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Happy Easter 2018 By The Towpath Kitchen

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Dad’s Bees The Beekeeper’s Honey Recipe Book

Dad’s Bees The Beekeeper’s Honey Recipe Book

First Edition

By Leonardo Canziani

ISBN ?

I picked this book up then I was at a market and brought it from a local Beekeeper www.dadsbees.co.uk this is not a book that you would cook from if you were Vegan so I am looking at finishing this book before I TRY TO BE VEGAN. FOR A MONTH.

I have looked over the book and I am looking at I am using local Honey from Coventry and aim to finish this book by 2019. The book covers a wide selection of recipes I will will look at using some of them for my sons birth day on the 6^th January 2018. I am looking at the following.

Honey Glazed Vegetables (page 17)

Honey and Mint Sausages (page 21)

Sesame Chicken Skewers (Qourn) (Page 34)

Carrot, orange and Coriander soup (page 36)

Brandy Snaps (page 40) + Icecream

Chocolate Waffles (page 41)

Carrot, Honey and Raisin Cake (Page 42)

Dad’s Bees Ginger Bread (page 43)

Honey Flapjacks (page 45)

Spiced Hot Cider (page 56)

Minted Honey Pineapple Cooler (page 57)

Banana Shake (page 59)

Some of the recipes I may change but I will try to stick to the.

The Microwave Kitchen Handbook

Back to basics I set up the follow to blogs in 2017 which I am looking at updating in 2018

so the first thing that I am going to do is to start with the following cook book.

The Microwave Kitchen Handbook

By Carol Bowen

ISBN-13:978-1-84038-808-4

Now I hate microwaves and we have a bad history together. Due to my dyslexia I tent to burn them out, so they are only used when I have guests.

But Most people have a Microwave in their home and even if you use a food bank most food donated is Microwavable.

So I will go though this book and blog about how easy to was to use and to talk about the types of food you can cook in a Microwave. I will also try to still keep my budget fro shopping on a weekly basis to around the £50.00 per week.

One of the main ways that I am to do this is by planning each meal that I plan to cook my family each week.

The book it self List the following Contents

Introduction

Soups and Starters

Fish and Seafood

Meat and Poultry

Pulses, Pasta and Grains

Vegetables and Salads

Desserts

Backing

Cooking and Defrosting Chart

Index.

With this book it is bestial for most diary requirement, although this book does not cover Vegan or things like gluten free menu's. I am sure that most recipes could be tailored to personal dietary requirements

By wooing though this cook I will will divide my weekly menu accordantly and try to work though the book so that what I cook is done in accordance to each season.

I will start using the book from the first of January 2018. I will also look at using what food I already have in the house that needs using up too.

(I have not used the book yet)

Tagine Spicy Stews From Morocco

Tagine Book

When I first set up my blog a mentioned the following book

Tagine Spicy Stews From Morocco

By Ghillie Basan and Martian

ISBN 978-1-84597-7

So I will be working though this book during 2018 too along with

The Microwave Kitchen Handbook

By Carol Bowen

ISBN-13:978-1-84038-808-4

In Tagine Spicy Stews From Morocco the contents of the book covers

The Secret of Tagines

Traditional Lamb Tagines

Beef, Kefta and Sausage Tagines

Fish and Seafood Tagines

Vegetable Tagines

Accompaniments

Index

Now again I would like to point out that I will go though this book and blog about how easy to was to use and to talk about the types of food you can cook in a Microwave. I will also try to still keep my budget fro shopping on a weekly basis to around the £50.00 per week.

One of the main ways that I am to do this is by planning each meal that I plan to cook my family each week.

With this book it is suitable for most dietary requirement, although this book does not cover Vegan or things like gluten free menus. I am sure that most recipes could be tailored to personal dietary requirements.

By working though this cook I will divide my weekly menu accordantly and try to work though the book so that what I cook is done in accordance to each season.

I will start using the book from the first of January 2018. I will also look at using what food I already have in the house that needs using up too.

What I will do is order off line what I need except fro my Vegetables that I will have to pick up myself so that I can use my health start Vouchers.

There are some things that people many not be able to eat due to personal dietary requirement however today you can back egg free cakes, use substitute for cows milk (soya), plus get gluten free etc..

Flaming Star: Song by Sally Oldfield

Making your own gifts and decorations this year 2017

Making your own gifts and decorations this year.

This year now that both of my children are older I am looking at celebrating this year with them for the fist time and to try and teach them the true meaning of the festive season.

For me it is “The Gift of Giving” so we are in the process of doing this and celebrating Yule.

So this year their dad is already underway with making the boys their Yule gift and I am looking at decorating the house and what food and events that we are going to take place.

So it is the 20^th November 2017 and a month before I will be looking at decorating the house and the tree.

So where do I start.?

One of the things that I am looking at is what I have in the house and how I can use what I have instead of buying things new and also about what I can forage from the !!br0ken!!

One thing that I have been looking at is the following links for inspiration and Facebook pages and group that I am in.

Cloves

one of the things that I am looking at for The festive season is buying Cloves.

What are Cloves?

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Cloves are commercially harvested primarily in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. Cloves are available throughout the year.

Buying them “Fair Trade”

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/what-is-fairtrade

Because they they are from over seas I am looking at buying them fair trade and to also look at selling them whole sale when I set up my own business. I am looking at selling dried products for making things with in the future. Cloves can be brought al year and can be purchased form any supermarket so why use them them for the Winter Holidays what makes them so important?

Health benefit can be found by following the links below.

Cloves are a good source of manganese, selenium, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin K, dietary fibre and vitamin C.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=69#healthbenefits

http://www.antioxidants-for-health-and-longevity.com/benefits-of-cloves.html

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/cloves.html

What do they have to do with the Winter Holidays?

With cloves coming to the UK from places like Indonesia but the region with the largest production is Zanzibar in eastern Africa; most people know of Cloves being Used in Mulled Wine and Christmas Cake.

Now that the UK is so divested with culture, and traditions it would be nice to see Cloves used more and why not start by using them at this time of the year to decorate the home and in cooking.

Make Cloved Orange: A Regency Pomander

This is the art of using Cloves and Oranges to decorate the home and to give as gifts of family and friends at this time of year. For the history y of Clove Orange: A Regency Pomander please follow this link below.

https://www.janeausten.co.uk/cloved-orange-a-regency-pomander/

One thing that Make Clove Orange: A Regency Pomander look like are Christingles.

What is Christingle?

Christingle's is a lighted candle symbolizing Christ as the light of the world, held by children at a special Advent service originating in the Moravian Church.

It is sally on the First Sunday of advent which is a Christian way of celebrating this time of year. You can attend a Christingle celebration at your local church and get a Christingle as part of the services whilst collecting money for charity.

Useful Yule recipes./links

http://recipesforapagansoul.weebly.com/yule-dec-21-23.html

https://Wiccan/celtic/akasha/yule.htm

Use full link about Spices

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/grow-to-eat/where-do-christmas-spices-come-from/