by Louise Sims | Nov 5, 2017 | Food and Recipes
This is a two-ingredient soup, that’s assuming that everyone has salt, pepper, oil and water!!! There are no quantities, just chop up whatever squashes or pumpkins you have and make as much or as little as you want. This is great after a cold walk, prefect for...
by Louise Sims | Nov 1, 2017 | Food and Recipes
People often ask me what I cook when I am entertaining; I really struggle with that question as it totally depends on the day, the friends, the weather, the season and how I am feeling. Tonight, we are having a couple of good friends round and I’m cooking. The meal...
by Louise Sims | Oct 29, 2017 | Shop Local
It’s nearly 6 months since I started my shop local challenge and it is now the way that I live and cook rather than a challenge. I’ve got a range of shops: butchers, bakers, farm shops, farms, and independent stores that I visit on a regular basis. This is now how I...
by Louise Sims | Oct 26, 2017 | Food and Recipes
I love to make this chilli in the week, especially when the weather is colder. I often cook it in the slow cooker, I’ve included two sets of instructions, but the ingredients are the same for both. There is nothing better than coming home in the cold and dark to a...
by Louise Sims | Oct 8, 2017 | Shop Local
After 12 days in Spain immediately followed by a weekend in London I could so easily have just popped to the local Waitrose or Tesco as we had nothing in the house to eat. However, I controlled that urge and we visited our local butchers Rob Meehan (who luckily also...
by Louise Sims | Oct 7, 2017 | Food and Recipes
We have a very rare Saturday night in so I decided a treat of a juicy steak was appropriate. I’d been lucky enough to meet a friend for lunch and a (very long) chat so I only just managed to make it to the farm shop. I opted for two thick hand cut fillet steaks. I...
