You might have remembered me rambling on earlier this week about free range eggs and luscious leeks from the garden. Well, I decided I would have to honour my hearty home grown ingredients with a suitably delicious recipe. I had a big hunk of nutty comté in the fridge as well, which I decided I would add to the mix. So, French cheese, sweet spring leeks and free range eggs….What would you have made with this lucky dip of ingredients? Continue Reading…
To say my Dad’s hens are free range is a bit of an understatement. He was given four hens a few years ago, and had built an average size coop and hen run for them to roam around. He became quite fond of the hens and decided to *extend* the hen run. Which is great. Now the hens had loads of free space to run around and scratch. The next time I came home I discovered that the hen run had been *extended again* and now encompassed our whole back garden. Fantastic. The hens were now getting really plump and laying lots of lovely eggs. However when I went home last weekend I discovered that that the hens had not been happy with the extension on the extension. Continue Reading…
This recipe is kind of a combination of an omelette, a pancake and a quesadilla. It’s a really nice tasty snack and you can fill the omelettes with whatever cheese, meat, veg you have leftover in your fridge. It would also work really well with something like a smoked salmon, crème fraiche and spinach filling. This is a great brunch or tea-time treat. Continue Reading…
