Garden sponge cake

Very easy. Typical sponge recipe: 225g softened butter & 225g golden caster sugar if possible, or white sugar if not.  Mix butter & sugar together with a spoon. half a lemon or lemon juice 225 self raising flour or plain flour with baking powder, 4 large free range eggs, beaten/ whisked. Splash of milk. Pinch of salt. Then add your […]

Paneer & lentil curry

This is one of my favourite dishes to warm up the body & the soul on a chilly evening, which can be at any season in the UK. So easy to make, & great for using up some store cupboard ingredients as well. Never one for measuring except when baking, the following measurements are more to taste & can be […]

Camping food: vegan curry open sandwich :)

So now me and my partner are camping at a music festival in the Netherlands. The festival is an outdoor psy-trance music party and the outlook is pro-environment and nature. The food is wholesome and vegan. I am outside, in the countryside, and the sun is shining, so my vitamin D intake is optimum today. We have a cooling bag […]

A need for calcium.

Houmous time. Really easy. Chick peas, tahini, natural yoghurt, lemon juice, a drizzle of olive oil, a few spoons of pickled beetroot juice for colour. Salt if you want. Pepper for sure. Did you know that tahini is really good for calcium? Sesame seeds have 9% of the RDI in 1 tablespoon (9 grams), plus other minerals, including copper, iron […]