Food Archive

  • Onions

    Onion Marmalade

    Recently we had a lot of white onions accumulated due to having them for a few weeks in a row in our weekly veg box, so I decided to turn to my River Cottage Preserves Handbook and found an Onion Marmalade recipe. The recipe was...

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  • Focaccia Bread

    Rosemary and Garlic Foccacia Bread

    Last week I picked up a packet of Wrights Foccacia bread mix. A bit of a cheat I know, but until I get a decent bread recipe book there’s only so much I can do guessing! Anyway, I used half the packet and mixed it...

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  • Selection of Olives

    Wirral Food Festival

    Today we visited the Wirral Food Festival. It’s held every year over the August bank holiday, and despite living up here for almost 5 years, I’ve never had a chance to go before. The weather was glorious and the food and drink aplenty! There were...

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  • First Attempt at Custard

    First Attempt at Custard

    Last night we had some desserts for dinner but no custard or icecream to go with them, so after a quick look in one of my cookbooks I found a simple custard recipe that needed egg yolks, milk, sugar and a vanilla pod, all of...

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  • Graze for Free!

    Graze for Free!

    Graze is a site run by Nature Delivered Ltd, a UK based site that delivers a box of healthy food and treats to your door up to 5 times a week (Tuesday to Saturday). They have a large selection of fresh fruit, nuts, dried fruit...

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