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!

Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Wild garlic and chilli hummus

Another super-simple, super-speedy one. And it's freezable so you can be prepped ahead of time if you've got guests coming round! Mine went straight in the freezer for future consumption!

Ingredients

1 tin of chickpeas, drained
Juice of half a lemon (use the other half for the pesto!)
Approx 100g wild garlic
As many chilli flakes as you can handle! About quarter - half a tsp is good. 
Approx 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Approx 4 tbsp water

Method

Stick everything, except the water and oil, info the food processor. Add a little oil and water and whizz. Keep adding the oil and water until it is smooth but still thick. Serve in a nice dish and sprinkle chilli flakes over the top. 

Serve with flat breads or breadsticks. Or crudités. Or anything that you can get your hands on. A spoon is good ;-)


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