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My favourite way to consume rhubarb: roasting cove

My favourite way to consume rhubarb: roasting covered in the oven with some orange juice and honey. This time I used dark and flavoursome buckwheat honey. When it’s all cooked and the sweetness is to my liking, I add some toasted buckwheat which is, interestingly, a relative to rhubarb. #cookingideas #rhubarb #whattodowithrhubarb #buckwheat #buckwheathoney #buckwheatnotactuallywheat

My cold borscht soup recipe landed in @porridgemag

My cold borscht soup recipe landed in @porridgemagazine 😍😋😊
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#šaltibarščiai #coldborscht #balticfood #balticcuisine #summerfood #

Salad burnet known for its cucumber like flavour h

Salad burnet known for its cucumber like flavour has been producing some new growth lately. I snipped some from @globalgardensproject, took it home, bruised it with pestle and mortar and infused water with it. What a refreshing drink with hints of cucumber. Great for summer, but equally wonderful in wintertime. 😋

#saladburnet #whatidrink #refreshingdrink #springiscoming #plantfood #locallygrown #interestingfood #foodexperiment

Seed sourcing tip. It seemed that all potatoes for

Seed sourcing tip. It seemed that all potatoes for sowing have been swept from online shops and I was getting worried if I’ll get them in time for sowing. That is until today where I found chitted potatoes at the discounted section of Sainsbury’s. Also crazy cheap too.
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#potatogrowing #welshgrowers #whattogrow #potatoes #growingtips #seedsourcing #welshpotatoes

Winter greens dip inspired by @beardfoundation ver

Winter greens dip inspired by @beardfoundation very timely vegan callaloo dip recipe. Instead of callaloo which is a mustard green common in the Caribbean I was using red mustard and ‘green in the snow’. For dipping it could work well with purple sprouting broccoli which is in season now. 😋
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Thanks for @globalgardensproject for the produce
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#wintergreens #mustardgreens #redmustard #winterfood #whatiate #onmytable

Before winter is officially over I just wanted to

Before winter is officially over I just wanted to tell you about the dried fruit compote I’ve been drinking over the winter. This compote is more of a drink, than a dessert although a photo is not 100% representative - I took it after having a good sip of this warming fruity drink. The process is that you simmer dried fruit till cooked, then put fruit away and flavour the liquid with spices such as cinnamon, cloves and some lemon juice. You then simmer that again for a bit and then pour it over the reserved fruit. This is how my grandma used to do it as per hard to read compote recipe in the photo.
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#winterdrinks #driedfruit #compote #seasonalfod #warmdrinks #winterliving #onmytable #foodculture

Making milky chamomile tea with cardamom to celebr

Making milky chamomile tea with cardamom to celebrate Imbolc @globalgardensproject on 1st of February. It’s more or less a halfway point between winter solstice and spring equinox and it’s marking the beginning of spring. It’s also the time to start spring sowing. 🌿🧚🏻‍♂️
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I sprinkled some chamomile tea from a tea bag in the seed tray and in a few days time the seeds sprouted. I transplanted them outside and had a never ending harvest of chamomile flowers throughout the summer. It’s one of the easiest plants to grow. Chamomile oils have antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties, and can be used externally and internally. But it also works well as a gentle sleep aid 🛌
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#imbolc #springiscoming #chamomile #herbaltea #herballatte #sleepytea

Sunday meal- Jack Monroe’s nutroast with my modi

Sunday meal- Jack Monroe’s nutroast with my modifications, creamy potato mash, glazed turnips with mustard greens from @globalgardensproject and of course some sauerkraut 🤤
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#sundayroast #onmytable #winterfood #whatiate #sundaydinner #seasonalfood #seasonaleating #sauerkraut #nutroast

Steel-cut oats and beetroot ‘risotto’. That’

Steel-cut oats and beetroot ‘risotto’. That’s what I needed today.
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#onmytable #whatiatetoday #steelcutoats #beetrootrecipes #minimalfood #pink #wholesome #simplefood #localfood #seasonalfood

Happy New Year! . . . Tuscan bean soup. . . . #win

Happy New Year!
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Tuscan bean soup.
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#winterfood #seasonalfood #tuscanbeansoup #simplefood #bowlofgoodness #happynewyear2021

