ITB February Roundup

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Before I start rambling let me just tell you the purpose of this little post.  Basically a few weeks ago I invited food bloggers from around the world to join in with our challenge “In the Bag”, whereby dishes must be cooked using a group of pre-chosen seasonal ingredients – white chocolate, pomegranates, and passion [...]

In The Bag: January ’09 Detox Special

Saturday, January 10th, 2009
In The Bag: January

In January just about everyone needs a little detoxification; I know I do!  With that in mind, our seasonal food blogging event “In The Bag” is back with a Detox Special to help us all out. All you have to do is submit a recipe using the ingredients listed in the rules below, so why [...]

ITB October: Halloween Pumpkins!

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Halloween Pumpkins

I’ve only just finished rounding up September’s seasonal food blogging event “In The Bag” and it’s already time for the October edition – doesn’t time fly!

This time around is the Halloween edition featuring pumpkins – either cooking with them or carving them, we would love to see what you get up to!

ITB September ’08: The Roundup

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

This is a roundup of all the recipes submitted for September’s seasonal food blogging event, “In The Bag” – where the featured ingredients are fruit and nuts.

ITB September: Fruit and Nuts

Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Apple Tree

Despite the unexpected but welcome sunshine this weekend Autumn is definitely on its way. In season are various types of fruits including plums, blackberries and apples, with chestnuts making their annual appearance, too. So what could be better for use in our seasonal food blogging event “In The Bag” than the classic combination of fruit and nuts?

ITB May: A Whole Load of Asparagus Recipes!

Monday, June 2nd, 2008
In The Bag:  May

This article is a collection of Asparagus recipes submitted by bloggers from around the world for our monthly seasonal food blogging event “In The Bag”, ran by myself and Julia from A Slice of Cherry Pie.  And what a collection it is! Asparagus is one of the world’s great superfoods, high in fibre, vitamin c, [...]

Classic Asparagus, Eggs and Parmesan

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Asparagus with Eggs and Parmesan

Some ingredients just go really well together and become classics: tomato and basil, cheese and chives, asparagus, eggs and Parmesan. Sometimes those ingredients work so well together you just can’t bear to play with them too much.

In The Bag: May

Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Seasonal Food Blogging Event

Asparagus, eggs and parmesan; a classic combination, but what would you make with that little lot? If you think you could come up with something original, we’d love to hear about it. We’re running a seasonal food blogging event lasting right through to the end of May; all you have to do is create a [...]

Poached Fillet of Beef on a Cauliflower Cheese Puree

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Poached Fillet of Beef

Poaching is a great way of cooking meat but for some reason not many people think of doing it. Perhaps it’s because they think that we’re boiling all of the flavour away; nothing could be further from the truth! This recipe is a variation on one I saw on TV a year or so ago [...]

Time for a quickie?

Saturday, April 26th, 2008
In The Bag:  April

I’m about to go to bed in all honesty but still just had to find time to squeeze in a quickie post for you. Regular readers of this blog will know that we run a monthly seasonal food blogging event called “In The Bag” in conjunction with a lady called Julia from A Slice of [...]