Recipes

Recipe: Easy Pumpkin Soup

December 1, 2011

I never really liked pumpkins. A while back I tasted this soup in a cafe and asked the owner what was in it. She laughed and said that this is probably the easiest soup she has ever made. So here it goes; 1 pumpkin ( about 1kg) 1 can of coconut milk Thai red curry [...]

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Book Review: The Wild Life

November 30, 2011

One day John Lewis-Stempel tells his wife he will live of the land for a year and she replies with “Its very you”. So thus begins a year of foraging for hedgerow veg and fruits, shooting rabbits and birds and the occasional fishing expedition. John Lewis-Stempel writes with humor and honesty. It is clear he [...]

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Purple Sprouting Broccoli

November 23, 2011

This year for the first time I sowed purple sprouting broccoli. It is a variety on the regular broccoli. Sowing time is from March to May, the plants grow large, larger then I thought so make sure you give them some room to grow. It will withstand frosts and snow and is ready for harvest [...]

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Recipe: Banana bread

November 17, 2011

What do you do when you have these? You search the net for a recipe and get to work Which will result in this tasty banana bread Tweet

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Recipe: Kale Stew

November 14, 2011

Ingredients 1,5 kilo potatoes 1 kilo finely cut kale 300 grams of bacon 3 large onions 200 ml cream olive oil salt rookworst ( smoked sausage – typical Dutch ) Preparations Cook the potatoes and kale in about 25 minutes, ( kale on top of the potatoes) In the mean time fry the bacon bits [...]

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