This is the season for ripe, succulent figs. It is rare to taste ripe figs in this country but if you are going to now is the time to seek them out in good green grocers where they have been imported from Europe.
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Pink elderflower champagne
Last year I wrote a post on how to make elderflower champagne using straight forward white lacy elderflowers. This year I decided to try a version of the same using pink elderflowers from a black elderflower tree (sambucus nigra) growing in my garden.
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Elderflower power
We love this gluten free polenta cake. It takes 10 minutes to weigh out and mix the ingredients together and just 40 minutes to cook. It can also be adapted to the flavours of the seasons.
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Taking stock - Japanese miso soup
Miso soup is the ultimate comfort food. It is gentle, soothing and has a delicious savoury flavour. It is the ideal thing to eat if you feel like a nutritious, simple meal.
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Beetroot and coffee - really?
I have been inspired by colour this morning. Returning from running on a steely cold Ilkley Moor I was hungry and thirsty. I needed a drink and sustenance. I rooted around the fridge and store cupboards and came up with this wild, vivid pink, naturally sweet, exotic slurpy and really want to share the idea.
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