This year Great British Beef Week is all about championing the role of beef within a healthy and balanced diet and the benefits of using thin cuts for a quick-to-cook meal packed full of protein, iron, vitamins and minerals. To mark the event I am cooking a different dish every night this week using our own beef. On day two… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – Flat Iron steak
Today, St George’s Day, marks the start of Great British Beef Week. Running for seven days, the celebration was started by Ladies in Beef – a group of more than 150 female beef farmers who aim to promote the British beef industry (the organisation was co-founded by National Farmers Union president Minette Batters). The event champions… Continue reading The start of Great British Beef Week…
Growing up, lamb was one of my favourite meats and my Mum’s lamb parcels were top of my list. Recently though lamb has been more scarce on the menu. We occasionally have a rack of lamb on a Sunday, lamb kebabs on the barbecue in the summer and once a year we maybe have a lamb tagine. With recent reports… Continue reading British lamb…
With the return of the very cold weather, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the kitchen. The bitter, easterly wind has been whipping through the farm for the past two days making any chores outside short-lived. I love being in the kitchen, but when I’m forced inside it is the best place to be.… Continue reading Comfort food (and a recipe for homemade granola)…
Without wanting to fixate on the weather…we still have snow. While we can now leave the farm, the main road that reaches the drive is still under three feet of snow. Yes, we’ve had some milder weather but that snow is really clinging on in there. Life is relatively back to normal on the farm, the… Continue reading We still have snow…
It’s that time of the year again, when my hunt begins to find a south Norfolk stockist of Seville oranges to make the glorious preserve that is marmalade. Last week I succeeded thanks to a wonderful, traditional greengrocer in Beccles. Normally when January rolls round I automatically think of marmalade making, but this year I… Continue reading Gorgeous golden goodness…
This week I found myself surrounded by chilli plants and wanting to do something with them. Like a concerned mum, I had brought them inside from the greenhouse over winter so the frosts didn’t ruin the fruit. But in the house they seem to be lurking round every corner. I use a lot of hot chillis when cooking but… Continue reading Making ristras…
For me, Christmas is as much a time for beautiful food and drink as it is for wonderful company. It’s a time when quality time spent with family and friends is coupled with indulgent, traditional and richly festive foods. Many of these are firm family favourites linked as much to winter as to Christmas itself. My top picks have got to be:… Continue reading The beauty of festive food…
If someone offered you a dried, cured piece of beef, you might not accept the offer. But if they told you it was biltong, you might be more enthusiastic…maybe! In our house, biltong is a sure-fire hit. It’s widely available, but for what it is, I sometimes think it can be overpriced. Last year, we went… Continue reading Norfolk biltong…
I love this time of year. The sun has begun to shine for longer, the garden is starting to come alive with unfurling blooms and the veg patch is flourishing. In the kitchen garden we have apricots, blackcurrants, gooseberries and cherries coming through, in the greenhouse we have tomatoes, melons, chillis and peppers coming on strongly… Continue reading New blooms and burgeoning produce…
