Sometimes you come across something truly beautiful. Something simple, yet seemingly perfect. So it was the other day when, on the way from a week near Kirkcudbright in Dumfries & Galloway we turned off the A75 near Dumfries to Shawhead and the...
Read moreI seemed to spend the first week of our holidays driving a triangle from Loch Ken to Cream O’ Galloway at Rainton and then to Kirkcudbright, ferrying our kids from activity to activity. We did manage to break for tea a few times.
Read moreBut the key to the recipe is the meat. You should not just get the nearest pack of mince that you can find, but should go to a proper butcher and get the mince made for you using the right types of meat. The best beef for a burger comes from the top...
Read moreAround a year ago, I wrote a few blogs about walking along the Rivers Skell and Ure in Ripon. The rivers run through Ripon and circle around the ever looming presence of Ripon Cathedral on the mount at Ripon's heart. The rivers bring the countrysid...
Read moreAs some of you know, we have been looking as a socially committed but small business to give support to a charity, either Practical Action or Water Aid, and link that back to sales via the web site as a sensible way to work out the donation and also...
Read moreContinuing with our vegetarian fest after a successful week during National Vegetarian Week, I was craving a spicy curry that the kids would enjoy but would also be vegetarian - they are beginning to want some meat, but are just about hanging in ther...
Read moreThis week is National Vegetarian Week and we have been enjoying new and wonderful vegetarian recipes including Sally's new recipes for Moroccan Vegetable Stew and Vegetable Fajitas that we have added to the main Steenbergs website.
Read moreAs part of my ongoing attempts to create Indian recipes that have some bearing on genuineness, I have been fiddling around with rogan josh ideas. Rogan josh is a signature dish for British curry houses, but was originally a North Indian meat dish th...
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