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Rainy Day Baking
Monday, August 20th, 2012
I’m a mother who is running out of things to do during the rainy days of the school hols! I have bought zip up shell suits for the kids and luckily they love puddle jumping in them. I think we are pretty good at it as a family, even verging on a bit of puddle…
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Tags: baking, family, fun, ginger bread, ginger bread man, kids activity, rainy day, recipe
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Birthday Naughtiness
Monday, August 13th, 2012
I started EJ Catering 13 years ago, selling my car to buy a van, printing some business cards and putting myself out there. I was and am still keen, I love problem solving and have determination and a fast moving, progressive mind. But its not easy being the boss, it can be a lonely place….
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Mini Olympics with Sauteed king prawns and tomato salsa!
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
My evenings this week have been spent, along with millions of Britons and billions of people around the world, watching the Olympics. What great entertainment and excitement, and I am not really a sports fan. It inspired my kids and I to have own Olympics in the garden. We each chose a country and drew…
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Chilled Roasted Tomato Soup
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
On Sunday morning I woke up to the sun streaming in my bedroom window. I opened the curtains and lay in bed with no blanket, closed my eyes and imagined I was big juicy tomato ripening in the natural heat of the sun. I thought of what it must be like to be on the…
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Tags: chilled, chilled soup, soup, tomato
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Blood Oranges have Passion
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Blood oranges to me ooze fiery passion and opulence with their crimson flesh and sweet flavour. The season, like that of Seville oranges, is short so eat them now. They grow in climates that offer dry hot summers and cool winters with an extreme temperature difference between day and night. It is this which produces…
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Tags: curd, orange, syllabub, zest
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Jersey Royals
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
I recently visited Jersey and hung out with the Royals! They are everywhere, the island is literally covered in the beautiful rich green leaves and white flowers that are the foliage of the Jersey Royal potato. They grow on steep banks which get long hours of sunshine and the soil has brilliant drainage. I was…
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Tags: free range, potato, royal, seasonal food, trout
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Hot Cross Buns
Friday, April 6th, 2012
The best thing about anything HOMEMADE is the surprisingly good quality product you end up with. These days we can buy so much that we forget how good real homemade lemon curd can be, tangy, buttery and sweet all in one mouthful. Homemade pasta is a totally different product to even brought fresh, its light,…
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Tags: berry, cherry, easter, free range, homemade, hot cross buns
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Nettle rissotto – As seen on Wales Online
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
A good knob of butter, garlic and lemon juice to take away the sting! The nettle season has sprung into life with the recent blast of sunshine. Most of us know nettles are edible as we have seen nettle tea in supermarkets and heard of nettle soup, but there is something about the word ‘stinging’…
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Tags: comfort food, nettle, recipes, risotto
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Sealed with a kiss
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
One of the best and worst things about working in a professional kitchen is that there is always something to nibble on but hardly ever anything to eat. This might sound like an odd comment but all the delicious food is being prepped for someone else. As outside caterers we prepare food as far as…
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Don’t feed the fish!
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
I SAW a short film recently that opened with a very young Ewan McGregor standing on a wide, deserted beach, miles of open sand in every direction. The day was grey, bland, the wind still and the tide far out. Only a fresh, gooey chocolate eclair with its crispy golden choux pastry, piped cream and…
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