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: November
Rabbit with Onions and Prunes
Tonight’s dinner was inspired by recent brief trips to Morroco and France. In Marrakech I had a lovely lamb with onion and prune tagine heaped with saffron-sweet caramalised onions. It was so good I had it two days running. … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, November, Wild Food, Winter
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Pumpkin , Sausage and Sage Casserole
My halloween always involves carving a pumpkin. Cutting a lid & scooping out some of the flesh and seeds , and carving a rough approximation of a scary face and setting it in the window lit by a single tealight. … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, November, Winter
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Slow Baked Madeira Spiced Shoulder of Lamb
Dinner for my mum last night, it had to be this shoulder of lamb since I need to make some freezer space for Xmas , sorting through my cupboards found a bottle of madeira which is quite sweet so figured … Continue reading
Castle Green Christmas Market
You might have thought after the Good Food show I would be all food shopped out but managed to summon a little energy to head for a final foodie fling. Bristol like most English cites nowadays has a little continental … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Eating Outside, November
Tagged castle, christmas, Green, market, salami
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BBC Good Food Show
BBC Good Food Show definitely lives up to its name …. hundreds of stalls , plenty of tasting and demonstrations . It was my first time but there were clearly lots of regulars envy-inducingly well equipped with shopping trolleys. My … Continue reading
Chicken Liver with Lentils
How is this for frugal cooking, really smacks of the seventies but trust me its lovely . You could add cream at the end but I don’t think it needs it . Next time for an extra iron hit I … Continue reading
Pork Chops with Cider and Rosemary
Its a standing joke that as a West Country girl I do love my cider after a long days walking. ( or at a festival – proper cider I hasten to add that doesn’t have cubes of ice in it … Continue reading
Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas with mint & yogurt dressing.
This is a really nice light evening meal but very zingy. Roasting roasting chickpeas gives them a delicious chewy texture removes the powdery texture they can sometimes have and while roasted cauliflower sounds wrong it works very well carmalises ( … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, November
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Roasted Parsnip and Carrot Soup
I have been a very bad blogger recently , though I have been eating pretty well due to some excellent preperation of food from the freezer , meals they tend not to look too appetising quickly reheated and chewed down … Continue reading
Bacon and Leek Quiche
Lots of leftovers from the weekend , bacon and eggs from cooked breakfasts. They needed using up so a quick quiche for the freezer made with granary flour pastry which gives a nutty edge Bacon and Leek Quiche 100g of … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, November
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