Chicken, bacon & mushroom pie

Use up your leftover chicken in this recipe or equally fine to cook fresh. Thank you Anna’s Family Kitchen for sharing this perfect winter warmer… INGREDIENTS for 4-6 1 tbsp oil⠀ 600g cooked chicken 8 skinless boneless chicken thighs each cut into four pieces 200g bacon lardons or streaky bacon 200g mushrooms halved 1 onion […]
European Christmas Markets – it’s that time!

Hear from Caroline Bowerman, an experienced and qualified local Travel Consultant, with over 30 years of industry experience. Caroline offers an unrivalled service helping her clients to plan and tailor all types of holiday whilst offering personal assistance before, during and after their trip. If you are keen to find a way to get in the […]
Spiced red lentil soup

The Health Boost have shared a delicious winter soup which we enjoyed making at the weekend – the whole family loved it. Roasting the pepper and garlic first really adds to the depth of flavour! INGREDIENTS serves 4 200g red split lentils 1 red pepper, deseeded and quartered 1 sweet potato peeled and cubed 1 […]
Get your garden into shape for Winter

Winter blog for those larger garden tasks by Alan Davies of AJD Tree & Hedge Maintenance After all the heat of this Summer our gardens are still looking shrivelled and Autumn has now arrived…The nights are drawing in & the temperatures are dropping, slowly leaves are changing colour so it seems that the Winter months are […]
Slow cooker beef stew and braised red cabbage

From Mrs Rachel Brady I made this stew in my beloved Instant Pot pressure cooker. I develop recipes for them and at the mo’ we are on slow cooker ones. Perfect timing, as these nights draw in and the mornings get misty it is just the type of thing I want to cook. I don’t […]