My partner does most the cooking in our house. This is one we made together, fitting for the colder months. Serves: 6Preparation time: 45 minutesCooking time: 35 minutes Ingredients 80g vegetable gravy granules 1 L boiling water 100g green lentils, rinsed 1 swede, peeled and cubed 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed 4 parsnips, peeled... Continue Reading →
Our yearly tradition continues where we make card Christmas decorations to add to our growing collection. I keep a jar of random crafty materials, mostly an array of strings, which were previously packaging materials. It means we always have decoration options when we come to do little DIYs. My partner varied their style this year,... Continue Reading →
We had more purple carrots in our garden than I thought, so I decided to make a yummy carrot cake. Serves: 8Preparation time: 30 minutesCooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients 225g soya milk 50g oil 225g brown soft sugar 275g self-raising flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg pinch of... Continue Reading →
A second batch of dill is still growing in the garden, so we've had a couple creamy sauces with dill recently to make good use of it. Serves: 4Preparation time: 45 minutesCooking time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1 tsp oil 3 shallots, peeled and chopped 1 roasted garlic clove, chopped 400g swede, peeled and diced 50g... Continue Reading →
I love falafel so much, and after noticing that the Lounges has a generous selection of 2 falafel meals, I had to try them. I was keen to try the falafel salad on flatbread first. I was expecting the food to be hotter. But perhaps that's me being strange to want warm hummus... And although... Continue Reading →
Another year, another Halloween and another opportunity to carve pumpkins! Keeping up my tradition of carving a cat design, I took to Google to find one that I liked and seemed manageable. My partner opted for a classic spooky pumpkin. It took an enjoyable few hours, and we've savoured several more hours appreciating and admiring... Continue Reading →
Our beetroots have been growing incredibly successfully this year. We cared for them so much, keeping them well water with all the hot weather, keeping them covered to protect their leaves from the pecking birds, and luck was in our favour, as the mole that lives in our garden didn't disturb them. Although, peeling and... Continue Reading →
To use up some curry sauce my partner made earlier in the week, we decided to serve it with chips and fried rice. The sauce we had was the chip shop curry sauce I posted a while ago. Serves: 2Preparation time: 30 minutesCooking time: 25 minutes Ingredients For the chips: 1 potato, peeled and chipped... Continue Reading →
Carrots are so cheap that we've started eating more and more of them. A lot of the time we chip them, but I also like them in sauces. Serves: 6Preparation time: 30 minutesCooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients 1 tbsp oil 6 small shallots, peeled and chopped 100g mushrooms, peeled and sliced 1 tsp cinnamon 1... Continue Reading →
Another tomato recipe! The tomatoes are from my parents' garden – they had loads this year. We're growing purple carrots and they're just little so we didn't use our homegrown ones in this as we prefer to eat them by themselves to really appreciate them. I've had this as a dip for chips, a spread... Continue Reading →
Daisy Winter 