Ayurveda is the ancient holistic medical system from India, based on achieving physical and mental harmony with nature, which has been practised for more than 5000 years. Ayurveda means ‘science of life’ (‘Ayu’ meaning life and ‘Veda’ meaning science). Ayurveda Pura provides Ayurvedic spa, health and beauty products which: areContinue Reading

  If you read my other blog, you’ll know I cycled down to the farm shop this morning to buy broccoli. Andy in the farm shop asked me what I was going to do with it, so I said I was going to make broccoli and stilton soup with theContinue Reading

Truckle Cheese Co’s Oak Smoked Cheddar is naturally smoked over oakwood chips and made from milk produced on West Country farms. I had some today in a sandwich, along with cucumber, tomato, sprouts and mayonnaise. The deep oak flavour of the cheese went beautifully with the fresh, crispness of theContinue Reading

Katie (who blogs at Cakes vs Scales) tweeted yesterday: And I thought I WANT THOSE COOKIES and asked her for the recipe. Katie kindly obliged and I’m glad she did as they’re absolutely gorgeous and, as there’s no baking involved, are ready in a couple of minutes. If you wantContinue Reading

I’ve called this Quorn Singapore noodles, but it was a mix of Quorn mince and Sainsbury’s meatfree mince I had in the freezer I needed to use up. Not that it mattered. This was delicious, quick and easy. Quorn Singapore noodles (serves 4) Taken from The Quorn Kitchen 350g QuornContinue Reading

You shouldn’t really need instructions on a tin of soup, but here’s one for Amy’s Kitchen Rustic Italian Vegetable Soup: Make sure you’re hungry before eating it. This is a big soup – like yesterday’s Amy’s Kitchen Cream of Mushroom Soup, it’s substantial. My bowl was absolutely brimming with vegetablesContinue Reading