Summer Sizzlers

Potato recipes for get ahead cooks I love potatoes of any size, shape or variety. At any time of the year they are a vital addition to any veg basket, making a hearty addition to any meal. Winter suppers consisting of large, fluffy, oven baked potatoes with crispy skins, filled with any savoury concoction that

Devonshire Splits

Daily recipe Lets get Devon cooking Nothing like some home baking to take your mind off things. Also, much more tasty that shop bought, processed food. No excuses now, you have got the time. Grab the kids, get into the kitchen and BAKE. Devonshire Splits Makes 8 Allergens: Gluten, dairy. Oven temp 425F/220c/Gas No7. Ingredients:

Low fat Recipe

Spiced Potato and Carrot Bahji I love a nice spicy, crispy Bahji, served with a nice fresh crunchy salad & a big bowl of chilli & cucumber ratia, for dipping. The only thing I don’t like is the fat content. Traditionally, Bahji’s are deep fried, which gives them that gorgeous, crunchy texture, it also gives

Cheese and Potato Twists

Daily Recipe 24th March 2020 Great recipe today, to go with that homemade soup you are making from those leftover or frozen veg. If salads are more your thing, stuff these tasty twists with whatever you fancy. Olives, tomatoes and anchovies with some wild rocket, make a tasty light lunch. Cheese and PotatoTwists. Makes 8

Marwood Hill Gardens

A hidden paradise in North Devon. I’m in two minds about writing this blog, purely for selfish reasons, you understand! However, in these difficult times, we need to be kind and try to help others. So, I am going to share with you, my visit to these beautiful, little known North Devon gardens. Marwood Hill

One bowl cake

Fruit and Nut Cake Ok, you home workers or those self isolating, its time for a little exercise. Jump up from the sofa, walk towards that kitchen, done the apron and get the bowl and the wooden spoon at the ready. The time has come to make some cake. We can’t have you sitting around,

Vibrant Veggies

Vibrant Veggie Kitchen I meet many people in the course of my blog writing day, but I have to say, Sarah Styles-Power of the Vibrant Veggie Kitchen, alias Shebbear Cheese is one of the nicest, honest, hard working people, I have ever had the pleasure to meet. The slogan “keep calm and carry on” could

The Dogs Dinner

Tasty titbits that are well good. When it comes to the pooch, I’m always scratching my head! Noooo. I don’t mean she’s got fleas, its the quandary I get into, about what to feed her for dinner? These days, the media is full of advice and advertisments about what to feed your furry friend. Years

Happiness is Hartland

Hartland Farmers Market Dawning bright and breezy the day held promise and a heightened feel of happiness. As the pooch and I jumped into the old jalopy for the drive to beautiful Hartland, North Devon both our stomachs rumbled at the thought of food and drink. This, you understand, was not just any old food,

Brexit bothers

Pigs in Blankets and Couch Potatoes. To say I’m amazed is an understatement. Suprised. No. Reading an article in the I newspaper today, I was dumfounded by the reported concerns about the shortage of EU workers in meat processing plants. Apparently the great British public may have difficulty in sourcing Pigs in Blankets and other