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Spinach, Cheddar and Cumin Loaf

11th January 2015 By Urvashi Roe

January is a time to be virtuous after the excesses of Christmas.  I’m drawn to vibrant, ‘green’ food to cheer myself up from the dreary drizzle outside.  Thankfully my baby spinach has survived the weather in my garden.  The leaves may be a little smaller and the bugs may have nibbled here and there but […]

Filed Under: Breakfast Tagged With: baking, bread, Lurpak, spinach

Edible Gifts For Christmas

20th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

Hasn’t Christmas come around so quickly this year? I know all the advertising kicks off as soon as the summer sales have finished but I cannot believe we have just this weekend left to buy gifts.  Our list always includes edibles – some shop bought and some home made.  Here is some inspiration if you’re […]

Filed Under: Preserves & Pickles, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, Christmas, cooking, edible gifts, food

Roasted Cashew and Chocolate Nut Butter

20th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

My daughters love peanut butter.  I love peanut butter! But aside from one particular brand (Whole Earth) there are too many nasties in commercially made peanut butter so every now and then it’s nice to make your own.  This recipe just has just a few ingredients.    

Filed Under: Preserves & Pickles, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate, peanut butter

School Lunches And Christmas Yule Logs

16th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I came to this country (that is to say the United Kingdom for those of you who may be reading this blog elsewhere) in 1976.  I was very little and spoke barely any English. I had been privileged enough to attend an English speaking Kindergarten in my birth country of Tanzania but it wasn’t enough […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, Christmas, cooking, food, swiss roll, yule log

Christmas Tree Traditions Of The Edible Kind

9th December 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I must admit I get rather cross with all the Christmas hype on the high street and how it all seems to get earlier every year. In our house, we cannot, I mean we are not allowed to, get excited about Christmas until after my birthday which is on the 11th December.  Having grown up with […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, Christmas, cooking, edible decorations, food

Finally Some Success With Carrots

23rd November 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I’ve not had much success growing carrots at the allotment.  Last year we planted three different varieties. One variety grew really well but we went away for a weekend and some little critter had a much on them all.  My little one was devastated as she had been growing them for Santa – or rather […]

Filed Under: Salads Tagged With: Allotment, carrots, cooking, food, Purple Haze

A Little Bit Of Sunshine On The Allotment

28th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I was reading a post on sunflowers for every occasion over at The Garden Deli which inspired me to go and seek out the different kinds of sunflowers around our allotments. I didn’t have to look far.  These stunners have given us a little bit of sunshine every time I go to the water butt. […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Sweet Tagged With: Allotment, cooking, flapjack, food, sunflower

Halloween Carrot Cake Bites

25th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

halloween carrot cake

This week I have been experimenting with Lurpak Cooking Liquid.  It’s a blend of butter and rapeseed oil that comes in a handy squeezy bottle that sits nicely in our fridge door or lies sideways without dripping all over the place. I’ll be honest I wasn’t sure at first.  Why do I need a liquid […]

Filed Under: Products, Sweet Tagged With: baking, carrot cake, food, Halloween, lurpak cooking oil

Saffron Eclairs For Diwali

22nd October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

It’s Diwali today. The day when light conquers all.  The day when Rama and Sita returned home after having defeated the evil Ravan.  A day when you truly feel that you can conquer anything. This year has had its challenges but I think we have indeed conquered most.  We head into the new Hindu year on a […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: baking, cooking, diwali, eclair, food, saffron

Firestorm Runner Bean Curry

20th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

Since getting our allotment I have had runner bean envy of my neighbour’s runner beans.  They are pristine.  not a black fly, white fly or any fly for that matter on them.  Each variety could have been entered into countless competitions and won.  I was determined to grow my own this year but I wanted […]

Filed Under: Main Meal Tagged With: Allotment, cooking, curry, edible flowers, food, gardening, indian food, runner beans

Chocolate Madelines

17th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

It’s Chocolate Week in the UK and what a chocolatey week it has been.  I have been using every excuse to eat as much chocolate as possible. And why not?! It contains endorphins – those lovely little feel good hormones and I need a few thousand of those at the moment with all the cold […]

Filed Under: Sweet Tagged With: #thechocolateshow, baking, chocolate, food, madelines

Black Bean and Butternut Squash Tacos with Hillfarm Oil Salad Dressing

11th October 2014 By Urvashi Roe

Black Bean and Butternut Squash Tacos with Hillfarm's Salad Dressing

A couple of weeks ago I was invited on a foodie trip to Suffolk by the team at Food Safari.  The trip encompassed a visit to Hillfarm Oils based in Halesworth. First and foremost a British family business We were warmly greeted by Sam and Clare Fairs, the husband and wife team behind the business.  Sam […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: black bean, butternut squash, hillfarm rapeseed oil, Salad, tacos

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