We heard about a brilliant new web site on the radio the other week www.vegswap.co.uk. A great idea if you've been growing your own veggies - if you have a surplus then you register on vegswap and see if anybody close by has anything that you'd like to swap with them (don't talk about runner beans and courgettes in my house). This probably appeals to those of us who can remember Saturday Swap-Shop, it's a grown-up, veg growers version! We're going to try to feature new relevant websites in the blog when we come across them, so if you've any that you think will be relevant send us an email.
Annette and I are very lucky to have a fantastic fruit farm in the village - they grow delicious plums, apples and pears. The apples my family are into at the moment are called Red Devil, a heritage variety. They're so sweet and crispy - I can't understand why they aren't more widely grown.
We've a bit of local media exposure this week, a photographer's coming out to take photos of us in the kitchen. Keep an eye out for it if you live locally, of course we've got our outfits sorted - company T-shirts, just deciding on the shoes!!
My bedtime reading has been a few old cookbooks that belonged to my Granny, amongst them Mrs Beeton. There are some really interesting recipes and ingredients, one that stuck in my mind was cow-heel soup! Yum, yum....
If there is ever a jam shortage I'll be OK - as I'm going to call 2009 the year of the preserves! My cupboard's bursting with damson, plum and blackberry jam. I haven't held back on the chutney making either, red onion, apple and cider and then spicy damson chutney. Annettes youngest loves the red onion one (I'll give her the fiver soon)! I'm toying with the idea of rosehip syrup, who knows it may go quite well with the cow-heel soup.
Monday 28 September 2009
Wednesday 23 September 2009
So here we are - a week and a bit into our website launch. We're busy finishing off our next seasons recipes and weekly plans - it takes a surprising amount of time, but we feel it's important to get the recipes just right and the combination of recipes correct too. It's been a bit odd finalising winter meals when we're going through an Indian summer! We've spent the day cooking and tasting a whole host of fish recipes - you've got a delicious 'Haddock Chowder' to look forward to and we're sure our 'Salmon Fishcake Recipe' is a winner, and if you're fed up with the way you normally have tuna and pasta - just wait until you've tried our 'Special Tuna Pasta Bake'. There's so many Omega 3's going round our systems we're debating whether MENSA's an option!
We're still working with our web developers to make sure the site looks and behaves just as we want. If you've got any feedback just contact us by email, and we'll get on to it as soon as poss.
We're still enjoying the weather, there's been a lot of blackberry picking going on at the weekends - with crumbles, puddings and tarts!!
We're still working with our web developers to make sure the site looks and behaves just as we want. If you've got any feedback just contact us by email, and we'll get on to it as soon as poss.
We're still enjoying the weather, there's been a lot of blackberry picking going on at the weekends - with crumbles, puddings and tarts!!
Monday 14 September 2009
We're live!
At last we're live and on the t'internet!! If you've come across us on the web and not through the site - come and see us at www.wots4supper.co.uk. We're sure you'll like the recipes and our menu planning, and if there's something you don't like just let us know.
Don't forget, when you've used a recipe please rate it. There's a lot of functionality linked to the site, scalable recipes, personalised shopping list and of course you can change the recipes around as you like!
Annette and I are busy working away at various elements, trying to get the site known - please feel free to tell as many people as you can!
In between all this I've got Damson chutney to make Annettte's overseeing house renovations - but wots4supper is our priority, we really hope it'll make your life just that little bit easier and make cooking that evening family meal a real pleasure!
Don't forget, when you've used a recipe please rate it. There's a lot of functionality linked to the site, scalable recipes, personalised shopping list and of course you can change the recipes around as you like!
Annette and I are busy working away at various elements, trying to get the site known - please feel free to tell as many people as you can!
In between all this I've got Damson chutney to make Annettte's overseeing house renovations - but wots4supper is our priority, we really hope it'll make your life just that little bit easier and make cooking that evening family meal a real pleasure!
Tuesday 8 September 2009
Counting down!
We're pretty sure that we're sooooo close to launching wots4supper, we're counting down on one hand!
The children have all gone back to school, except for the eldest (who has the longest university holidays in the world) and the youngest, who can't understand why she's the only one who isn't back in the classroom! Long may it last.
Annette's been busy camping her way through the school holidays, and who knows we might even introduce some w4s camping recipes!
Jo had her 'staycation', but had her fair share of sweltering heat when the middle son 'accidentally' locked her in the polytunnel. Thank heavens for mobile phones!
Don't forget to let us know if you've any recipe suggestions, just visit us on wots4supper.co.uk., we're always interested to hear what are peoples' favourites are.
The children have all gone back to school, except for the eldest (who has the longest university holidays in the world) and the youngest, who can't understand why she's the only one who isn't back in the classroom! Long may it last.
Annette's been busy camping her way through the school holidays, and who knows we might even introduce some w4s camping recipes!
Jo had her 'staycation', but had her fair share of sweltering heat when the middle son 'accidentally' locked her in the polytunnel. Thank heavens for mobile phones!
Don't forget to let us know if you've any recipe suggestions, just visit us on wots4supper.co.uk., we're always interested to hear what are peoples' favourites are.
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