Hatfield House panorama

August 31st, 2010

(This is not actually Hatfield House, but the chapel in the west garden)

Medlar

August 30th, 2010

A medlar (similar to an apple or a quince) that I borrowed from Hatfield House today. These have to be rotted down slightly (a process called bletting) before we can eat them, and then they are supposed to taste of apple sauce and cinnamon.

Alternate pizza

August 29th, 2010

These recipes came from Nigel Slater’s Fast Food book.

The first is goat’s cheese, nasu and red peppers:

(I thought this one was really nice)

then artichoke hearts and olives:

then a bit of both …

The weather tomorrow …

August 28th, 2010

I hope it won’t rain.

Open studios around Watford

August 26th, 2010

Hertfordshire open studios in and around Watford during September.

Lucky me!

August 24th, 2010

Look what N-sama made for me on Sunday!

Home made pesto

August 23rd, 2010

Home made pesto, made with basil and a little bit of shiso and parsley.

Previously …

Pevsner on Hertfordshire

August 22nd, 2010

Pevsner’s Hertfordshire from the famous series the Buildings of England. I’m pretty sure Maki would like this a lot.

Courgette soup

August 21st, 2010

This recipe along with 2 lbs of our own courgettes, our own basil, and our own chives, was very delicious.

Space food

August 6th, 2010

Here’s the raw avocado soup, a rawfood recipe:

It looks, and probably tastes, like the green gunk they have in science fiction films. Well, it’s not too bad, but I felt quite hungry afterwards.

Update: I realized that I forgot the olive oil …

Raw avocado soup

August 5th, 2010

I really need to try this raw food recipe by Ani Phyo:

Vice

August 5th, 2010

On Lady E’s desk, which is now my workbench!

Carrots

August 4th, 2010

Snail news

August 3rd, 2010

Snails might have a homing instinct …

Better not “home” here, coz I’m going to eat you.

Frittata

August 3rd, 2010

Frittata from Nigel Slater’s Real Fast Food book. The courgettes are from the garden.

Crumble

August 2nd, 2010

With blackberries from the garden, oranges, greengages.

Brambles

August 1st, 2010

These ones are headed for the freezer …

Sainsburys smash’n'grab

July 30th, 2010

Here’s the news at Hemel Today.

Banana “ice cream”

July 27th, 2010

Everyone is talking about how you can freeze bananas, blitz them, and you end up with “ice cream”.

I made it. It takes a bit like a frozen smoothie:

Spanish omelette

July 26th, 2010

This is a sort of spanish omelette. The recipe was adapted from here.