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• How to Make Pizza Bianca Brassica

  

  Pizza is undoubtedly one of my favourite foods and a sure fire winner with the kids too. There are so many possible things to top it with, but almost always the... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Happier Living at the Plot

  

  The allotment has become a place of calm and happiness for me over the last few years. It’s separation from life at home and work, offers the chance to look at... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Time for Peas

  

  I’ve been a little slack in getting the allotment back online after its winter break, so as the weather warms up and there are glimpses of spring-like weather... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• March at Plot 4

  

  So much for the fresh hope for better weather, it seems to have been particularly wet over the last few weeks, culminating in the wettest day ever for the last... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  Late February days; and now, at last, Might you have thought that winter’s woe was past; So fair the sky was, and so soft the air. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Mushrooms on Toast

  

  I’m not entirely sure if mushrooms on toast counts as a recipe really, but I love it and want others to enjoy it too, so I decided to write a quick post about... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• How to Make Baked Eggs with Swiss Chard

  

  Unlike some of my fellow Garden Share Collective bloggers like Dusty Country Road, Our Wee Farm and Strayed from the Table, we don’t have chickens on the... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Time To Talk

  

  Today is Time To Talk day, and I although its only a few days since I last posted, I feel compelled to post something about the power of talking about our... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• February at Plot 4

  

  The year has well and truly started now, and for me it has meant a lot of aborted trips to the allotment. My new role as project lead for Stoneham Bakehouse... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Spicy Parsnip Soup

  

  With the cold weather finally arriving in the South-East this week, the draw of a steaming bowl of soup is a strong one. Added to this is the fact that two TV... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  The days are short The sun a spark Hung thin between The dark and dark. ~John Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Time for Some Headspace

  

  As the new year starts, people all over the place will be coming up with resolutions. We always look to start the new year afresh, trying to have a new sense... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• January at Plot 4

  

  There are still vegetables to harvest, the Chard, Cabbage and Broccoli are still looking good and will no doubt make their way into a few soups, or onto the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2015 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Favourite Five Chestnut Recipes

  

  Across Europe and the US, people have been out and about on the streets, frantically shopping for presents and visiting the sales. Many will be fuelled with... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Quick and Easy Christmas Pudding Ice-Cream with Poached Pears

  

  After Christmas there is always food leftover. If I’m honest, I prefer the days after Christmas with the cold turkey and leftover bits of this and that, to the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• The Macro Allotment

  

  Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• 5-A-Day For Your Mind

  

  The government is always telling us we have to eat five fruit or veg a day to help improve the nations’ health, but what about the nations’ mental health? Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Mushrooms

  

  Our allotment has, as regular readers will have realised, been pretty wet recently. Not great for getting jobs done, but it has been a real bonus for the... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME

• Roasted Carrot and Cumin Soup with Labneh

  

  With weather a little colder in the last few days, and certainly as a way of warming up after yet another drenching, soup is firmly back on the menu. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 FOOD & DRINK, GARDENING, HOME