Month: April 2018

Did you know that 350 slices of pizza are eaten every second? And that Oxford is the city that consumes the most pizza in the UK? With pizza ovens fast becoming the alfresco dining experience of choice and the trusted barbecue taking a back seat, I thought it might be fun to find out some […]

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All this talk of Michelle Obama’s aspirations for the good life with her 1,100 square foot vegetable ‘patch’ in the Whitehouse back garden inspired my husband and me to come up with various uses for vegetables the other night – as you do when the kids have gone to bed. And it was then I suddenly had a eureka moment.

Now, before I let you in on my fabulous idea you may see a theme developing following my earlier fruit picking blog. But suffice it to say this is my concession to healthy living and a very good one it is too I might add!

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All this talk of Michelle Obama’s aspirations for the good life with her 1,100 square foot vegetable ‘patch’ in the Whitehouse back garden inspired my husband and me to come up with various uses for vegetables the other night – as you do when the kids have gone to bed. And it was then I suddenly had a eureka moment.
Now, before I let you in on my fabulous idea you may see a theme developing following my earlier fruit picking blog. But suffice it to say this is my concession to healthy living and a very good one it is too I might add!

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It’s important you season or cure your new chiminea before use. Curing a clay chiminea hardens the clay, helping prevent cracks forming when it is being exposed to high temperatures. Step One Put a few inches of sand in the bottom of your chiminea and build up a small fire slowly using balls of paper. […]

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