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How to Blanch & Preserve Brassicas
As the season moves forward I am starting to get a lot of lush greens at the allotment. I want to freeze and preserve as much as possible...
dorsetcountrylife
Sep 21, 2022


How to Make Your Own Cider
I just love autumn foraging and gathering and one of my most favourite jobs is going to the orchard and collecting apples. We are very...
dorsetcountrylife
Sep 19, 2022


Caramelised Onion Jam with Balsamic Vinegar Recipe
Boxing Day dinner is possibly my favourite meal of the festive season and I adore cold meats and pickles and a good cheese board. And...
dorsetcountrylife
Sep 16, 2022


How To: Preserving Rhubarb
Its really important to take full advantage of product as it comes into season. As we now have an abundance of Rhubarb at the allotments,...
dorsetcountrylife
Jun 13, 2022


Wild Garlic Butter Recipe
With April comes the beginning of an abundance of foraging opportunities. This is a time when I make my wild garlic butter and wow it...
dorsetcountrylife
Apr 13, 2022


Thai Green Curry with Prawns Recipe
We've both been on a bit of a health kick over the winter season, which seems like an odd time to begin a healthy eating and lifestyle...
dorsetcountrylife
Mar 27, 2022


Our Foodies Christmas Gift Guide
*Ad - Gifted. All opinions are our own. It has to be said we are two girls that love our food! However, the thing we love most is putting...
dorsetcountrylife
Nov 9, 2021


Dorset Raspberry Jam Recipe
Raspberry Jam is my absolute favourite and I don’t just love eating it, I love to make it, eat and gift it! This year I have decided to...
dorsetcountrylife
Oct 23, 2021


Poor Man's Capers Recipe
One of the things I love the most about the allotment is that I learn something new everyday there. Not just by my own trial and error,...
dorsetcountrylife
Sep 23, 2021


Green Tomato and Chilli Chutney Recipe
I love green tomato chutney and the thought of popping open a jar of my green tomato and chilli chutney on Boxing Day to go with cold...
dorsetcountrylife
Sep 16, 2021


Monkfish Skewers 4 Ways!
If you have ever seen a whole monkfish you would think it was something from a horror movie, but fishmongers generally sell them without...
dorsetcountrylife
Aug 25, 2021


How to Pick A Crab
I can understand while people are daunted by the idea of buying a freshly cooked crab and preparing it themselves, with talk of dead...
dorsetcountrylife
Jun 21, 2021


Our Guide to Easter 2021
*Ad-Gifted. All opinions are our own. Once again we're all about to experience an Easter unlike our traditional ones of the past, where...
dorsetcountrylife
Mar 30, 2021


Slow Cooked Chicken Tikka Kebab Recipe
It's starting to come to the end of the traditional slow cooker season, though to be honest I use mine the whole year round... especially...
dorsetcountrylife
Mar 22, 2021


Roast Parsnips Recipe
I grew parsnips again this year on Lottie. Thompson and Morgan’s “Tender and True”. And as last year they have been a great success. But...
dorsetcountrylife
Dec 18, 2020


Make Bread Sauce in Advance Recipe
My Mr loves bread sauce and seriously if I forgot the turkey at Christmas I think he'd forgive me, but if I forgot the bread sauce...well...
dorsetcountrylife
Dec 18, 2020


Christmas Ready Super Crispy Roast Potatoes Recipe
Taking the stress out of the Christmas dinner is something that’s really important to me. Freeing up as much time as possible to spend...
dorsetcountrylife
Dec 15, 2020


Pigs in Blankets Recipe
A real money saver at Christmas is making your own pigs in blankets. It really is child’s play and only takes minutes to prepare, and the...
dorsetcountrylife
Dec 15, 2020


Christmas Red Cabbage Recipe
Every year I make the same Christmas red cabbage recipe because my family always requests it. I roll my eyes and say ok with a sigh , but...
dorsetcountrylife
Dec 8, 2020


The "C" Word
Yes, here we go,.... we are now hurtling towards Christmas and we can no longer ignore it or hold back the tide. So how about facing it...
dorsetcountrylife
Dec 1, 2020

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Two women. Two generations. Both mothers and lovers of the county where they live. Blogging about Dorset here at Dorset Country Life. Find out more...






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