30 Things To Make With Rhubarb

30 Things to Make With Rhubarb

For many of us, spring has thoroughly lept out of it’s winter hiding spot with a loud bang. As I sit here, my nose is red and sore from the day spent out on the allotment in the sun. As the weather has been simply beautiful the last few days, more and more people are venturing back onto the allotments, or out into the garden and one of the biggest food related questions on my time lines at the moment is this: Aside from crumble what can I make with rhubarb?. 30 Things to Make With Rhubarb

I spent a bit of time perusing the wonderful world of Pinterest, and came up with these 30 recipes, giving everyone at least something you should have the skill, ability or taste buds for.

Rhubarb Desserts

Crisps and Crumbles

Frozen Rhubarb

Rhubarb Sweets

Rhubarb Drinks

Preserved Rhubarb

 

 

 

A Butter Shaking, Bread Making, Photo Taking Day At River Cottage

Last week I had the opportunity to tick off one of those ‘bucket list’ items that I’ve had on my to do list for about 4 years, but never really been in a position to justify – added to which I’ve been pregnant or in possession of a very small baby for much of that time. Excuses aside, last week, I went off to River Cottage!

Arranged by Foodies100, we arrived at River Cottage in the morning, parked up and were ferried down, down, down a bumpy road by tractor – you really do feel like you’re leaving the world behind!

On arrival, however, there’s no luxury spared – we were welcomed in a warm yurt with a log fire going, hay bales spread around for sitting on, and the smell of coffee in the air. We were told about the day ahead, what we could expect and where we were going.

I have seen some fantastic posts from other food bloggers who attended, and I must say I am slightly intimidated by their beautiful photos of the day – just look at Victoria from Vevivos, or Melanie from Le Coin de Mel as two fantastic examples. None the less, food bloggers must post food photos, so here’s breakfast! River Cottage Breakfast

The first session of the day for me was baking – one of my favourite things to do, so a fine start for me! I often make butter, and with my Thermomix it’s normally about 3 minutes start to finish, but I took on the challenge as set by chef Gill Meller, to whisk it by hand. I did it, and think I was one of the first to have butter on the plate, but would I be exaggerating if I said my arms still hurt?

It was amazing having a workbench with loads of space, and fresh herbs within arms reach – so I turned my butter into a salted thyme butter, which was delicious with BBQ’d sweetcorn over the weekend.

We also made a soda bread – I usually use this recipe, which is a River Cottage one anyway – but Gill’s bread contained spelt flour and oats, and I’ll definitely share it once I’ve had a chance to make a new bread (the one we made that day served as my dinner on the drive home!)River Cottage Fruit Soda Bread

Our second session for the day was food photography, something I’ve never been amazing at, but following which I realise I have more to learn than I previously thought! Well, one day at a time and all that, but there’s definitely going to have to be some changes in my (blogging) future. River Cottage Food BloggersLucy from Capture by Lucy has a beautiful Instagram feed, where you can see some of her work. We all had to pick a few props to take a photo during the session, and I wasn’t overly confident in mine till other people came over and started taking pictures of it too – amazing what a confidence boost other people can be!River Cottage Food StylingAs you’d expect from River Cottage, we had an incredible lunch consisting of Ravioli with 5-week matured beef from the farm, slow cooked for a ridiculous number of hours. It was rich in flavour, and as delicious as the vegetable base in tomato sauce – and that coming from someone who doesn’t really like tomatoes is high praise.

Dessert was a taste experience – I make meringues often enough, but these were fennel meringues! A whole new level of delicious flavour. Accompanying that was an ice cream that has led me to decide that I need to buy an ice cream maker. I tend to do the old fashioned: get it out and stir it every so often when I make icecream – like my brandy butter ice cream – but now I’m determined to buy a machine because the difference is irrefutable – such a soft, silky delicious ice cream. This one was coffee and salted caramel flavour too. Just indescribable.

Our final session for the afternoon was a walk around River Cottage Farm. Our guide, head gardener Will Livingstone was incredibly impressive with his knowledge of the farm, and the plants on it. He even managed to answer questions about the plants in our own gardens back home. I had serious green finger envy during that session.River Cottage - Head Gardener WillAnd with that our #Blogcamprivercottage day was over, and we made our way back up, up, up to the car park and to reality.River Cottage

If you ever find yourself in the position to get to River Cottage for a baking course, cooking course or even a Christmas decorating course, do it – you’ll feel like Mary Poppins, dropping into a painting, and who wouldn’t love that? 

Sponsored Video : Kellogg’s Breakfast For Better Days Campaign

Full breakfast, lazy breakfast, continental breakfast, slice of toast? One thing each of these has in common is that they are eaten in the morning, normally, and can set you up for the day ahead. We have all been told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and however we choose to fill our tummies, after hours of sleep, we know that it’s important.

And yet, 1 in 7 children in the UK miss out on the meal entirely. Whether through parental neglect or simply lack of money, 2.4 children in every class in England and Wales lose an hour of decent learning time a day due to hunger. Every parent knows that a hungry child is a grumpy child, and you don’t have to be a genius to know that a rumbly tummy doesn’t make for a good learning environment as concentration is lower when your blood sugar is lower.

While the definition of healthy varies from person to person, I love the fact that they are trying to reach out to those children who need it with their “Breakfast for Better Days” campaign, making sure they are getting ‘something’. Basically, when you buy a box of cereal, you’re giving a bowl to a child who may otherwise have gone without.

New research from Kellogg’s and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found that people in the UK are spending more on food, but eating less, with the average food bill set to increase by £357 by the end of 2017. To those of us already struggling to feed our families healthy meals on already stretched budgets, this will come as no surprise.

If you’re wondering how Kellogg’s will be giving out these meals, 15 million of the breakfasts and snacks will be distributed in the UK in the form of grants to school breakfast clubs, breakfast programmes and food donations to food banks such as those run by the Trussell Trust.

Click on the video below for more information.


This post has been sponsored by Kellogg’s, but all thoughts are my own

Weeding out Wheat Giveaway And Sale

Are you preparing to change your health for the better in 2014? Let us help! One change you can make in your life that could result in significant health benefits is going wheat-free. The book Weeding out Wheat is now available and we are celebrating with a BIG GIVEAWAY and SALE!

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Making Vegetables Vol. 1 Book and the Making Vegetables Seed Kit $120 value

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Premier Organics, headquartered in Oakland, California and the makers of Artisana organic foods, was founded in 2002. With devotion to sustainable living and our community, we support the organic and living foods movement, the Earth and her forests. We try to buy our ingredients as close to the farmer as possible. In many cases we are able to buy straight from the organic farmers. It’s a choice. It’s how we operate. It’s how we live our lives.

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Facebook Party: January, 6 2014

Join us on Monday, January 6th for a Facebook party and more chances to win prizes! We’ll be talking about the health changes you may see from taking wheat out of your diet as well as the challenges this may present. Be sure to follow Whole New Mom on facebook and join us for conversation and prizes from 7:30pm – 9:00pm.

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Clean Water Propur Bundle: Water Filtration Pitcher, Shower Head, and Sports Bottle $179.95 Value

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Learn about the amazing health benefits of Essential Oils through the doTERRA Introductory Kit. There are over 101 uses for these three oils and Lindsay @ Crunchy Savings to happy to help you learn about the health properties of Essential Oils.

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