Then, hopefully, when these pots are just about finished the bulbs in the ground should be well on their way and we can begin to look forward to the spring display in our gardens once more. Woman of the soil favourite veg growers.

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Seasonal vegetarian cooking with a side helping of food politics. Beetroot, avocado and pink grapefruit salad. Smoky bean and tomato stew. Sesame crusted cabbage and potato cakes. Chard, leek and potato pies. A recently published study by the universities of Newcastle and Glasgow suggest that Type 2 diabetes c.

Three vegetables in red, amber and green make this kid friendly traffic light spaghetti supper. It always amuses me how a whimsical name can turn a dish into child friendly feast. I have called this traffic light pasta purely because it features a red, amber and green vegetable but the entertainment factor for Ted saying it was pasta with traffic lights was too much to resist. You could use jarred sundried tomato paste although here I have liquidised the ones in oil together with some basil.

Make up and Wash Bags. Jewellery Stands and Trinket Boxes. Lunch Boxes and Snack Pots. Cake Candles and Cake Toppers.

I know that last week, I promised you a recipe, as penance for my confession that I had binned. The best way to use up what you have. In a very timely way, Annie, at Kitchen Counter Culture, posted about how recipes are the antithesis of food waste.

How seeds become plants, how plants become vegetables and how they become delicious meals. Even though summer here is not really like we wish it would be, the garden starts to look like summer. as up to now we had almost not.

Roasted Butternut Squash and Chorizo Soup. Roasted Butternut Squash and Chorizo Soup. This soup gives a warming spiced flavour of the smoked paprika and the chorizo and is perfect for this time of year. It also colours the soup with a deep tinge of red. Made with butternut squash and sage usually makes an appearance during Autumn but I am keen to explore more butternut squash soups this season. Roasted Butternut Squash and Chorizo Soup.