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Quick & Easy Bruschetta
How to use up left over salad to create a Quick & Easy Bruschetta.
Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe
This is a simple, quick and reliable chocolate celebration cake recipe which you and your family will love.
Mrs Robin’s Fruit Cake Recipe
Mrs robins fruit cake. This is a really quick and simple fruit cake using the boiled cake method. My mum has been baking this for years and it’s a family favourite fruit cake and easy to cook at the weekend for Sunday night tea.
Microwave Steam Pudding Recipe
A lovely little recipe for a microwaved steam pudding which is quick, cheap and easy to do and which makes a nice pudding to fill you and your family up.
The Scientific Way To Make A Perfect Cup Of Tea
How to make a perfect cup of tea and National Tea Day.
What was the cheese in Jamie Olivers vegan lasagne?
Vegan Lasagne by Jamie Oliver Friday Night Feasts on Channel four this week featured Romesh Ranganathan as the guest cook. The show started with Jamie saying he'd found the perfect vegan cheese to make a vegan lasagne but for whatever reason, he doesn't go on to name...
Keep the family busy with low cost National Trust membership.
Looking for a voucher code or discount on National Trust Membership in 2018? We can’t offer you a code but do have a very simple way to make National Trust membership more affordable for you and your family.
Aubergine, olive and butter bean cassoulet Recipe (Vegan)
By Katy Beskow, from 15 Minute Vegan Comfort Food by Katy Beskow (Quadrille, £15) Photography © Dan Jones Serves 4 Carbon emissions: 0.55kg per serving Aubergine soaks up the wonderful flavours of oregano and cinnamon in this moreish cassoulet. Serve straight to the...
Herby pea soup
By Katy Beskow, from 15 Minute Vegan Comfort Food by Katy Beskow (Quadrille, £15) Photography © Dan Jones Serves 4 Carbon emissions: 0.56kg per serving This soup is delicious as part of a picnic. Ladle into an insulated flask while hot and swirl over the soya cream...
Is There a Place for Salt? Notes from BBC Food Programme.
Is There a Place for Salt? The Food Programme from April 23rd 2018 Salt has long been prized, but in recent years it has become, for many, something to be avoided: to reduce or even eliminate. At the same time, there are new salt making businesses popping up all over...
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Quick & Easy Bruschetta
How to use up left over salad to create a Quick & Easy Bruschetta.
Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe
This is a simple, quick and reliable chocolate celebration cake recipe which you and your family will love.
June 2020 Gardeners’ World Magazine Review
Just a quick post to let you know that the June 2020 edition of the Gardeners' World magazine arrived in the post today. I've had lots of people ask what do you get if you subscribe to the magazine and how does it arrive etc, so I've recorded a short video below...
Mrs Robin’s Fruit Cake Recipe
Mrs robins fruit cake. This is a really quick and simple fruit cake using the boiled cake method. My mum has been baking this for years and it’s a family favourite fruit cake and easy to cook at the weekend for Sunday night tea.
Microwave Steam Pudding Recipe
A lovely little recipe for a microwaved steam pudding which is quick, cheap and easy to do and which makes a nice pudding to fill you and your family up.
South African Peach & Parma Ham French Toast
South African Peach & Parma Ham French Toast recipe
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June 2020 Gardeners’ World Magazine Review
Just a quick post to let you know that the June 2020 edition of the Gardeners' World magazine arrived in the post today. I've had lots of people ask what do you get if you subscribe to the magazine and how does it arrive etc, so I've recorded a short video below...
Monty Don interview on BBC Radio 4 Today May 13th 2020 – Transcript
Transcript of the interview Monty did with Martha Kearney on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on May 13th about the death of Nigel
Notes from Gardeners’ World April 26th 2019
With warmer weather on the horizon, Monty makes a start on getting some tender veg underway, recommends plants which thrive with very little water and gives tips on the spring maintenance of houseplants. With the increasing popularity of houseplants, Nick Bailey...