River Cottage

Nettle quiche.  I served up a vat of nettle soup  one lunchtime while my French friends were staying and they thought it was très bon. We got on to talking about how their village Read More ›

I had no enthusiasm for cooking last week, and managed to feed us (perhaps slightly haphazardly) out of the freezer. However, after a weekend with my parents, I managed to get a grip. We had Read More ›

So I had 2 options for supper this evening. Take it or leave it... oh no – that was yesterday when I dug out a venison and rabbit casserole out of the freezer. “What? A real dead Read More ›

So after the combined stress of Friday's duck incident plus the shoe shopping trip and yesterday's bakethon, I think I would have been forgiven if I'd fed the family on fishfingers all weekend. Read More ›

It must be nearly summer, because I have been making meatloaf again. Not just any meat loaf – probably the best meatloaf ever, and my failsafe camping standby. I haven’t been camping yet, Read More ›

I have a confession. I have been unfaithful. Last Friday, the Husband went out to the pub and I snuck to bed early for a cosy threesome with two new men. Even when the Husband and I were planning our Read More ›

I’ve been bemoaning the fact that my mission to eat less meat has gone somewhat awry during the last couple of weeks, but today I made it back on track big time. I’ve been wondering Read More ›

Well, for a moment there, it was touch and go, but we made it through to the end of term with only the toothpaste down the dress and missing cardigan buttons incident, and a forgotten trumpet (which Read More ›

The Husband definitely wins in tomorrow’s lunch lottery. After quite a ’meaty’ few days, mainly because I’m having another go at getting to the bottom of the freezer, Read More ›