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Purple sprouting broccoli
Last weekend I managed to finally make it to the Liverpool Farmers Markets…. I’ve only just been living here for about 3 years! It was great getting to look around the different fruit and vegetable,...
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Wild garlic
I have always been fascinated by herbs and edible wild plants. I recently learnt that wild garlic was in season so had been on the lookout to see if I could find any locally. While exploring a park...
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Kohlrabi: Eating the Exotic
The alien-like green vegetable tucked into the corner of the vegetable box looked completely foreign compared to all the other vegetables which were familiar and instantly recognisable. I knew I had...
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Eddoes: Eating the exotic
The first time I saw eddoes in the supermarket, they reminded me of a cartoon character from my childhood called Grug. Can you see the similarity? Perhaps it’s just me! Curiosity got the best of me so...
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10 ways to use black bananas
We’ve all been there. Left the banana’s sitting in the fruit bowl just too long so they turn all black. The recent warm weather here in the UK sent a whole bunch black seemingly overnight in our...
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101 blackberry recipes
Now that it’s late summer, blackberries are in season ripening by the dozen on the vines by the lanes and canals. Wild fruit always seems to taste better than the supermarket version doesn’t it?!...
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71 Zucchini recipes
If you’re eating seasonally and growing your own vegetables you might find yourself at times with zucchini coming out of your ears. Following on from last weeks blackberry recipe collection, here’s a...
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Dragon fruit – Eating the exotic
I don’t know about you, but I think these colourful fruits look a bit like a bright pink goldfish – scales and all! I first tried dragon fruit a number of years ago while backpacking in Vietnam and...
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Fennel
The aniseed flavour of fennel is reportedly one of those things people either love or hate. It’s a spice that’s been sitting in my cupboard relatively unused for a while so I’ve chosen fennel as my...
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Reasons to drop a day and eat less meat
Not only can eating more vegetables save your pocket, there are a number of other benefits from using a flexitarian approach to eat less meat. March is Nutrition awareness month and I’ve joined the...
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