Happy Christmas Eve to all those celebrating it! 1

Happy Christmas Eve to all those celebrating it! 12 dishes for 12 months of a year. a sprouted buckwheat dish with poppyseeds for good next year’s harvest. Beetroots mixed salad, sweet dried fruit soup, wild mushroom and sauerkraut pasties, poppyseed milk with little dough thingies called ‘kuciukai’, a must dish with herring, beetroot kisiel, oats kisiel with cranberries, cranberries mousse with semolina, mackerel pate and devilled eggs. 🤤

#christmaseve #kucios2020 #stuckinuk #zoomchristmas

Got a mound of fresh dill to play with from @pauls

Got a mound of fresh dill to play with from @paulsveg and made some dill oil inspired by chef Ken Fornataro from @culturesgroup
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#dill #herbs #herboil #organicallygrown

Berries and fruit brighten our local park. They ar

Berries and fruit brighten our local park. They are just breathtaking in the winter sun and the chill. #waterloogardens #roathbrookgardens #roathmillgardebs #winter #localpark #crabapples #hollyberry #bayberry
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Winter Bread and milk for breakfast And woollen f

Winter

Bread and milk for breakfast
And woollen frocks to wear,
And a crumb for robin redbreast
On the cold days of the year.
#littlebookofrhymes #winter

In winter when the growth is slowing down @globalg

In winter when the growth is slowing down @globalgardensproject we think of ways to use up summer’s harvest. We’ve been making soothing eye pillows out of linseed, buckwheat, chamomile and lavender. We also have been sewing some pouches stuffed with herbs to keep moths away from our clothing. Thanks to @cat_colourfield for the lovely session.
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#wintercrafts #driedherbs #allotmentgarden #seasonal #urbangarden #communitygarden #skillshare

Unusual tuber time. This year I’ve had a good ha

Unusual tuber time. This year I’ve had a good harvest of Jerusalem artichokes. Nice and creamy, they are best in a soup or roasted. Swipe left to see choke rinsing water. Swipe again to see another tuber I’ve grown - Oca, or Oxalis tuberosa. Any suggestions for how to cook this?
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#rootvegetables #tubers #seasonaleating #jerusalemartichoke #oca #oxalistuberosa #allotmentgarden #growyourownfood #cymru #food #whatsinseason

My first go at making Lanttulaatikko, or a Finish

My first go at making Lanttulaatikko, or a Finish swede casserole. #thenordiccookbook tells me it’s what people in Finland have on their Christmas table. It’s quite a nice dish, with mashed swede being the main player, plus cream, eggs, a sweetener and some nutmeg. Should have had some breadcrumbs, but I skipped that. Quite yummy and comforting. Seems like good food for not just Christmas.
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#comfortfood #swede #nordicfood #onmytable #rootvegetables #whattoeat #seasonalfood #winterfood #mash #mashedroots #gentlefood #nochillies

This is a typical generic Lithuanian soup that I f

This is a typical generic Lithuanian soup that I find in vintage recipe books or food blogs. Grated carrots, chopped onion and chopped tomatoes fried in a bit of oil till softened and then added to a veg stock with other veg, quite often some chopped cabbage too. Topped with come chopped dill which I was ecstatic to find at farmers market today, thanks to @paulsveg
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#vegsoup #soupseason #onmytable #whatiatetoday #cookingtraditions #seasonalfood

I’ve been adding herbs and spices when cooking c

I’ve been adding herbs and spices when cooking chickpeas and then using the cooking water as a stock. Works great and tastes good. You don’t need much just a few sprigs of thyme or savoury, garlic, onion and ground turmeric 😋
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You can read about it on my blog 🙂
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#soupseason #stock #chickpeastock #turmeric #whattoeat #foodblogger

These are my very late in the year soured cucumber

These are my very late in the year soured cucumbers. It’s crunchy, salty and sour in a subtle way as it’s been fermenting for just two days. I’ve shared a video of how to make soured cucumbers with @culturesgroup who are based in the US and have been running an extensive food festival on cultural food, fermenting and food around world. Unlike this quick ferment here, the need for a change in the US has been fermenting for a while, and I hope tomorrow morning as they wake up, Americans won’t find themselves in a pickle 😂
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#fermentationasmetaphor #souredcucumbers #pickledcucumber #fermentedfoods #culturedfoods #votehimout #alwaysbernie #fermentation #wildbacteria

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