April challenge #3 for the Food Revolution Ambassadors: Family cooking time for Easter. We've been making bread, and this little helper just loves getting her hands dirty. Basic bread is super simple and a great basis on which to build your bread-making skills. There's so much rubbish in everyday loaves - why not just make … Continue reading Baking Bread
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Parmigiana Melanzane
This is a classic construction dish. What I mean is, there isn't a great deal to it - it's just about putting down layers and bunging it in the oven. Like many other layered, oven baked dishes, you can make it ahead. Not only that, I think that they actually work better if you make … Continue reading Parmigiana Melanzane
Meat Free Week
Meat Free Week 2015 is upon us. Monday 23rd March marks the start of a global challenge to simply forgo meat for one week to get us all thinking about our dietary choices. As Jamie Oliver Food Revolution Ambassadors, we're fully supporting the movement. This isn't a drive to promote vegetarianism, it's an awareness event … Continue reading Meat Free Week
Baked Eggs
Having tried a few incarnations of Baked Eggs over the years, I've settled on this method as my favourite (for now at least..). I like to use the enamel coated metal dishes rather than ceramic pots so it's not HOTTER THAN THE SUN for a good twenty minutes after serving. Serves 2. Ingredients: 1 Leek, … Continue reading Baked Eggs
Valentines
February Challenge #1 for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Ambassadors: Cook for loved ones this Valentine’s day. Easy! That was always going to happen. Our morning started with a little surprise for the children at breakfast with homemade cards and a chocolate heart treat - it was the weekend after all. Breakfast was a baked blueberry … Continue reading Valentines