Ice cream: everyone has their favourite. Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, pistachio, lemon… when you get me in front of an ice cream vendor there’s only one choice for me: mint choc chip ice cream. The freshness and the bitter dark chocolate is a sensational combination. Did you know July is national ice cream month? Given how hot it’s been it’s not like […]
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I’m about two years late but I’m a convert to the spiralize bandwagon. I mentioned recently how I’ve got into spiralizing a courgette or carrot and then microwaving with salmon or chicken for a quick lunch. Also mixing courgetti with sweetcorn and pesto for a superfast dinner. I’ve been roadtesting the Savisto spiralizer: Which is a neat entry in the […]
Read moreIt’s been a super-busy time at BigSpud towers. Here’s some things I’ve been up to lately… Lubera Lubera are an online garden store specialising in fruit and veg. I was sent a sample of their Circe apple juice and a beautiful Redlove Circe apple tree which has found it’s way into my garden. Lubera off all sorts of fruit and vegetables […]
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Sainsbury’s are wanting to inspire the nation to be more creative with their vegetables after seeing a massive upturn in sales of vegetables with Avocado (147%), asparagus spears (118%), broccoli (40%), courgettes (30%) and bunched beetroot (25%) leading the way. I do love a salad, but it’s a bit easy just to get a plastic bag of leaves, slice a […]
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