As you know from this blog, I’m a big fan of gardening, and we love cooking with the fresh fruit and veg that we grow. So when the team at Riverford asked us to try out their limited edition recipe box, featuring recipes by award-winning chef and gardening guru Sarah Raven, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Riverford started as a very small-scale box scheme in Devon, and has grown to a UK-wide delivery service, supplied by regional farms. ...
Flower Sprouts: a new vegetable for family mealtimes
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 ...
How well do you know your apples?
Is there a fruit that symbolises this time of year more than the apple? For me, apples go hand-in-hand with Autumn days; heavy fruit ready to fall from the tree in our garden, fighting the wasps for the juiciest ones, and of course cooking with our lovely harvest. I have to confess though, my knowledge of the hundreds of types of apples is limited to say the least. I suppose we’re all too used to the handful of varieties on sale in ...