Tag Archives: cooking

joyful swimming and pie

By Lucy | Published June 29, 2010

When we bought this house the old endowments associated with our previous mortgage were no longer needed and we wanted to invest the money from them in this property (trying to be sensible). The kitchen was hanging by a thread so that got replaced and the children were given the choice of what the rest should be spent [...]

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green soup and juice, raw chocolate pud

By Lucy | Published June 27, 2010

recipe up here been drinking wheatgrass juice with friends Raw chocolate pudding teamed up with Swedish Glace (booja booja stuff in a tub is raw if you prefer). Pudding was made thus: grind up some raw chocolate nibs (could use cocoa though of course not raw) then blend with a large avocado and 2 ripe bananas with a squirt [...]

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planting log, sitting, eating, stones and sea

By Lucy | Published May 15, 2010

I have just planted over 300 little leeks, lots of kale and purple sprouting brocolli seedlings, carrots, radish, garlic, basil, sunflowers and flat leaf parsley as an alternative to the madly (but wonderfully) continually self seeding curly The thinking of the planting this year is to grow things that both do well up here and that [...]

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growth

By Lucy | Published April 15, 2010

Planted my berry bushes from Suttons yesterday, well protected there from the rabbits Potatoes are going in today… Dipping into the Anastasia series again to get truly inspired again with growing, so different from anything else I’ve ever read.  Made wonderful leek, potato and wild garlic soup from the recipe on Cat’s blog Related posts:first [...]

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of Russians and swans

By Lucy | Published April 8, 2010

Totally loving the gorgeous springness that is all around now Had some lovely wild garlic pesto yesterday and think may do same today. Seems to have less of a garlic hit when very young though still very good. Swans are still following us around – whooping ones fly over the garden and woods regularly just [...]

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Spring pics

By Lucy | Published March 17, 2010

 free veg seeds from the bbc here Related posts:more autumnalgreenDunnydeer stone circle

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reflections and windows

By Lucy | Published March 9, 2010

The bridge did get finished: Now this may appear to be a blurry photo gone wrong – well, it is - but it is also  a picture of trees reflected in chocolate so worthy of inclusion It is a montezuma’s very dark bar… Related posts:little logsAutumna fleeting season

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walnut cake and sheep

By Lucy | Published February 28, 2010

Vegan Easter has been updated Walnut cake with a tablespoon of Nocaf added to the mix. It is not coffeeish as had intended but is very nice: 1st of March tomorrow, so will it get more springlike? Related posts:knitted digestionskoool and sooup :) remembrance

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toast, Valentine cookies and a cheesecake

By Lucy | Published February 14, 2010

We do still favour green smoothies for breakfast but on a cold winter’s day sometimes only decadently topped toast will do Valentine cookies: made this basic dough and did half plain (some topped with coconut), a quarter of it with a little finely chopped fresh ginger and the other quarter with unwaxed lemon rind, beautiful flavours! Tried [...]

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cheap

By Lucy | Published February 2, 2010

a frugal recipe again, basic pasties :) and bargains to be had – the book people are offering 10% off all orders until midnight tomorrow (Wed. 3rd Feb) – just enter WIN10 at checkout for offer. Related posts:getting a bit festivemaths and school reportsa mouse and relaxation

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