Cold winter mornings demand warm breakfasts like porridge and warmed overnight oats. I started my day with porridge that was most definitely purple with frozen berries thrown in for a bit of tang and colour. Already one portion of fruit before the day really got started. Winter cries out for comfort food and here is…
Tag: comfort food
Halloween – time for pumpkin soup
This time of year there are so many pumpkins and squash available. Pumpkins we often use for lanterns aren’t often the tastiest. There is one variety commonly found in France called Potimarron. Here in the markets this time of year there are plenty winter squashes and pumpkins to buy but this little fella is really…
Food and Mood
With countries going back into lockdown and the general ongoing Covid situation, lots of us may be feeling a bit low, especially as the days are getting shorter and gloomier. There are lots of things that can affect how we are feeling and if we can do any small things to lift our mood then…
Batch cooking – Mexican style!
There is nothing quite like a bowl of chilli be it con carne or sin carne. A bowl of comfort right there. And who doesn’t like a shepherd’s style pie with plenty of mashed potato with a crispy crust. So why not have both in the week. Make a big pot of chilli – double…
It may not look great but so delicious!!
Just have to share this recipe with you – it isn’t you most good looking soup but don’t judge a book by its cover!! This is the perfect soup to use up stale crusty bread and blue cheese. I still have some wonderful Stilton from Christmas brought from the UK by friends and it was…
Let me introduce the humble Potimarron
This cute little squash is called Potimarron here in France. I really don’t know how easy it is to buy in the UK. We don’t really do pumpkin and squash in the UK. Except for Butternut squash and the tasteless orange pumkins that make good lanterns for Halloween. Here in the markets this time of…
It’s winter – time for lots of comfort food…
What is comfort food? I think we all have different criteria. For me it is food that I can eat with a fork or spoon, that is warming and filling, is easy to make but may take a while to cook filling the house with wonderful aromas and it usually has a connection to some…
Lynn Burns RNutr 
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