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We mentioned earlier in the blog that we were having to come up with ideas for using up courgettes. Well the problem now is beetroot. We have tons of the stuff. So Kate and I have challenged ourselves to come up with 5 things to do with beetroot. Today it’s […]
The big day has come and only just gone which meant we got to enjoy giving our wedding guests the bride ale we created in their honour. You can read about its creation in a previous blog post: Brewing up a bride ale We had decided a while back that we […]
It seems that the courgettes are back on form this year after a bit of a poor showing last year. The plants have only been flowering for a few weeks and already we’re struggling to eat all of them before we have another ready to harvest. The solution – courgette […]
Firstly I should probably do the announcement, Kate and I are getting married. Letting you in on that little secret might explain the rest of this post :0) There are two camps to this little piece of brewing history but as I’m neither a historian nor have I made any […]
It’s dark and cold and the snow has just started falling in Edinburgh so it’s time for some “proper stodge”. You know, the warming, comfort food that is described as “sticks to your ribs”. That’s the stuff I’m talking about. One of our favourite comfort foods is Kate’s slow-cooked brisket. […]
Our oaty breakfast bars are perfect as my energy boosting breakfast after my morning cycle. They started life as the Peanut butter booster bars from River Cottage but I have tweaked these so that they are more like a flapjacks and filled with the things I like. The oats help […]
I grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, and like everyone else around me I absolutely love a bacon and scone roll in the morning. Now that doesn’t seem like a huge political statement, but trust me, as you are reading this, some folk are scoffing at their computer screens because I […]
Well it’s almost Chinese new year so I thought this was a good time to confess to one of my biggest naughtiness(apart from beer) – takeaway food – in particular, Chinese takeaway but I always find that I’m super excited at the idea of having takeaway for tea, but then […]
Beetroot tart has become a favourite of ours since we started growing our own beetroot. It’s a bit surprising to the uninitiated just how sweet beetroot can be, mostly I think because they’ve only tried the pickled beetroot from jars and just assume this is what beetroot actually tastes like. […]
This week we thought we’d do you a wee update on the food we get from the garden rather than just lots of pictures of plants, although we will also be including pictures of plants of course The exciting news this week is that we are seeing our first tomatoes. […]
