Living Lettuce ~ Have your Lettuce and Eat it Too!
Have you ever bought a living lettuce from the supermarket – and then after a few salad days it looks like this? Well if you stick it outside in the sun (if such a thing should occur) and water it…
How to make Cheese from Sour Milk
On our recent trip down from Scotland the milk which we had in the cooler bag turned seriously sour and separated so I thought I’d have a go, my first ever, at making cheese. I am very pleased indeed with the results. …
Roasted Carrots, How to Do Them & Some Delicious Ideas
I tried roasting Chantenay carrots for the first time recently and they were so delicious I got all inspired and had a play!
Delicious Ideas for Cold Porridge ~ Shakespeare got it wrong!
Obviously Shakespeare never really tried with cold porridge ~ there are lots of delicious things can be made with it!
8 and a Bit ways to Cope with a “Leftover” Bottle of Port
A friend gave us a bottle of Port because she said didn't drink it. What a shame, how sad, yippee! We do drink it but I feel this is an ideal opportunity to write about other uses for “unwanted” port.
Duck recipes ~ how to love a duck!
How to use and enjoy every single part of a duck including how to confit duck legs.
How to Make Grattons, Schmaltz and Gribenes
Surprisingly delicious ideas for duck and chicken skin and fat.
How to Use Up Leftover Easter Eggs ~ you Weirdo!
If, for some inexplicable reason, you have leftover Easter eggs (the chocolate kind) see here for lots of ideas and recipes to make the most of them.
Cheese on Toast ~ Great Ideas
Humble cheese on toast can be made in a variety of not at all humble ways using all sorts of cheeses and accoutrements such as …
Welsh Rarebit or Rabbit? How to do it properly whatever it’s called!
Welsh Rarebit or Welsh Rabbit! This is not just cheese on toast and here are two and a half methods for making it whatever you call it!
