Grow At Home
How to Freeze Rhubarb (do you need to blanch it?)
If you are growing your own rhubarb then chances are you might get a glut. Luckily rhubarb is easy to freeze. Discover if you have to blanch rhubarb to freeze...
Courgette or Carrot Cake
Courgette or Carrot Cake This is a vegetable cake, it can be nutty by adding the walnuts, or extra yummy by adding the optional cream cheese icing, which is completely...
How to make your own Maca Root Powder at home
Maca is a root vegetable that originates in the Andean mountains of Peru. The good news is that it grows in the UK too and is great for container gardening. It has...
How to Preserve Chillies & Make Chilli Jam
This easy to use 6 step chilli recipe is simple to make. Home made chilli jam is a great way to keep eating your home grown food all year. Use...
How to Grow Every type of Tomato - from Cherry Tomatoes to Beef Tomatoes
Growing Tomatoes Tomatoes are an easy and rewarding crop to grow. Quite often they are the first plant a child will toddle home from school with and are therefore a...
Garden Recipe: How to make Mulled Pears
How to Store & Cook Pears It is all very well enjoying the fruits of the garden during the summer months, but of course you can enjoy them in the...
Scrumptious Beetroot Brownies The Easy Way
Beetroot Brownie The Easy Way The beetroot is being harvested now and if you have done all the pickling you think you will need for the winter, maybe this Beetroot...
Christmas Leftovers Recipe
The quick and easy leftover recipe to make Brussel Sprouts EVERYONE will like. This east supper dish is one you will use year after year.
Hold onto Autumn & use stored pumpkin for this lovely recipe
Lashing rain from frequent storms makes it feel like Autumn is over. In Greek mythology, Autumn began when Persephone was abducted by Hades to be the Queen of the Underworld....
Spinach ready for eating?
If your spinach is ready then here is a lovely recipe for you. With a few tweaks it would also work with swiss chard if you have that ready at...
Halloween special... Pumpkin Pie Recipe anyone?
From the pictures on Social Media it appears that this was a bumper year for pumpkins and squashes. I am sure that this was not without its difficulties, particularly keeping...
Wishing you luck with your Fire in the Kitchen cookery book!
One of our regular bloggers, Madeleine Cardozo has just released a new cookery book. As well as an authority on growing veg, Madeleine is a trained chef. Our readers have...