Every year the glut of courgettes hits me with a bang. I always know I’ll have lots (each season I religiously plant four seedlings) and there’s always too many, but for some reason I can’t cut back! To try and tackle the mountain of courgettes that is starting to build, I decided that this year I would try lots of… Continue reading Courgette season (and a recipe for courgette lemon drizzle cake)…
As May draws to a close, I’ve realised what a busy month it has been. With long days, warm weather and plenty of enthusiasm, much of it has been spent outside getting the vegetable beds and main garden in order. There’s still lots to do, but progress has been made. May has brought with it… Continue reading May…
As it’s Sunday, I thought I’d try a more challenging dish to cook using our own beef. For the past seven days I’ve been cooking with different cuts of beef to mark Great British Beef Week. Today I was inspired by a dish I had at Royal Ascot a few years ago when I went… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – Fillet of beef with lobster ravioli
You may or may not have seen my previous posts which have been written to mark Great British Beef Week. It started on Monday and every day I’ve been cooking a different dish with our own beef. Today I thought I’d write about how we make our own biltong. This cured and dried beef is a firm favourite in our house… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – Biltong…
This week is Great British Beef Week and to mark the event I am cooking a different dish every night using our own beef. On day three I thought I’d cook one of our staple dishes – beef dopiaza. I cook a curry at least once a week using chicken, pork, lamb, beef or fish – they are always spicy and always accompanied… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – Beef dopiaza
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…
