A Creative Spirit
Let's talk about food! After picking yet another bumper crop of tomatoes, Mr. Piglet asked what on earth we were going to do with them. I shrugged. Make some more chutney? There's an old saying that 'walls have ears', but I'm less suspicious of the walls and more suspicious that the 'ears' are embedded in... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Foodie Friday Challenge. Let's talk about food. Whether it's sharing your favourite recipes, growing fruit and vegetables, your harvest ups and downs, hints and tips, or pictures of plates of food - even diets. If it's food-related, why not post it on your blog and add it to the Foodie Friday Blog... Continue Reading →
If you're harvesting nêspera fruit (otherwise known as Loquat or medlar fruit) about now you may want to try this simple nêspera jam recipe. And I mean it's simple... as in "easie peasie" simple! This April our little nêspera tree rewarded us with a bumper harvest of fruit, so rather than make yet another batch... Continue Reading →
This recipe was featured in my first monthly column at Expat Focus Piglet in Portugal: Missing Food From Back Home - Is It Just Me? There are many foods I miss from home including Paxo stuffing, Teabags, Cadbury Cream Eggs, Mincepies, English Christmas cake, English mustard, Horseradish, Piccalilli and Baked Beans to name a few.... Continue Reading →
A few months ago, a friend in Northern Portugal kindly sent me some Jalapeno Peppers, which were excess produce from her veggie garden. She also included a simple recipe on how to pickle Jalapenos plus a variety of chilli seeds so I could grow my own. I thought Christmas had come early and I’d have... Continue Reading →
Elusive pickling onions September is the month Hubby normally pickles his onions! For the uninitiated pickled onions are small onions preserved in vinegar and spices and usually accompany: cheese; turkey or beef sandwiches; fish and chips etc. A strange combination, but trust me absolutely delicious! In the UK it was so easy to just pop... Continue Reading →
Piglet’s Courgette and Tomato Chutney My courgettes (after a rather feeble start) have now grown to the size of marrows! Presented with a 'glut' of both marrow sized courgettes and tomatoes I decided to make some chutney rather than taking the easiest option which would have been to freeze them. Ingredients 2lb courgettes (peeled) 1lb... Continue Reading →
Piglet in Portugal 