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My poor mans brandy mincemeat and Christmas cake mix.
I personally have never been a fan of brandy but there’s just something about the taste of brandy flavoured mince pies and brandy Christmas cake that sets them apart from the brands without. But, unless your in the higher paid ranks of celebrities and politicians, or you enjoy the occasional swig of brandy, you’re not going to buy a £15 bottle of ( Read more... ) -
Almost a year since I decided to go all edible.
Its probably about a year ago that I decided to go all edible in my front garden, to the strong objections of my hubby and the fear that my once beautiful flower garden would be gazed upon with shame by friends and neighbours. While the steady transformation has been going on there have been few flowers so the summer show was dismal BUT, in that ( Read more... ) -
Use your unripe tomatoes and free apples to make a sweet, hot chutney.
Over the past few weeks Incredible Edible has been harvesting apples from sites where they would otherwise have been wasted. A fun way of using slightly damaged windfall apples is combining them with under ripe tomatoes to make a delicious sweet, hot chutney.
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Broad beans and onion sets tucked in for the winter.
After a fantastically long Summer and now a warm mild Autumn, it almost seems hard to imagine a devastating winter. Respected gardeners are still sowing winter lettuce, windowsill herbs, rocket, oriental salad leaves and spinach. It’s also good practice with many gardeners to plant overwintering broad beans and onion sets. Broad beans planted now ( Read more... ) -
Using my glut of tomatoes to make a delicious piccalilli.
My recipe for piccalilli with a minimum of fuss. The recipe is simple, the end product is extra-ordinary.
Because I was looking after my granddaughter in between pickling days this method had to be fast.
I used my plum tomatoes, a large half of marrow and a medium cauliflower and two jars of silverskin onions. In all the dried weight of veg was ( Read more... ) -
How much could YOU save by growing your own food?
A question on Incredible Edible Wakefield's Facebook page actually prompted me to write this blog and I hope it can be an inspiration to others who are finding times difficult. It’s just over 20 years since my husband was made redundant. We had just bought a large house and had a massive mortgage to pay, interest rates were soaring through the ( Read more... ) -
Attractive Combinations in the All Edible Garden.
Its a well known fact that basil is a good companion to tomato plants and marigolds to beans, nasturtiums with cabbages but I’ve discovered a few more.
A couple of years ago my dad gave me some dill plants which I planted with pink mallow, the effect stunning! The pink flowers of the mallow with its wide leaves contrasted perfectly with the spindly ( Read more... ) -
Inspired Chutney Maker.
What a way to spend an August bank holiday, an hour in preparation, two hours over a hot stove and a further hour washing and tidying up. Was it worth it? I’d certainly say so.
The day before I’d got a knock on my door and was over the moon when a kind neighbour held out a carrier bag full of lovely ripe plums. I’d exchanged chutney recipes with ( Read more... ) -
Isnt nature just awesome!
Sometimes you’ve just got to sit back and appreciate all the beauty that nature has created for us.
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Preserving the Harvest.
On Monday 5th August Incredible Edible hosted talk by Rachel Benson of Old Sleningford farm. The talk was aimed at giving us a better insight to preserving our harvest and went on to educate us in the art of smoking! That is… the smoking of cheese, meat and fish in particular. Rachel and her husband even gave instructions on how to make our very ( Read more... )
