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Easy Watermelon Salad with Feta and Broad Beans Recipe

This is one of our family favourite salads for a summer BBQ - Watermelon Salad with Feta and Broad Beans. Where we want to have an alternative to the standard garden salad or bulk the salads out with some variety - this is that salad. The Watermelon gives a refreshing texture, especially if it's nice and cold. The sweetness of the Watermelon is the perfect partner to the tang of the Feta cheese. We LOVE Broad Beans (fava beans). We grow in...

Dutch Plum Cake – Easy Plum Cake Recipe twist on the ever famous Dutch Apple Cake

This easy Plum Cake recipe is one of our go-to family favourite cakes. Easily eaten as a snack as much as it can be a warm treat with a cup of coffee and a dash of ice cream. Equally delicious in the spring or summer. With a nod to the Nordics with the abundant cinnamon, delicious as an Autumn warmer. I switched the fruit to Plums from apples as we had a huge amount of plums this year and I didn't want them to go to waste. Super easy to make,...

Celery soup with carrot, parsley and red pepper

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Courgette Cherry Muffins

Anyone who has an allotment and grown courgettes (zucchini) knows you end up with way more than you can possibly eat. These delicious muffins are based on courgette and are gluten free as a bonus. Zucchini Cherry Muffins A gluten free alternative to Zucchini bread, this muffin recipe combines frozen cherries with lemons and zucchini to create a slightly sweet richly textured treat. 2 cups Gluten Free Flour Mix (The best GF pre-mixed flour...

Amazing Vegetable Pizza

Using some staples from the allotment to take the humble Margherita next level. Amazing Vegetable Piza Every night can be pizza night, if you ask me. Throw whatever vegetable leftovers you have on there and you’re guaranteed a delicious meal. The following is just some example text, representing a regular blog post. The recipe itself can be found at the bottom of the page! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec vitae...