About Me
Becky a 30 something old Brit , living in Nottingham,UK, Though this blog and I started our lives in Bristol.
I love to cook with seasonal fresh and often wild ingredients from foraged ingredients from the city and country.
If you like what you see or have some suggestions please send me an email at beckayork@gmail.com or leave a comment on my blog
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Courgette Fritatta
If you are looking for something to do with your pumpkin see my post from last year Death of a Pumpkin Lots of lovely courgettes still appearing in the vegebox and working at home this lunchtime Got a few eggs … Continue reading
Courgette and Roasted Garlic Linguine
Whenever the oven is going on with a little space I like to pop at the bottom of the oven a tray of skin-on garlic cloves , lightly drizzled in oil . Once cooled I put them in a preserving … Continue reading
Oyster Mushroom Soup
While I was busy being distracted by gnarly looking autumn roots and manky looking Ink Caps , my weekend guest spotted a small amount of Oyster fungus growing on a stump. Braving brambles and scraping of slugs we salvaged a … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, October, Wild Food
Tagged Mushroom, Oyster, oyster mushroom recipe soup, Soup
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Normal service will be resumed shortly – Falafel
I love cooking , it relaxes me more than anything else but I have to confess there comes a time one a month for a couple of days when I become a disaster in the kitchen, I burn things , … Continue reading
Amethyst Deceivers
Amethyst deceivers are pretty little purple things , with a scary name only because the white variety look like many other species . You cannot mistake these purple beauties for anything else and they were growing in abundance on the … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, October, Wild Food
Tagged amethyst deceivers, boiled potatoe, fungi, mushrooms, Salad, Salmon, scrambled egg, smoked, Spinach, warm
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Warm Lentil , Butternut Squash , Goats Cheese and Pancetta Salad
I still want to eat salad but it is getting colder now , here is a warm salad for chicken , if you don’t want to eat chicken, can simply cook the lentils in water and white wine. The lentils … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, October
Tagged Butternut, Goats Cheese, Lentil, Pancetta, Salad, Squash, warm
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Quick Lamb and Lentil Stew- with Spelt Bread
Ended up going back to my laptop tonight to work late , but took a therapeutic break to pound some bread , though I use the food processor to mix , pounding dough before a 25 minute prove calms me … Continue reading
Lamb , Bean and Kale Stew
Its getting very cold and the vegebox delivered a whole load of kale and other greens so to ward off any anaemia whipped up this stew/soup using some a little slow baked lamb from the freezer . Doing my best … Continue reading
Rustic Wild Mushroom , Caramalised Onion Butternut Squash and Goats Cheese Tart
Its definitely autumn there is a real chill in the air and for once I spent Sunday inside clearing out cupboards. Stunningly I have begun Christmas shopping (- thank-you Ebay ) not yet the Christmas cooking though. I never manage … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, October
Tagged Butternut, Caramalised, Goats Cheese, Mushroom, Onion, Rustic, Squash, Tart, Wild
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Breakfast Blackberry Muffins
In a world of goji berries , acai berries and even the ubiquitous blueberry , for me you can’t beat blackberries and there are still a lot around . Also got a lot in the freezer so this morning feeling … Continue reading
