bites with a chili kick

by sophie on January 28, 2007 · 4 comments

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Friday was a big day for me, my last day after working in the same place for nearly nine and a half years! As is tradition when somebody arrives or leaves we had a big communal coffee morning, known locally as a Beano.

This isn’t the place to describe the perfectly chosen flowers, photos and other gifts I was … Read the full post

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Cooking Outside the Box: The Abel and Cole Seasonal, Organic Cookbook is the first book by Keith Abel of the Abel and Cole organic home delivery company. Abel and Cole offers weekly nationwide deliveries and seems to be one of (if not the) biggest box schemes in the UK (as an entirely unscientific poll, I know that at least … Read the full post

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A bottom of the fridge parsnip lunch

by sophie on January 18, 2007

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Today was not a day to go out to buy something for lunch – the weather forecast said “damaging winds gusting 60 to 70mph” and it was not exaggerating. It was so bad that every so often the wind gusts through the roof and makes the hatch from the landing to the loft lift up and drop with a bang … Read the full post

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