I first came across wild garlic when I won a vegetable box through a local food and vegetable business ten years ago. Since then, my husband is always looking out for it but it’s not something you find in your local supermarket.
Christmas Dinner with Mash Direct
Wouldn’t it be great if you were not spending hours in the kitchen peeling and slicing a mountain of vegetables for a family of 4? Mash Direct is taking away the hassle by providing us a range of award-winning premium vegetable accompaniments. I often find it hard work just to prepare vegetables. I do have lot of kitchen gadgets to help me along but depending on the quantities, sometimes it’s not worth the trouble of getting it out the cupboard and also adding it to the washing up pile. This is my first time trying out Mash Direct and I’ve been looking forward to checking out their products. Their products are available from Ocado, Booths, independent retailers nationwide and http://www.mashdirect.com.
Each product contains specially selected heritage vegetable varieties, chosen for their flavour rather than appearance, grown and prepared on their family-run farm in County Down. The vegetables are gently steam cooked immediately after harvesting to ensure an unrivalled fresh flavour and texture, whilst retaining their natural nutritional benefits. Their products are gluten-free, with no artificial additives, preservatives and colourings, and low in salt.
Butternut Squash Muffin
Did you know that Jamie Oliver has teamed up with Moshi Monsters favourite character Furi to inspire young budding chefs around the world to get into the kitchen and learn how to cook? The duo have been cooking up a storm in Jamie’s kitchen to create a delicious Butternut Squash Muffin.
Olive Fried Rice with Tenderstem
Last weekend was our bloggers night in and we had received some food samples for us to try out during and after the party. During the party, I served my guests olives straight from the tin. Personally, I have never bought tinned olives as I was always concerned that the tin may cause the olives to have a metallic smell. I would opt to buy fresh or in a jar. However, after trying these olives, I was very impressed! Both green and black olives are very tasty, not soggy and bursting with flavour.
