Is life to short to skin a broad bean?

Is life to short to skin a broad bean? Not pod them. Of course you have to pod them. But once podded and steamed, do you then pop them ou...

Pasta bake for days that don't quite go your way

There are some days when I almost feel like life is under control, that I know what I'm doing, that I'm parenting brilliantly, every...

Healthy & Happy Banana Cinammon Loaf (with secret courgette) - a Random Recipe

The lovely Dom has been indisposed in rather an unpleasant way recently, so to make up for it, his Random Recipes challenge this month is t...

Broadbean tips - huh? What are they good for?

Broad bean tips have featured in my life as long as I can remember. There's a mystique around them that anyone who's grown up with a...

Indian Coleslaw - inspired by Rowan Atkinson...

One of my favourite sketches of all time is Rowan Atkinson's monologue where he plays an impeccably polite Indian waiter faced with a cr...

Green garlic in your veg box?

Spring is definitely here, no doubt about it. All of a sudden, the garden has spring into life, and the veg box is full of more interesting ...

No mobile phone? Don't worry, there's always Blackcurrant Slice

Do you carry your mobile phone around with you always? I'm certainly guilty of treating mine like a 5th limb sometimes, carrying it with...

Camping food - Cheese & Marmite Pasties

We had another camping trip this weekend. A quick one in that we didn't head off till Saturday morning, and didn't go far - just to ...