Very Cheesy Scones with Kefir – A special cheese scone recipe that I created using Fen Farm Dairy’s kefir, and with extra cheese in them too.

Cheese Scones made with Live Culture Kefir

Very Cheesy Scones with Kefir….a special cheese scone recipe that I created using Fen Farm Dairy’s kefir, and with extra cheese in them too.

Their NEW traditionally fermented kefir is handmade on their Suffolk farm, using fresh milk from their happy Montbéliarde herd of cows, and live cultures from Normandy.

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Dumpling lasagna is an easy to make version of classic xiao long bao, but lasagna.

Baked Gooseberry Pudding – this recipe based on the late, great Jane Grigson, from her fabulous book, English Food.

A Classic British Baked Pudding

Baked Gooseberry Pudding……this recipe based on the late, great Jane Grigson, from her fabulous book, English Food.

Memories can be fickle, the good times are nearly always better and the bad times sometimes fade, hopefully, but I do think that memories of my time spent with grandparents are an accurate recall of precious moments that I enjoyed with them.

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Hatch chile season is here: it’s now or next year!

Ploughman’s Lunch Rolls – Another idea for a cricket tea, for a picnic, or a packed lunch

Cheese, Ham, Salad and Pickle Sandwiches

Another idea for a cricket tea, for a picnic, or a packed lunch, Ploughman’s Lunch Rolls.

I make these fairly regularly for lunch or when we’re going on long car journeys, as well as for light lunches.

Although I’ve used wholemeal bread rolls in these photos, this lovely sandwich filling works just as well in crusty white bread rolls.

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You’re three ingredients away from picture perfect fluffy TikTok cloud bread!

Harvester’s Cheese and Tomato Pie – This country recipe uses just five ingredients and makes a fabulous light lunch, snack or supper dish.

A Recipe from Ambridge, Borsetshire, Home to The Archers

Today is Lammas Day, also Yorkshire Day, it traditionally marks the start of harvest, and so what better than to share this Harvester’s Cheese and Tomato Pie recipe.

This simple recipe uses just five ingredients, and is so easy to make, but it makes a fabulous light lunch, snack or supper dish.

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Do you love buldak ramen but not the spice? This homemade version gets you all of the flavor and only as much spice as you like

Thai red curry ramen noodles are what you want to eat when you’re looking for a fast, creamy, spicy, full of vegetables and chicken dinner.

The Land Girls Wartime Homity Pie – Based on an authentic Wartime Recipe from a land girl in Devon, this Homity Pie is pure comfort food

Homity Pie – A Wartime Recipe also called Devon Pie

Today’s recipe for The Land Girls Wartime Homity Pie is one very close to my heart, as my late mother used to make it regulary, as I have too.

It’s a simple open pie recipe, as in a pie with no lid, that has a fascinating vintage history.

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