Category Archives: One for the larder

Larder fillers

Tomato and Chilli Jam

Tomato and chilli jam is one of my all time favorite fridge staples. I’ve made so many versions over the years I’ve pretty much lost count. The latest has certainly got my attention. This one is made of fresh tomatoes … Continue reading

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Kale Pesto

Kale, once beloved by livestock is now top of my list of go to veg at this rather bleak time of year. I’ve been using it with abandon over the last 6 weeks and have come up with some really … Continue reading

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Spring has sprung

Four days of glorious sunshine and the ‘pink one’ has launched into her campaign to wear summer dresses. Granted, it’s sunny, warm is more debatable! I’m certainly not knocking these glorious blue skies, far from it, merely acknowledging how fast … Continue reading

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Breakfast

If I’m not in the kitchen at 7.30am rustling up the little peoples breakfast – God forbid. It seems to be the one meal of the day that the pink and blue relish, leisurely taking their time over every morsel, … Continue reading

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Crumbs

Hoorah hoorah a bank holiday weekend filled with sunshine, laughter and lots of time outside. A few toddler battles with the ‘blue’ one, mainly about leaving the farm, ‘London’s boring’ he roars. Really, I mean how can London can possibly … Continue reading

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Sweet for my sweet….another chilli sauce

The clever little men behind WordPress put together a rather impressive annual report for Lardersaga which came winging into my inbox on New Years Eve. All sorts of fascinating information is disclosed, number of hits per day, where in the … Continue reading

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The goose is getting fat

Scarily, Christmas is fast approaching. This should be of no real surprise given it is the same date every year, but somehow it does rather creep up on you. Despite 2012 rapidly dwindling away, I am happily smiling to myself, … Continue reading

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Elderflower cordial

The sun is out, the flowers are there – get picking! If the very idea of making your own elderflower cordial smacks of ‘smugness’ and some idyll of ‘domestic superiority’ that’s just fine – carry on believing  – but I … Continue reading

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Who’s been eating my porridge?

Breakfast in our house descends into complete anarchy if the ‘little people’ do not get the sustenance they want by a certain time. I am hugely sympathetic, long gone are the days when I used to run out the house … Continue reading

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Sweet Chilli and Tomato Jam

This is an old friend – one I am completely addicted to. Easy peasy to make, it can live in the larder or fridge for at least a month and is just the perfect addition to rev up a number … Continue reading

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