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or – ‘Potatoes a Hundred Ways’ – because you can go hundreds of ways from here!    Potatoes Dauphinoise with bacon just out of the oven after one hour Potatoes Boulangere just out of the oven – crisp and still bubbling If you think potatoes are boring – think again! They’re versatile, cheap, filling, nutritious… Continue reading Potatoes Dauphinoise or Boulangere with variations

Roasted winter root vegetables with herb oil – ready to serve.   My first ‘Tunnel to Table’ recipe is a great favourite with all my family and with visitors too. We eat it a lot here because it’s so easy, delicious, ‘more-ish’ and goes with just about everything. Some of you may cook variations of this… Continue reading Roasted Winter Root Vegetables with Garlic, in Rosemary Oil – From Tunnel to Table!

First – a note about all my recipes     My very technical term  ‘ish’ (!) used when referring to an ingredient weight in any recipe means it’s really not critical to be exact about this. A little bit more is no harm – but less may naturally mean a bit less flavour. It’s whatever… Continue reading December Recipe – Mushroom and Cashew Risotto

I always make this very festive looking, multicoloured salad on St. Stephen’s or ‘Boxing’ Day – It’s one of those well-used family recipes that developed over several years – the idea started off with a carrot and orange salad which I ate at a wedding reception 30 years ago. Over the years since, I’ve gradually added bits and pieces… Continue reading Rainbow Red Cabbage Salad

  This is an utterly delicious and incredibly nutritious soup. It’s also extremely easy, you just can’t go wrong. Watercress is one of the most nutritious plants you can eat. Hippocrates was one of the first to recognise the potential health benefits of it – funny how it’s now being hailed as the latest ‘New Superfood’!  Seems to have taken… Continue reading Nicky’s Watercress and/or Landcress Soup

You’re getting 2 recipes for the price of one this month! Given that it’s coming up to Hallowe’en, I thought it would be appropriate to give you my version of pumpkin soup. Using pumpkins, onions and basil grown in the tunnel with my semi-dehydrated Rosada tomatoes as a pretty garnish.    And with a nod to my… Continue reading Sunshine Soup – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipes for October

Vegetable, two bean & lentil hotpot. Served with watercress & green onion champ and homegrown broccoli From the tunnel the Hotpot uses broad beans and celery from the freezer which were grown in the tunnel earlier this year, and stored onions that also grew earlier in the tunnel.  It also uses carrots and parsnips started… Continue reading Vegetable, Two Bean & Lentil Hotpot, with Watercress & Green Onion Champ ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for November

Stilton & Watercress Cheesecake – surrounded by a Christmas wreath of parsley & watercress Stilton & Watercress Cheesecake – served with mixed leaf salad, pickled red cabbage & Oriental radishes This month’s recipe is a totally new one I’ve recently invented!  It would be a real show-stopper as a vegetarian centre-piece for a buffet, or… Continue reading Stilton & Watercress Cheesecake – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ recipe for December

    Cream of Watercress soup, garnished with a swirl of cream and some tiny watercress leaves ‘Patriot’s Celebration’ Soup – garnished with cream, a Parmesan wafer & a clover leaf. First I must explain my invention of the ‘Patriot’s Celebration’ soup! I wanted to come up with a really colourful and spring-like, healthy, seasonal… Continue reading Cream of Watercress soup and ‘Patriot’s Celebration’ Soup – ‘From Tunnel to Table’ – two new recipes for Spring