It is warm. It is sunny. It is the first day of June and my heart sings. I love the hotter days and that means I eat more wholesome food. I have less urge to fill up on stodge and my body asks for salads and fruits. This lovely salad came by way of 101 Cookbooks, The … Continued
Down in the bottom of our garden there grows some wild garlic. Several years ago whilst out walking we were surrounded by the aroma of garlic. It reminded me of long ago when as a child we often walked along the river banks in Durham City. We never thought to grow it, probably because back … Continued
Hot Cross Buns, traditionally an Easter treat but now available in supermarkets all the year round! I decided this rather grey Thursday to set to and make my own having relied on M&S for years. Normally everything I bake is as healthful as possible….wholewheat flour, brown rice, etc. So I strayed somewhat from my healthy … Continued
Vanilla is a something that has for as long as I can remember delighted my senses. When I was young it was associated with baking. I learnt to cook at an early age and Mum always made pretty much everything that we put in our mouths. Her steak and kidney pies were mouthwatering, her cheese … Continued
A few weeks ago I realised we had rather a lot of carrots. I’m not sure how that happened but for two people we had an inordinate quantity of this humble vegetable. So we had them grated and raw, we had them steamed with butter over them and I roasted them with parsnips! Still we … Continued
Last Sunday we took ourselves off to The Grand Opening of The Hub. It is a lovely vegetarian cafe in Didsbury, Manchester and part of the health shop, Healthy Spirit run by the lovely Sarah. I spied up on the top shelf some Kamut flour which I have used before. The following recipe is the … Continued
This is a rather brief post. I popped a photograph on Twitter the other evening which sparked some interest. This was what started it all and so here is the recipe. I made it up as I went along but used my basic understanding of bread-making. SPELT BREAD WITH CHIA SEEDS & MOLASSES. 1Kg Spelt … Continued
This recipe comes from the lovely book shown above ‘RED VELVET CHOCOLATE HEARTACHE’. It was used by Antonia, one of the gorgeous women who came to our Jambo Workshop back in November. She stuck to the recipe, unlike my good self! The resulting cakes were delicious and there have been requests from my yoga folk … Continued
Today was a continuation of yesterday in terms of Slater activities…we decided (rather rashly perhaps) to completely redo part of the garden! Oh yes not just the odd shrub, not just a little weeding and trimming but a complete refurb! This leads to aching backs, filthy hands and, in my case, filthy feet as … Continued
I do believe it is well past the asparagus season here in the UK but perhaps somewhere in the world asparagus are flourishing…..and anyway you can nearly always buy them in Sainsbury’s! Perhaps I’m being just a tad facetious. Anyway, sometime ago I made us a luscious flan with the main characters being fresh asparagus … Continued
