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My duck just had babies
This is my duck and her ducklings. We can watch them grow together and then I will show you how to cook all of the duck. It can be a Hugh Fernley-Wittingstall River Cottage type experiment. If you don’t know him it’s quite easy to look him up…
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And Now A Werd From Our Sponsor… Fresh Herbs
I’m gonna go on about fresh herbs are fair bit, but with good reason I think. They are the best. They can lift a dish from the realms of boring or just barely amusing to vibrant and just damn beautiful. A feat that can barely be touched by minced herbs or garlic in jars or…
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What’s Liz Having For Dinner Tonight
This one’s for Liz and her flood party challenge. See: it’s gonna flood. She’s got tinned potatoes (just a little side note here… tinned potatoes? That’s farkin’ awesome), tinned tomatoes, tinned beans, spam, lettuce, pumpkin, parsley and quinoa. Ahh quinoa (pronounced kinwah), another one of my personal fav’s. I’m going out on limb here since…
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I’m using capitals now (and “What’s Sammy having for dinner tonight?”)
for sammy’s dinner tonight you should first start by making some salsa verde (last recipe). salsa verde is one of sammy’s favourites. she says she loves it because it’s fresh and tasty and green. fresh and tasty i can understand, but the green thing must have something to do with a deep seeded desire to…
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Salsa verde. My one true friend…
I thought I had better offer my recipe for salsa verde as it was used in my last recipe, and will be used in many to follow. We are old friends. We never get tired of each other. We’ve shared highs and lows…. on with the show. Big surprise here, another recipe that uses herbs…
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it’s gonna flood
it’s bloody wet in my neck of the woods at the mo’ and there’s a definite chance of being flooded in, and abandoned by the outside world…. just the way i like it! i truly enjoy it. so it’s time to load the fridge with beer, and maybe a little whiskey for later on, illegally…
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another episode of what’s sammy having for dinner tonight?
hi and welcome to my new favourite segment. what’s sammy having for dinner tonight? something kinda healthy tonight were the instructions, and quinoa (the most popular grain in my cupboard… or maybe second after du puy lentils.), some kinda assortment of tomatoes, asparagus, shallots, smoked salmon or not if ya don’t feel like it and…
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sammy’s dinner
this is for my mate sammy. sometimes she doesn’t know what to make for dinner so she text’s me what she has in her fridge or cupboard and i send her back a recipe for her dinner. one thing that is important here is to always have a few pantry staples. i recommend tinned legumes…
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pickled cuke
Friends had a few to many cucumbers in their vege patch and asked me if I would pickle some. Heck yes! Pickled cucumbers are great shit to have in your fridge for ploughmans lunches or antipasto type things, to accompany a thai curry, with smoked sausage, cheese, rye bread and beer… mmm. So grow some…