Rose Tea Gin & Tonic
When the weather warms up again here in London, I’m going to make rose tea G&T. It can also be easily made without the gin if you want a virgin version.
When the weather warms up again here in London, I’m going to make rose tea G&T. It can also be easily made without the gin if you want a virgin version.
I could swear this is my best ever adaptation – and it’s gluten free and as you could easily adapt it to make it full paleo.
The elephant garlics are now in flower – I planted them in deep midwinter around Christmas time. Now I leave some of the poodle-tail flowers for the bees, and use the rest as garlicky sprinkles in the kitchen – on salads, soups, anything really! They …
Chocolate Courgette Cake! Delicious, gluten free, and (relatively) healthy. I made several of these with home-grown courgettes this summer (original version, with thanks, from Tinsku at http://tinskunkeittiossa.blogspot.co.uk)
I hereby share with you the results of today’s experiments with white chocolate truffles: I made the ganache yesterday and was obviously in a wild and experimental mood, so I came up with the following flavour combinations: 1 – strawberries with a pinch of black …
My tried and tested Elderflower Cordial recipe. You can use it instead of honey in a recipe, as a mixer with sparkling wine or cocktails, as a grown-up jelly dessert with strawberries…
Want to make a Hedgerow Quarantini? Elderberry syrup is known for its immune-enhancing properties. All the better as an ingredient for a quarantini! This is an unusual, fragrant and fruity cocktail. It uses gin, but you can also make it with another spirit, or as …
It is early April and I am at home with a cold, some frozen chicken stock and some spelt bread. So I decided to make myself a nutritious but quick and easy soup. I’ve got loads of nettles coming up and a whole raised bed-ful …
Continuing with the nettle theme. Today’s lunch was a nettle, herb and weed omelette.