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As promised, here is my favourite recipe.

You need:

A bottle of red wine

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I am over the moon... I have a pinny! I had looked in a snobby department store at aprons recently, and yes, I do appreciate how sad that sounds, but the only one I really liked was too small for me. Shame really, as it was pink with a silver sequin trim. I could overlook the fact it said “Mummy’s Little Helper”, but I could not fail to notice it was more than a little bit to

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Oh yes, now I really do know what I’m talking about. I can identify my kale from my Swiss chard, tell you how best to cook artichokes, and I can gratin my leftovers. I do admit to the odd mishap. I threw what I had guessed to be spinach leaves into boiling water the other day, but realised, when my house began to smell like a French brothel, that it was in fact wild garlic. I have only ever used garlic in clove form, so I had a good root (hee hee) through the Riverford Farm Cook Book which Lee t… Continue

As well as a medium veg box, I had milk, eggs and garlic with my order this week. Although I was tempted to keep the perfectly creamy organic milk carton for myself, I did share it and intend to make a regular order as my boys really enjoyed it. The eggs made for a great change to Caitlyn’s breakfasts, after she demonstrated her distain for baby rice the other day by spitting like a llama. I u

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