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Interested in Buying an Instant Pot? Read This First

September 6, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Are you thinking about adding an instant pot to your kitchen? These multi-function gadgets have taken the kitchen world by storm, with sales increasing during the ongoing pandemic. However, is it worth hopping on the bandwagon just because sales are booming? Nobody likes spending money on a kitchen appliance that they will never use. Most home cooks have at some point invested in kitchen equipment that ended up ...

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Five birthday gift ideas for friends with a sweet tooth

March 2, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Giving a gift is a key part of celebrating a friend's birthday. But even if you have a clear idea of what they like, it's not always easy to find the perfect gift that also suits your budget. If you're struggling to find the right gift for a friend, edible treats are always a nice option - especially if the friend in question has a sweet tooth. It's relatively easy to find a product that matches your budget, and you can ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Birthday, Cake, Chocolate, Edible gifts, Gifts, Top Tips

Fruit puns and fruit jokes: 70+ funny favourites

January 19, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Are you looking for some light-hearted fun with a fruity theme? These fruit puns and fruit jokes are just pear-fect! Whether you're after a fruity caption, or just want to add a funny fruit pun into the conversation, there's something here to put a smile on your face. I've rounded up lots of family-friendly fruit jokes and fruit puns to get you giggling. They're great for your fruit themed pictures, greetings cards, text messages and ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Fruit, fruit jokes, fruit puns, humour, jokes, puns

How to eat organic food on a budget

June 27, 2019 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Collaborative post Do you try to eat organic food where possible?  The last fifteen years have seen a huge increase in the availability of organic meat, fruit and veg and dairy products, reflecting the growing consumer interest in the benefits of choosing organic food over conventionally grown alternatives. Those benefits include a healthier diet with less artificial additives, reduced impact on the environment from synthetic ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Budgeting, Food, Grow Your Own, Organic, organic food, Top Tips

My garden-inspired Cadbury Dairy Milk Bar – and how you can invent the next flavour!

July 26, 2018 by Catherine Leave a Comment

cadbury dairy milk invent your own flavour

Oh I’ve been having so much fun with this! I’ve had a chance to combine two of my favourite things: grow-your-own and all things chocolate.  Sometimes my job is just so hard 😉 Have you seen the latest Cadbury Dairy Milk campaign yet?  It’s a fab competition which invites the nation to ‘go madbury for Cadbury’ and create their very own Cadbury Dairy Milk bar to sit alongside the iconic range of faves such as Cadbury Dairy Milk, Whole ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Cadbury Dairy Milk, competition, Family, Family Fun, Food, Grow Your Own

A winter feast at River Cottage

November 10, 2016 by Catherine Leave a Comment

river cottage hq kitchens

I'm sure we're all familiar with the River Cottage TV series, headed up by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and famous for championing seasonal, ethically produced food.  There's probably a River Cottage cookbook or two on your kitchen shelf.  But have you ever visited River Cottage HQ itself?  This week I got to do just that. I joined the HIBS100 team for a fabulous day at River Cottage, exploring the wonderful ingredients they use in their food, ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Days out, Dining, Food, Garden, Grow Your Own, In season, River Cottage, Winter

A Home-grown Health Kick

April 21, 2016 by Catherine Leave a Comment

premier polytunnels home grown health kick infographic

Do you grow your own fruit and veg?  We started our grow-your-own journey a few years ago, and it has made such a difference to the amount of fresh produce we eat on a regular basis.  We've found home-grown to be fresher, tastier and a really convenient way to manage a healthy diet. I've recently come across this great infographic from Premier Polytunnels, which has loads of ideas for getting more fruit and veg into your diet.  There are some ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Crops, Food, Fruit, gardening, Greenhouse, Harvest, Homegrown, Plants, Vegetables

Flower Sprouts: a new vegetable for family mealtimes

December 11, 2015 by Catherine 3 Comments

flower sprouts vegetables

Finding vegetables that children will happily eat isn’t the smoothest of roads in parenting, is it?  In the almost nine years that I’ve been a mum, there have been countless times when one or both of my children have fiercely resisted the presence of anything remotely resembling a vegetable on their plates.  It can sometimes feel like such a battle, can’t it? And of course, we’re currently in Brussels sprout season, which in my experience ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Children, Crops, Family, Flower Sprouts, Food, Recipes, Reviews, Vegetables, Winter

Tips and ideas for making the most of your harvest

October 8, 2015 by Catherine 3 Comments

What to plant May squash harvest

If you grow your own food on any level, from a small patch in your garden to a full-on allotment plot, Autumn is very much the season of harvesting. It’s hard to beat freshly-picked produce, but the reality is often that we have more than we can possibly eat.  For us this year the gluts have been courgettes and tomatoes, we’ve been pretty much up to our ears in them! For me, the pleasure in growing our own fruit and vegetables is not only being ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Autumn, Community, Crops, Food, Fruit, gardening, Harvest, Homegrown, preserving, Top Tips, Vegetables

Ideas for preserving herbs

September 28, 2015 by Catherine 4 Comments

There’s a bit of a theme going on around here at the moment - harvest.  At this time of year a lot of my ‘gardening time’ is spent picking produce and working out how to store it, cook it or preserve it.  It can be time-consuming in the short term, but it’s so great to be able to enjoy your homegrown fruit and veg all year round. In this post I’m going to share some ideas for preserving herbs  - they make such a difference to recipes and you ...

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Autumn, cooking, Food, Harvest, Herbs, Homegrown, preserving, Top Tips

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