10 goals for 2010
To make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown, raised, caught or killed myself. To travel to a place on my “top ten places to go before I die” list. Finish writing my second novel. Learn how to...
View ArticleMy favourite British green/simple living/craft blogs
I read A LOT of green/simple living blogs – some religiously, others only when the subject particularly appeals. There is such a wealth of knowledge out there and inspirational actions, not from...
View ArticleWild Food Fun: Wild Garlic (Ramsons) potato cakes
I had my first wild garlic of the season today! The woods behind our house are *full* of it – the banks of the stream on both sides are five foot deep with it, mostly just small baby leaves at the...
View ArticleWild Food Fun: Whitby Crab and Wild Garlic Risotto
A change from my last very quick and easy wild garlic (Ramsons) meal – I made crab & wild garlic risotto for dinner today. I got two dressed crabs from Leeds Farmers Market – the guy gave me a free...
View ArticleDeath & dressing: killing, plucking & butchering our first chickens
On Friday night, we killed, plucked & butchered two chickens. As you do. To be accurate, the wonderful John B and my John did the killing, then my John’s brother Chris and I joined them in...
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Sausages!
One of my ten goals for 2010 was to learn how to make sausages. I’ll admit it was a bit of an easy one — the “make to-do” list item on your to-do list just so you can cross something off straight away...
View Article3BT – soft & even, play time, the new recipe
1. Her freshly clipped coat feels like velvet. 2. We worry – as we always do – that the play is bordering on fighting but the woman assures us that it is definitely play. The dogs bounce around...
View Article10 goals for 2010 – April & May progress update
1. To make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown, raised, caught or killed myself. April was an interesting meat-y month – we learned how to kill & dress chickens, and we also learned how to...
View ArticleGoal #1 “make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown myself”– DONE!
[See image gallery at www.louisaparry.co.uk] This was my dinner this evening – courgette frittata with side salad – and it was made entirely using things from our garden (with the exception of the...
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Garlic, ginger and chilli sunburst
Related posts: Making stuff: fiery ginger and honey biscuits 3BT – chilli jam, pink mist/I think he likes me, maths 3BT – reflection, ginger, editing
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