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Meadowsweet Cordial and Granita

Meadowsweet Cordial and Granita

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Leftover Pork, Sausage, Chorizo and Bean Stew

Leftover Pork, Sausage, Chorizo and Bean Stew

I love using up leftovers! Having put so much effort into cooking a meal, it would be criminal not to use up all of it – particularly the meat. When you grow and raise your own food, the need to use up every bit of it becomes even more intense. This dish came about from having lots of leftover Roast Pork and some sausages that weren’t needed at Breakfast. Add in some Chorizo, a can...

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Nettle and Wild Garlic Pesto

Nettle and Wild Garlic Pesto

We love wild food. There’s something very exciting about walking into a wood or along a hedgerow, identifying edible plants and picking them for free! Some wild foods though, while edible, fit squarely into the ‘why would you bother’ bracket. Nettles and Wild Garlic (Ramsons) are different. These plants are good for you and can be used to produce genuinely delicious dishes! This is one of our favourites and it’s very easy. Make this pesto as soon...

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Chicken thighs, Rainbow Chard and Rice

Chicken thighs, Rainbow Chard and Rice

I love Rainbow Chard! It’s easy to grow (the usual garden pests don’t eat it), it’s colourful, it’s good for you and it’s tasty! Swiss Chard or Rainbow Chard can stay in the ground all Winter and so are one of the few zero-km Winter greens available. I use it all winter: in Noodle dishes, stir fries, I pickle the stalks and I cure them but, as I grow a lot of it, when Winter...

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Chicken Thigh, Polish Sausage, Potato & Romanesco Bake

Chicken Thigh, Polish Sausage, Potato & Romanesco Bake

We had some Romanesco form perfect heads early this year in the greenhouse. One of them was just about to go over recently so it had to be used up. There also happened to be some Chicken Thighs in the fridge so an adapted Chicken and Broccoli Bake seemed the way to go. This worked out really well! Ingredients 4 Chicken Thighs (one per person) Some Sausage – the dense Eastern European style or thin chorizo Baby Potatoes Leeks Broccoli florets Onion Mushrooms Garlic Chili...

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