Once upon a Saturday morning in October, I took pity on two large bags of sorry-looking reduced parsnips in Scotmid despite the mountain of allotment vegetables already sitting in my flat. Next to the mountain, however, was a slightly smaller mountain, a foothill, if you will, of allotment pears that I had no plan for….
Tag: Home Grown
Chicken and Squash One Pot
Chicken, Potato and Crown Prince Squash Bake Chicken thighs, skin-on is better so they don’t dry out in the oven Squash, any variety will do. I used half a crown prince Potatoes Rosemary Thyme Garlic, half a bulb Olive oil Salt and black pepper Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius. Peel and chop the…
Autumn Allotment Delivery
A compilation of some of the recipes I used with last Autumn’s haul of home-grown produce comprising onions, apples, pears, leeks, crown prince squash, swede, turnip, celeriac and potatoes. Not forgetting the many millipedes and spiders smuggled in from the allotment which have probably re-homed themselves in my flat. Fragrant Ham & Autumn Veg Stew…
Over-Winter Apples
The late summer months bring so many apples that one cannot possible consume them all in a single season. We have quite the plethora of apple varieties on the allotments: Pitmaston Pineapple, Elstar, Princess Russet, Fiesta, Green Sleeves, Bramley, Egremont Russet, Golden Delicious, Jupiter, Kidd’s Orange Red, Laxton’s Superb, MacIntosh, Spartan, Cox, How Gate Wonder,…
Damson Jam
This is more of a compote than a jam as it’s fairly runny – damsons don’t set naturally. The ingredients are the standard ‘same weight of fruit and sugar’ but usually we use around a third less sugar. That gives it a nice tangy taste, but you need a fair bit of sugar or the…
Chard Saag
Chicken saag made with finest, huge-leafed allotment chard, chapatis, and garlicky lentils. I had a deal with mum that she would send me this recipe if I FINALLY put my scone recipe up on the blog since she’s been scone-less since I moved back to Edinburgh. So, here it is, enjoy: Saag ingredients: Chicken, flour,…
Dhal-lightful
Dhal and chapatis makes for a great collaborative cooking session, or multitasking challenge. This one a joint effort between my sister and I. The dhal by itself is also a simple, satisfying meal for camping or cabin trips. Sorry about the pun, I couldn’t resist 😆 Dhal: Red lentils, carrots sliced in disks, chilis, onion…
Quarantine Cooking
Since the social isolation orders were issued, a contest has ensued between my family, at home in the UK, and I over who’s making the tastiest and most aesthetic food at home. Since in Norway all the supermarket shelves are fully stocked, I may have had an advantage. BUT not only does Mum have the…
Eplesyltetøy
Apple jam! I made this a long while ago, but forgot to report photos. The apples are a good range from the allotments, and sat in my kitchen for several weeks before I decided to use them up all in one shot. It’s more like apple sauce than jam, since I didn’t add any sugar…
Christmas Holidays 2019
A belated collection of photos and food from the Christmas just past. A recently renovated kitchen made for a cosy social space that saw much baking, cooking, chatting, spying on the winter garden birds & squirrels, and even dancing… Most days started with a gathering for breakfast in the pretty kitchen that often stretched  on…
French Onion Soup
I have acquired a v. large Chasseur cast-iron pot (it was a birthday present). So, I figured the first thing I cook in my new French cookware might as well be French too. Also, I had many allotment onions to use up, and I’d rather use them up all at once because onions, especially white juicy…
Heavenly Rye and Allotment Delivery
So, as promised, here is my attempt at Marte’s rye bread. First of all, I would like to make a complaint about the scarcity of rye flour in Edinburgh. Twenty-five minutes I had to cycle, to Real Foods, past the worst round-about in Edinburgh at the top of Leith Walk. Anyway, to the bread… Mix…
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