Tag Archives: sweet

moo free chocolates

By Lucy | Published September 16, 2010

Moo Free Chocolates sent us some goodies to try. A sweet, mild chocolate very reminiscent of milk chocolate, went down well with our teens, I think younger children would love it too. I do like the sparkly blue foil It’s vegan (well, duh), organic and uses fairtrade cocoa. There is also going to be an [...]

Posted in food, reviews, vegan products | Also tagged vegan, vegetarian 2 Comments

a walk in the woods and ice cream

By Lucy | Published September 8, 2010

Some pics taken before it turned all rainy, before I got drenched walking in the woods, before it became necessary to make hot chocolate sauce for ice cream… it’s a good reason – try it Related posts:rhubarb, roses, lettuce and nettlesoutdoor funtoast, Valentine cookies and a cheesecake

Posted in food, woods | Also tagged trees, views, walk 4 Comments

cake

By Lucy | Published August 29, 2010

chocolate recipes including chocolate cake. More cake recipes here :D Related posts:Halloweeneasing back inif music be the food of love…

Posted in food | Also tagged cake, cooking, vegan 6 Comments

raised beds

By Lucy | Published August 24, 2010

We have 3 new ones for next season, hopefully one more to come Planning to give over the whole allotment bit at the bottom of the garden to potatoes next year, with the chives, rhubarb and some other bits (maybe leeks? nasturtiums?) for biodiversity. It’s been really noticable this year that the more food we [...]

Posted in food, garden, resources, reuse | Also tagged build, cooking, DIY, grow, herbs, Scotland, veggies 10 Comments

apples

By Lucy | Published August 20, 2010

there will be pie tonight and there was indeed… served with oatly Related posts:where the wild things arepraxinoscopelovely things

Posted in food, garden, vegan products | Also tagged cooking, grow 2 Comments

Transformation

By Lucy | Published August 19, 2010

Angel party playing The Transformation Game, a spookily accurate spiritual game devised at Findhorn. Wonderfully light humour pervades it. Related posts:fun and gamesHE at Brodieart, music, literature, french

Posted in food, friends, games, garden | Also tagged friendship, play 4 Comments

sweet things

By Lucy | Published July 27, 2010

Have been sent some Alpro goodies to try We do like their soya milk. The only one I didn’t know about was the ‘milk alternative’ suitable from 1 year old. Lots of extra vitamins and iron in it (and surprisingly nice in nocaf!). The chocolate puddings are lush lush lush… Blackcurrant smoothies, there have been a few [...]

Posted in food, raw, reviews, smoothies, vegan products | Also tagged cake, cooking, vegan, veggies 15 Comments

a blackcurrant smoothie

By Lucy | Published July 22, 2010

Very blackcurranty and lovely, makes a big jug (about 3 and a half pints, good for 4 people, quantities very adjustable): lots of blackcurrants, about a quarter blender jugful lots of borage flowers (optional) huge bunch of parsley a handful of brazil nuts 1 banana 1 avocado 1 apple 1 litre of orange juice Blitz [...]

Posted in food, garden, raw, smoothies | Also tagged grow, herbs 13 Comments

the tale of the strawberries

By Lucy | Published July 21, 2010

Once upon a time a princess planted 3 tiny strawberry plants in her garden. They began to grow. Then, despite being guarded by a beady eyed and brave fox, they were eaten down to the quick by saucy young rabbits who were very numerous throughout that kingdom. Over the summer one of the plants recovered and produced [...]

Posted in food, garden, odd | Also tagged frogs, grow, memories 5 Comments

rhubarb, tweets and elderflowers

By Lucy | Published July 4, 2010

We have a veritable forest of rhubarb so into jam some of it went yesterday! recipe over on frugal where there is also a twitter competition detailed on the front page to win my copy of The Moneyless Man (who is vegan by the way, don’t think I mentioned that before) Gathered some elderflowers in the wood [...]