About ME!

HELLO!!

I'm Christine. I'm a busy mum to 5 year old twins, Robin and Evie and wife to Ian. I also run a property management company. We live in a small village in beautiful, rural Northumberland. I love spending time at home with my family, running and exercising and socialising with my fabulous friends.

When I'm not busy with work, family or friends, my favourite pastimes are cooking and eating (often a combination of family/friends and food). I particularly get so much (too much?!) pleasure from making healthy, nutritious meals from nothing (well, whatever I've got in the house!), making leftovers exciting and not wasting a thing. I HATE waste. I've wanted to start a blog for a few years but time just hasn't allowed it. But I'm very excited about getting it going now and sharing my passion for food with the world!!

I'm very health conscious and want to feed my family good food, on a budget. As you can imagine, time is not something that I have a lot of so my cooking has to fit in with my busy life. Weekday cooking has to be fuss-free and speedy but I still want it to feel indulgent.

I am also a keen vegetable gardener. There is little better than creating a whole meal from produce that you raised with your own fair hands. And in the British weather, it's not always easy. It makes you appreciate it even more though! I would urge anyone to have a go at growing their own. Even if it's just a few of your favourites in pots or some herbs on the windowsill. Do it!

I'm going to try and share some of the recipes that I create and any tips that I have along with general ramblings about food and the good life!

Don't expect fine dining, just homemade, tasty, healthy and wholesome food. Always on a budget! Maybe with the odd flashy, entertaining number thrown in for good measure. The budget won't go out the window though.

I'm very new to this so please bear with me until I find my feet!!

I hope you enjoy it. All feedback very much appreciated!!

Thanks y'all!

Tuesday, 18 March 2014

12 ways with wild garlic

Like free food? Of course you blinkin' well do! Well, it's wild garlic season so get yourselves down to the woods and fill your boots!

As I've mentioned, I'm working with a £50 food budget this month so any free food is even more welcome than normal! 

I LOVE wild garlic and use it loads every year. I actually still have some pesto in my fridge left over from last year, unbelievably! And it still tastes great!

There is an abundance of these lovely garlicky leaves at the moment so I've compiled a list of my favourite things to do with the little lovelies. And they're all cheap as chips and delicious!


  • Wild garlic pasta
  • Wild garlic and hazelnut pesto
  • Wild garlic butter
  • Wild garlic oil - use it over homemade focaccia - it's to die for!
  • Cheesy, wild garlic bread
  • Wild garlic and chilli hummus
  • Wild garlic pizza
  • Wild garlic and feta omelette 
  • Wild garlic mashed potato
  • Sun-dried tomato and wild garlic scones (thanks to my lovely friend, Gail for this suggestion)
  • Wild garlic pancakes
  • Wild garlic soup

Other ideas 


  • It is also a lovely addition to salads and stir fries. 
  • The oil is fab drizzled over soups or breads. 
  • Melting a knob of the butter on a piece of steak will jazz it up amazingly. 
  • Swirl some pesto through soup, as well as pasta. 
  • Use pesto to make fab and easy canapés - twin with pastry/ tomatoes/ goats cheese. The world's your oyster!!

I made pesto for the fridge, pasta for my supper and hummus for the freezer yesterday and made garlic butter and oil today. I made focaccia and smothered it with the oil. The most moreish thing I've eaten in a long while! I had roast chicken for supper and i rubbed the garlic butter over it.

I'll post recipes for everything I've made later!

Happy foraging! 


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