Close up of lettuce halves on a wooden chopping board

A meat free month: week two

Read about week one here. This week I planned to make the most of so much of the great root veg that’s in season at the moment. I filled the fridge with beetroot, celeriac and leeks, thinking of nourishing warm winter salads with their comforting earthy flavours, whilst I tried to put week one’s lapse…

Bowl of chilli con carne with avocado, grated cheese, spring onions and a wedge of lime

Roasted pepper vegetarian chilli

There are some evenings that demand an easy recipe, where you can chuck in the ingredients and just stir from time to time. Minimum thought, minimum effort. This week, after a day dealing with German bureaucracy, that’s exactly what I needed, so this is what I made. I love that I can just relax and…

By: Mil January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Experiments, Food writingCooking, Failing, Food, Meat free, Meat free Mondays, New years resolutions, Progress, Recipes, Vegan, Veganuary, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Vegetarian and vegan, Vegetarian FoodLeave a Comment

A meat free month: week one

The beginning of the year always brings out an interesting side of people. The desire for self-improvement or ‘detox’ runs wild and many of us attempt to change our habits, if only for a month. I had a little rant about long term new year’s resolutions in my recipe for turkey, quinoa and charred lettuce…

Close up of turkey, quinoa and charred lettuce salad with a lemon mustard dressing

Turkey, quinoa and charred lettuce salad recipe

Oh boy, it’s new years. Another fresh start, diet, hobby, business, brand with new resolutions, intention setting and visualisions of your dreams. It’s a funny time of year when the collective self-improvement tide takes force, especially when most of us don’t really believe it will last ’til March, but we do it because we hope…

Clementines on a chopping board dark food photography

By: Mil January 1, 2020January 6, 2020 Seasonal food, WinterHealthy eating, January, New Year, New years resolutions, Seasonal food, SeasonalityLeave a Comment

Food in season: January

Happy new year everyone! To kick off the year I will be listing the food in season every month to make it easier for you to eat seasonally, which is better environmentally, economically and can even be better for you. Great new year’s resolution, huh?

Chicken liver pâté on homemade sourdough bread with bite taken out

By: Mil November 7, 2019January 9, 2020 Meat and game, RecipesChicken, Chicken Liver, Chicken Liver Pâté, Food, Food writing, Liver, Offal, Pate, Recipe, Seasonal food1 Comment

Chicken liver pâté recipe

The first time I ate chicken liver pâté I wrinkled my nose. I had never tried anything like it and nor was I particularly interested in trying it again. Confused by the richness, the meatiness, the savoury smoothness, my taste buds could hardly keep up with my brain, completely overwhelmed. But, to be fair to…

A meat free month: week two

Roasted pepper vegetarian chilli

A meat free month: week one

By: Mil January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

Experiments, Food writingCooking, Failing, Food, Meat free, Meat free Mondays, New years resolutions, Progress, Recipes, Vegan, Veganuary, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Vegetarian and vegan, Vegetarian FoodLeave a Comment

Turkey, quinoa and charred lettuce salad recipe

Food in season: January

By: Mil January 1, 2020January 6, 2020

Seasonal food, WinterHealthy eating, January, New Year, New years resolutions, Seasonal food, SeasonalityLeave a Comment

Portuguese cabbage soup (caldo verde) recipe

Dishes that we now deem to be comfort food were often once peasant dishes, made from the need for filling, cheap food. Over the years as economies have grown and salaries have increased they have often been refined, sometimes shrugging off their once lowly status. Portuguese cabbage soup is almost one such dish, as despite…

On kitchen rituals and slow living

By: Mil December 10, 2019January 6, 2020

Food writinganxiety, baking, bread, Cooking, fermentation, Food, Food writing, kimchi, kitchen rituals, mindfulness, rituals, self-care, Slow Living, sourdough, sourdough breadLeave a Comment

What is a ritual? What is slow living? A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. Oxford Dictionary The dictionary definition of a ritual is not entirely what I mean in this post. I am not sacrificing virgins on my countertops, nor performing satanic rites. Instead…

Carrot top pesto: An (unsuccessful) experiment

By: Mil November 13, 2019January 6, 2020

Experiments, Vegetarian and veganCarrot Tops, Culinary experiments, Eco Living, Food, Food Waste, Food writing, Italian Food, Kitchen, Pesto2 Comments

Harry and I bought carrots this week. We never buy carrots and I’m not entirely sure why. I think maybe somewhere in the back of our subconscious we see them as a little bit too pedestrian, despite having enjoyed them in a multitude of ways (in mashed potato, roasted and smothered in butter or raw…

Chicken liver pâté recipe

By: Mil November 7, 2019January 9, 2020

Meat and game, RecipesChicken, Chicken Liver, Chicken Liver Pâté, Food, Food writing, Liver, Offal, Pate, Recipe, Seasonal food1 Comment

Basic chicken stock recipe

By: Mil November 1, 2019January 6, 2020

Essentials, Meat and game, RecipesChicken, Chicken Stock, Dark Food Photography, Food, Food photography, Food Waste, Food writing, Recipe, SoupLeave a Comment

It looks as though Autumn is here again. I turned my back briefly by going back to the UK and when I returned to Berlin the balmy days of late summer had given way to a certain nip in the air. As is standard when the seasons change I have managed to get a cold…