So today I did something I’ve never done before. I prepared a no cook starter….of lamb. Yes. In case you missed it, we had raw meat for tea. It wasn’t done on a whim. I didn’t *just* run out of time (although I did!) for cooking it. I have actually been working up to and […]
From shiny stock cube to a big bag of bones
Once upon a time I popped a stock cube out of a shiny wrapper. Then I spooned a heap of bouillon into my soup. Then I put the bones from the Sunday roast in a pan to make stock. Then I started actually acquiring bones and simmering them for hours or even days, specifically to […]
Resolutions for 2017 from a real food mama
Do you have any nutrition goals for your family for the year ahead? Maybe these will inspire you to write your own…..maybe yours are similar?……..maybe you will think they are weird. Please do share any of your goals for 2017 in the comments! Resolved, in 2017: To offer more frequent and generous hospitality To get […]
Chicken stock
I have been making stock for a while now, but this is the first time that I have properly followed the recipe in Nourishing Traditions. I found that this made a lot of stock (sadly I don’t think I measured exactly how much!). It was flavourful and good. I personally didn’t use gizzards or chicken […]
Sheepishly investigating sheep
Sheep. Inspirers of bad jokes, tender meat, delicious cheeses and extremely warm (yet temperature regulating) garments. It appears that I don’t actually know all that much about sheep. I know a song about a black sheep, I can recognise a sheep from a cow and a lam leg from a lamb shoulder. However, when you […]