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
Category Archives: Vegetables and Fruit
Rhubarb Bakewell (Rhubarb and Almond Tart)
When I was little my aunt Lizzie was exactly who I wanted to be when I grew up. One of my Mums best friends, single without kids, she lived in a gloriously clean and tidy house in a small village … Continue reading
Posted in Pies Quiches and Tarts, Vegetables and Fruit, Vegetarian, Winter
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Gochujang Pulled Pork with Spicy Beansprout Salad
Since discovering how easily the slow cooker produces pulled pork, I have been dying to try another recipe. Having shown almost superhuman self restraint in leaving it almost a month since the Chipolte Pork Tacos , I rewarded the household … Continue reading
Celeriac Remoulade
The one vegetable I look forward to every year in celeriac, nicknamed the ugly vegetable it’s thick skin rough , scarred covered in rooty tendrils. But the warty craggy exterior belies bright white flesh with creamy light taste both raw … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Beef, Meals, Meat, October, Roots Carrots ,Parsnips, Beets, Salads, Vegetables and Fruit
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True Taste of Wales – Cider -Mustard Braised Pork Chops with Lentils and Laverbread Oatcakes
One of the greatest meals I ever ate was a slow roasted piece of Welsh belly pork . Though incredibly simple, it was the first meal my boyfreind and I ever cooked together. It was November and we were staying … Continue reading
Posted in Grains and Pulses, Meals, Meat, Pork, Vegetables and Fruit
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Coconut Chilli Butternut Squash Soup
Weekends this time of year need to include striding knee deep in piles of golden autumn leaves and returning to steaming bowls of soup . Even better if the soup matches the leaves. I am always so happy to see … Continue reading
Spicy Beetroot and Coconut Soup with Herbed Yogurt
Lovebeetroot.co.uk tells me beetroot is considered by many cultures a food of love. Even more sordily the Romans considered it such an aphrodisiac that the official brothel of Pompei was adorned with picture of beetroots. Just recently I have fallen … Continue reading
Seared Salmon with Runner Beans dressed with Horseradish , Garlic and Lemon.
Walking along the canal bank the other day I spotted some Horseradish growing , it looks a little like dock leaves , but there is a distinctive corkscrew twist to the leaves. I popped back to the house to get … Continue reading
Posted in Fish, July, Summer, Vegetables and Fruit, Vegetarian
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Courgette and Pea Fritters
I cannot visit my in-laws this time of year without coming away with a tonne of homegrown goodies. They are on daily Courgette Patrol, necessary to assure no unattended courgettes sneakily achieve marrow status . So we left with a … Continue reading
Posted in July, Salads, Summer, Vegetables and Fruit
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Strawberry Teas, Tarts, Pavlovas and Scones
My Mum is an amazing cook, she was also until recently a full time family doctor . When I was little she often worked Saturdays and would buy me and my little brother cakes on the way home. In summer … Continue reading
Sea Bass with Fennel , Broad Beans & New Potato Salad Dressed with Mint and Parsley
I am determined to master filleting fish, it’s one of those skills that once mastered makes you look wholly professional. Thanks to You Tube I can now make a passable effort but I am still too stabby with the knife. … Continue reading
Posted in Fish, July, June, Salads, Summer, Vegetables and Fruit, Vegetarian
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