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Bean and Quinoa, Lemon and Herb Salad
I had been looking through Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More for inspiration and found this lovely salad. This is my version of it – you can vary it a lot
Chicken, Quinoa and Apple Burgers
This recipe came about when I was googling for savoury recipes to use apples. I came across one that I’ve modified here, it only uses one apple, but that’s one more used. Chicken, Quinoa and Apple Burgers Ingredients 300g chicken breast, £5.84/kg, £1.78 2 spring...
Stuffed potato cakes
The U3A cookery group came round today. We did 3 recipes this time, including this one, stuffed potato cake. 2 potato cakes is the recommended portion size. It isn't many calories, but 2 really is enough The recipe uses a potato dough and it has spiced vegetables...
A day at the SHOMOS
Last Saturday, (ye gods, a week already!) Mike and I went to the 3rd annual Show Me The Money Annual awards, the SHOMOS. It’s a group of UK Money Bloggers UK Money Bloggers is a community of people who write online about money and personal finance – from frugal and...
Lots of phone calls and a few tickets
As husband and I are using trains more often, I decided it was time to get a Senior Railcard
A Sunday walk that left me feeling refreshed and uplifted
Just a quick post today to tell you about some free fun we had today. Walking is the most popular leisure activity in the UK. It’s good for our well being, our health, obviously, and all sorts of good things health wise can come from it. And I’m sure the fact that...
OMG! These are AMAZING! Gingery soy sharp apples
Sharp apples baked with butter, ginger and soy. Must be firm apples, not Bramleys. Amazingly good. Will work equally as well with pears
Changing silk flowers to suit the season
I’ve blogged before about silk flowers, showing what I chose for both a spring and summer arrangement. I like to keep a large arrangement in my kitchen to brighten up the place. I have a base arrangement of plain green leaves in a ‘glass’ vase, and each season, I add...
Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce)
A wonderful side dish, or try making just the sauce for use in Chinese style recipes. Cipolline is pronounced chip-oh-LEE-nay and is a flat type of onion used in Italy for this dish.
Chicken and leek crumble
We had a roast chicken on Friday, so I had lots of lovely leftovers to do something with. This is the first thing I did, a lovely buttery leek base, along with the chicken, in a white sauce, and topped with an oaty savoury crumble with a hint of stuffing. The topping...
And finally, our ultimate destination while away, Rothbury
After spending time in Newark and York, we arrived at our destination for a week, Rothbury. The reason, amongst others, that I wanted to explore this particular part of the wonderful Northumbria is that I wanted to go and see the Alnwick castle gardens. Originally, I...
What we did in York while we were away
On our way up to Rothbury, and back down again, we stayed in York for a few days. What a beautiful city, and so full of history, starting way back in 75AD with the Romans. On the day we arrived, we walked for miles around the city, investigating The Shambles, amongst...