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Why I Buy a Veggie Box and Think You Should Too

For a couple of years now I’ve been buying a vegetable box each week. Some people think that it is a waste of money and are quite entitled to their opinions, but for me it has allowed my kitchen adventures to take on a whole new lease of life.

So, what could be so amazing about a vegetable box that it changes the whole way you cook? This past week mine contained parsnips, swede, sprouts, potatoes, pak choi, celeriac and cauliflower. None of that is particularly exciting, you might think, but what it does is allow me to do is eat tastier food, all of the time. And next I’ll explain how.

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Spiced Pumpkin Soup with Truffle Oil

Spiced Pumpkin Soup

This pumpkin soup is so easy and yet so delicious. It brings perfect warmth on a cold winter’s day. Continue reading

The Perfect Honey-Mustard Roast Ham Recipe

Honey-Mustard Roast Ham

This roast ham is delicious, easy and oh so tasty. You have to try it! Continue reading

How to Roast the Perfect Goose

The Perfect Roast Goose

This method of roasting a goose gives crispy skin, moist meat and loads of delicious goose fat for roasting your potatoes all through the winter months. Continue reading

10 Really Easy Last-Minute Christmas Recipe Ideas

Clementine Christmas Tree Cake

I know the feeling. It’s almost Christmas (or gone Christmas, depending upon when you’re reading this) and you still haven’t decided what to cook. Never fear, what follows is 10 of our quickest and easiest but most delicious Christmas recipes! Continue reading

Christmas Cupcakes Recipe

Christmas Cupcakes

Although I started the Christmas season with good intentions of making my own Christmas puddings this year (I even went out to buy appropriately shaped bowls), I never got round to it. So enter this suitably seasonal cupcake recipe, perfect for a last minute Christmas baking hit. Continue reading

Treacle Sponge Pudding Recipe

Treacle Sponge Pudding

It’s gooey and sticky but really easy to make. There’s no skill involved in the mixing and no matter how rough you are the sauce still forms perfectly at the bottom of the sponge while it’s baking. What could be better on a cold Winter’s day? Continue reading

Interflora “Taste of Christmas” Hamper Review

Christmas Hamper

A box arrived at my house this past week. It was black, cardboard and unassuming – but large and heavy. As I hadn’t ordered anything I was intrigued, so with the help of the ever-curious Mia, set about opening it. … Continue reading

Mincemeat Stuffed Baked Apple

Baked Apple - Side Shot

Deceptively simplistic, the baked apple is probably my favourite pudding of all, both sweet and seasonal. I’ve given this one a seasonal twist with the inclusion of mincemeat. Continue reading

Pine Needle Infused Sugar Recipe

Pine Needles in Sugar

Give it a go; simply mix a handful of pine needles in a jar with some caster sugar, leave until Christmas and then enjoy by sprinkling over your fresh home made mince pies before eating them. Continue reading