Posts tagged 'organic food blog' - page 2
22 February 2011
Brussels Sprouts And Chestnuts With Maple Glaze - A Recipe
I have never liked brussels sprouts, feeling they were the devil's food rather than the fairy cabbages that friends have sought to con their children with. I have always dreaded Christmas lunch with the obligatory brussels sprouts or as in my case s...
Read more15 December 2010
Recipe For A Warming Winter's Rabbit Casserole
Rabbit used to be the chicken of England with everyone eating rabbits that live in copious amounts around the countryside. I am not sure why chicken took over from rabbit in our nation's hearts, but it might be as simple as the fact that it is easie...
Read more06 December 2010
Recipe For Traditional Steamed Ginger Treacle Sponge Pudding
Ginger is a wonderful spice, warming and earthy in flavour with a comforting aroma. For me, it is redolent with memories of warmth indoors with an open coal or wood fire while the outside is heavy with snow. It is also so versatile with the spice b...
Read more23 November 2010
Rich Hot Chocolate Recipe
I have been trying to create a hot chocolate product at Steenbergs and as part of my research I came up with this really rich hot chocolate recipe. This Hot Chocolate Recipe is something to relax with and enjoy at home, since Sophie calls it "a hug...
Read more14 November 2010
Traditional Mincemeat Recipe
I am winning with Christmas food preparations this year, which seems unbelievable considering how little time I seem to have to do anything at the moment;. I am running about one week behind last year. However, as a man who cooks, I do actually find...
Read more13 November 2010
Two Simple Recipes For Chocolate Puds - Chocolate Mousse (Part 2)
Even better than Chocolate Rice Pudding in terms of return on effort is a quick and simple chocolate mousse, which always seems to get a big thumbs up from whoever tastes it, even though it is perhaps one of the simplest things to make.
Read more08 November 2010
Two Recipes For Simple Chocolate Puds - Chocolate Rice Pudding (Part 1)
This recipe for Chocolate Rice Pudding was inspired by reading a blog by Helen Best-Shaw of Fuss Free Flavours fame, who wrote a recipe for Chocolate Risotto with Peaches. I was intrigued by the concept, especially having just made the Indian Tea In...
Read more03 November 2010
Review Of Food Blogs For October 2010
I cannot really believe that it is already November, the clocks have fallen back and I am preparing for Christmas, with the Christmas cake baked and Christmas pudding slated for this weekend. So on a cold, windy, dark November morning, I looked back...
Read more08 October 2010
Recipe For Rich Apple Cake
The idea for this cake comes from the wonderful cook book "European Peasant Cookery" by Elisabeth Luard; it is her recipe for Apple Cake or Æblekage, which comes from Denmark. "European Peasant Cookery" is one of those great cookbooks that is packed...
Read more05 October 2010
Interesting Food Blogs In September 2010 (Part 1)
September has been a busy month for food bloggers. I think that is partly as many have had a holiday in August and recharged their batteries, but also it is harvest time and so there's a huge amount of culinary stimulation in the fields, gardens, ma...
Read more02 October 2010
Recipe For Fruit Teabread Revisited
For whatever reasons, I have not been quite happy with the original teabread recipe that I created and posted a few weeks back, so I have been playing around with the recipe now and baking away. Now several teabreads and a family of very happy taste...
Read more26 September 2010
Apples, Bloody Apples And An Apple Cake Recipe
We only have three apple trees in our garden, but they have been massively fruitful this year. In fact, they have produced so many apples I cannot even hope to use them all, even with friends and family taking them. Nature has been so very fecund t...
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