Next week’s challenge – no meat for a week

Lots of good reasons to do this – save money, expand my cooking repertoire, eat less fat (if I don’t go overboard on the cheese dishes). I’m going to keep to some staples (mushroom risotto, cauli cheese, lentil curry, bean chilli) and pull out some old favourites that haven’t been aired in a while [...]

Adventures in Urban Foraging

Or ‘A bit of blackberry picking’
This afternoon, after Rowan’s epic nap and a hearty snack (he fell asleep before his lunch!) I decided the time was ripe (!) to go and investigate our local ‘fields’ and hedges for some blackberries, with Rowan in tow.
He got very excited when I suggested he might like to [...]

There’s something wrong with the world today

I’ve just watched a nice cooking program on iplayer called ‘economy gastronomy’. As some typical voyeuristic BBC lifestyle rubbish, combined with some nice simple cookery, I enjoyed it. However as a comment on the people they found to go on it, I just want to say WTF!!?
This family (and I am afraid they are [...]