Vaguely Nigerian Stew

This was a quick store cupboard dinner, its taken from a very vaguely remembered Madhur Jaffrey recipe, but with no time to check ingredients, everything was hastily thrown in the slow cooker.  I do hope Madhur Jaffrey would not be disappointed.  We needed to rush out and would be back late so a self cooking dinner was…

Chilli Weather

The weather’s taken a turn.  It’s very lucky we decided to take our camping trip last week and not this week.  Due to a bit of miscommunication and some very odd technological failings my poor greenhouse went a little bit neglected while we were away. One of the crops which has blossomed was my cherry tomatoes,…

Courgette Glutney

  Courgettes are in abundance in the garden right now. I pick them one day, and a whole new crop is there 2 days later. It’s much the same with runner beans at the moment, my two fail safe crops. But the trouble is I’m running out of interesting things to do with courgettes and…