A couple of weekends ago we invited good friends of ours down to the beach hut for the day. We’ve known each other since our eldest teens were at toddler group together and since then we’ve been to lots of family woody walks and music festivals together. Our kids, all now teens, had other things planned leaving it just us adults meeting up. Funny how life goes, when your kids…
Party at the beach hut planned, big crowd coming and I opted to cook steak on a barbecue. Told everyone. Everyone prepared. Everyone looking forward to it. What I didn’t plan for was the weather. Turning chilly with the threat of rain. Blast. We all made the decision it would be at ours which although only a short walk from the beach hut, would make it easier for us all…
Cooking outside as the sunsets is a great summer treat. As the evenings are still light and the remaining heat of the day lingers, catch the last of the sun with those you love over a glass of something cold. This unusual way of cooking fish causes a stir but you can be rest assured knowing that no bits of fish will get lost in the coals or gets stuck…
Usually, as with wild garlic, I manage to miss these every year and get thoroughly miffed with myself. There is really no excuse when it comes to elderflowers as I have a tree in my garden. I've seen such gorgeous Instagram photos of recipes and decided to act swiftly before time ran out. In fact, they are still flowering even now so all good. We made Elderflower gin but…
As a way of saying thank you to a good friend of ours who came to our aide regarding a rather impulsive eBay purchase, we honoured him with a curry night at the beach hut. I have a curry recipe which I use all the time and it does it for me. I don't grind my own spices, I simply use a ready-made curry paste but always it has to be Patak's™. I've…
On our last camping weekend, I took the ingredients to make this omelette if needed but we were so full up with the food we did cook that we didn't need to worry about any further cooking but I thought I would share it with you as it's a good recipe that never fails no matter what. It's also perfect down the beach hut after a late sea swim. Last…