Spaghetti alla puttanesca - including how to hide your courgette and tomato glut

What glut? Admit it, you've been growing veg in your garden due to lockdown, hoping that if there was a longer lockdown that you could provide for the family with lots of fresh vegetables. Preserve and freeze any excess, to enjoy through the autumn and winter. Perhaps you...

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Chopping an onion - the easy way with no tears

Preventing the tears So many people end up with streaming eyes when they chop an onion. There are many ways to stop the tears, perhaps by putting a spoon in your mouth, wearing sunglasses, even a facemask and snorkel. If you follow my simple method, you should find that...

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Turkey chilli

Our easy Turkey Chilli recipe.When we dropped red meat from our diet, one of the dishes we thought we would miss the most was Chilli con Carne, but through experimentation, we have created a great Turkey chilli and prefer this over a normal chilli, plus it's really easy to...

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Oven Baked - Southern Fried Chicken (gluten free)

Oven Baked - Southern Fried ChickenTrying to get southern fried chicken that isn't deep-fried and is gluten-free is impossible unless you make it yourself. I've created the following recipe and it is so easy to make and much better than a well known fast food. You cannot tell...

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Guacamole

Guacamole This is a great side dish to Chilli con Carne or our Turkey chilli and also with tortillas. It's a dip in it's own right, so perfect for a snack.Add as much chilli as you are comfortable with.We make a variation of this called Guacasalsa, which means we make the...

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Salsa

This is a very simple Tomato salsaThis is great with my Turkey chilli or a Chilli con Carne and rice, or on the side when serving with tortillas. I also love serving this with my southern fried chicken. Add as much chilli as you are comfortable with, this is a mild salsa. I...

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Fennel and Lemon Risotto

Fennel and Lemon Risotto is a treat either for lunch or as an accompaniment to dinner.A Riverford organic vegetable box is a great way to increase the variety of vegetables you eat, stopping you getting into a rut. This week I received 2 bulbs of fennel. Now here's the...

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Scallops with wild garlic and pasta

Organic Boxes We are now into the 4th week of lockdown due to COVID-19 and we are very fortunate that we have had an organic box delivery for over 20 years. Initially, we used to collect our box from a local distribution point, then moved to Riverford, last year I set up an...

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Isolation popcorn (butterscotch) - caramel popcorn recipe

Isolation popcorn - perfect for those movie afternoons. There's nothing like the smell of hot popcorn, it's so quick and easy to make and great if you are going to sit down to watch a film or stream a live show. It's the snacks that people will be missing during the Covid-19...

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Turkey meatballs in tomato and basil sauce

As we eat mainly turkey, chicken and fish, I'm always trying to think of different ways to use a pack of turkey mince. It's easy to become stuck in a rut and keep making turkey chilli, so tonight I was determined to make a different evening meal. This is quick, simple and...

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