Pressure cooking

Father Christmas very kindly gave me a new pressure cooker for Christmas. He must have listened very carefully in the summer when The Neighbour and I were musing about how we might preserve some of the hoped for glut of vegetables and fruit we were tending in our new garden and the question of whether [...]

Thrifty vs Green and Ethical

I know that generally the simpler lifestyle is one that is naturally thrifty and also kinder to our environment but ever since finishing the wonderful book ‘Animal,Vegetable,Miracle’by Barabara Kingsolver I’ve been more aware than I was before about the potentially harmful chemicals used during food production (chemical pesticides and fertilisers on fruit [...]

Menu planning for kids

I had a busy week last week as took all three littles to stay with very special friends in London who made us very welcome despite the inevitable noise and chaos we bring with us wherever we go.

My good friend Deborah has a very busy time as has a high powered job as a [...]

Becoming a ‘locovore’by using local food and only when its seasonal

My poor little head is too full of too many things to do (an exciting dot com project with my beloved,administrative work for our small internet business,a small babe and two little kids on summer holidays to look after,a house to keep in order,tummies to feed,this blog to [...]

Using leftovers and other ways to cut food waste

I’m cheating writing this post tonight as am soooooo tired I can barely even keep my eyes open (and we have 20+ people coming to stay for an all-weekend mini-festival at our house tomorrow yikes better get some kip soon) but my dear friend Rach just sent me this via email so am doing nothing [...]