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It’s Pieday – I’m in Love
Last week was British Pie Week: an event that started as a campaign to get people making more pies at home. Over the past few years, it has transformed into…
Biscoff Key Lime Pie
by KIERAN MCGARRY Don’t like pancakes? Bored of cheesecake? Key lime pie is a great alternative and is cheap and easy to make. In this version, the biscuit base has…
The fiver-a-meal challenge
By Sally O’Connor & Ben Bruges Local activist Claudine Eccleston set HIP a challenge to collect meals for under a fiver to help people in Hastings struggling with the increasing…
Make the most of Nettles
If you like spinach and broccoli, why not try nettles? Green, fresh and healthy, they are a great free vegetable to eat in March and April when they are tender.…
Pancake Art
Pancake day is coming up on 1 March. Get children involved by using a range of toppings to decorate their pancakes: try doing self-portraits or making patterns. You will need:•…
Earthly Delights
By Helen Groves Although Halloween is past, the season for squash and pumpkins certainly isn’;There are many varieties of squash around: pumpkin, butternut and the smaller varieties of gem, acorn,…
Everyday Pizza dough recipe
This pizza dough recipe uses only a few ingredients and, when made ahead of time, actually yields a more flavourful, chewier crust. If making ahead, just keep in the fridge…
Veg Feast
Côte de bettes (swiss chard) in cheese sauce Submitted by Olivia Morton from Marina Allotments (St Leonards), this recipe was a favourite of hers when she used to visit her…
Cake Without Egg
Honey And Spice Cake This handy egg-less cake, slightly adapted from the useful and tasty The Art of the Larder by Claire Thomson, can be made from what’s in the…
CUPBOARD QUICKY
Blender Soup This simple soup is slightly adapted from Cook Fast, Eat Well by Sue Quinn. Sue is sharing cupboard recipes on Instagram • 1 tin beans (eg kidney or…
SEASONAL SEAFOOD
Coral Spaghetti By Adrian Ferrer The often-ignored scallop corals are championed here. Much like our native crabs with their white and brown meat, the scallop contains two very different flavours…
Samera’s Malfood Salq (stuffed leaves)*
Ingredients• Wilted vine leaves, or other leaves such as Swiss chard or lettuce (Samera uses chard)• About a cup of basmati rice• 1 tbsp olive oil• About half a cup…
Hamrin’s Farooj Mahshi (stuffed chicken)
By Safiya Young Ingredients • 1 whole chicken• cup of rice• cup of boiling water• vegetable stock cube• tbsp olive oil• 1 diced carrot• A few cloves of garlic crushed…
Yellow Granny’s Lemon Posset
By Safiya Young This recipe has been passed on through the hands (or emails) of many a friend and delighted many a face, though it is thought to have originated…
Eggman
By Safiya Young “Which came first,The chicken or the egg?I ate the chicken,And then I ate its leg.” If you like music and fancy cooking something at home (using only…
Tea-Time Jazz
I’m often asked for ideas to jazz up teatime but not alienate guests or cause a fall out with the in-laws. Combining fruit with vegetables is an easy way to…
Chewy Oat & Fruit Cookies
This is a great recipe, easy to follow and easy to customise. Raisins, dried apricots, cranberries and nuts could be added to the basic recipe. Get your hands sticky or…
Quick Wild Garlic Hummus
• 200g (small tin) chickpeas• 2 tablespoons lemon juice• 100g (fistful) wild garlic leaves (rinsed and roughly chopped)• 1 teaspoon ground cumin • 1 tablespoon Tahini (sesame seed paste)• 2…
Wild Garlic Pesto
Delicious scooped over boiled eggs as well as slices of mozzarella for a picnic or more traditionally served with homemade pasta. • 100g wild garlic leaves (washed thoroughly)• 50g Parmesan…
Springtime Vegan
Sometimes it’s hard to be healthy and sometimes you just need a mate to say, “Why not try this?”. I spend a lot of time with my family and friends…
Watermelon, Lime, Mint and Turmeric Smoothie
By Holly Johnson Watermelon is an amazing fruit, it really has got it all going on! Did you know that this particular variety of the humble curcubit family is pre-digested?…
FORAGING: Garlic Mustard
By Geoff Dann Garlic mustard or Jack-by-the-hedge (Alliaria petiolata) is a member of the cabbage family (so related to mustards, but not garlic). It is a common ‘weed’ which grows…
Garlic
We all know that garlic is good for us, but in an abstract way, like going for a walk or ‘cooking from fresh’. Hate that saying - it seems to…
Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson Totally Tropical Teaser If you like Piña Coladas and getting caught in the ’s Totally Tropical Teaser time and I can’t think of a more refreshing blend to…
Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson Hey there HWK Crew! I hope your 2019 is going great so far! I’ve been blending-up a smoothie storm over at HWK HQ and most recently, my delectable…
Cynicism and soup
My mate told me that there’s now Janu-hairy, encouraging women to let their armpit hair grow for charity. I didn’t realise, I could have raised millions by now. I can’t…
Cranberry Mojito Punch
By Holly Johnson ‘Tis the season for family get-togethers, parties and spending time with friends so let’s get in the mood for the most wonderful time of the year! Fruity,…
Make Food
By Kate Rintoul Make Food is a local social enterprise that runs community cooking classes in Hastings. Along with teaching practical cooking skills, we also like to build people’s food…
Cricket Banana Bread
By Mark Killick Making a banana loaf is a simple way of introducing insects into your diet. The cricket powder adds protein and gives the loaf a pleasant nutty taste.…
Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson Mango, Passion & Lime Smoothie With the Indian Summer keeping its promise and the beautiful sunshine making us glow, here’s a juicy smoothie recipe to match the…
Orange, Cinnamon & Ginger Tea
By Holly Johnson Well aren’t you just the most beautiful, autumnal chalice of nourishing, aromatic, bursting with flavour, joy?!? If, like me, you simply love a cup of tea, but…
Purple Velvet, In Your Face
Beetroot is the super hero of any diet, diving through with antioxidants, fibre, Vitamin A and C. Let’s powerhouse through to Boctober or Beetrember, or one of those combined with…
Strawberries and Cream Dream Smoothie
BY Holly Johnson Summer may be drawing to an end but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still take advantage of the abundance of beautiful, bright berries to make us…
Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson A little birdy told me that we are set for an Indian Summer! Well, wouldn’t that just be the cherry on top of this wonderfully balmy and…
Watermelon and yuzu juice – the drink of angels
By A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed We’re experiencing an ‘Indian Summer’ apparently. And although I know it means unseasonably warm weather in late autumn, the term has always slightly baffled…
Holly’s Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson Bursting with micronutrients to heal and bolster the gut, these three recipes will make you glow from the inside; a happy and balanced mind begins with a…
Mung bean magic a healing green soup
by A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed Endless summer days invariably mean long hours in the sun, late nights and possibly a little bit too much fun, if there is such…
Hairy Sister
I’ve just been on holiday in Espana. Yes, I have, for two weeks doing sod all other than wondering what I wanted for dinner and whether I had the energy…
The Goat Ledge
By Arno Maasdrop As we all know, William the Cone-Queror is a bit of a legend on these shores. If he is not swimming the channel, he is charming both…
Holly’s Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson What a bounty of beauties we have here! These nutritious and healthy recipes not only look and taste amazing, they also pack a powerful nutritional punch to…