Bee
Welcome to Tales from a Well-Stocked Larder.Make yourself comfortable (maybe a nice cup of tea?), browse a bit and join the conversation on food: growing, cooking, preserving and trying to tread a bit more lightly on this world of ours.
Please do not copy or take images or content from this site without my permission. All content on this site is copyright unless otherwise specified.
I can be reached at: FoodBeeEmail@gmail.com
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Pear and Apple Jam
Last Sunday, I made my favourite jam: pear and apple. I’ve never quite understood why more people don’t preserve apples and pears as jams. It seems that they are reserved mostly for jellies or dehydrating or making apple sauce. So … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Make your own, Recipe
Tagged Cooking, Food, Fruit, Jam, Make your own, Preserving, Recipe, Winter
27 Comments
Other uses for alliums
The allium family would have to be one of my favourites, they add a lovely flavour to dishes and have the most beautiful flowers. You already know that I’m growing garlic for the first time. I also grow chives and … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Inspiration, Snapshot
Tagged Flowers, Food, Gardening, Garlic, Happiness, Inspiration, Vegetables
4 Comments
Healthier Toasted Muesli
I love eating muesli for breakfast (or granola when I’m visiting the US). The toasted stuff. Only problem is it’s laden with fat and sugar. So I came up with my own toned down version. By my reckoning it only … Continue reading
My Sunday afternoon production line
Don’t you just love the days when you have enough time to do some serious cooking? Last Sunday I was able to spend the whole afternoon in the kitchen. My (very enjoyable) production line pumped out (from left to right) … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Make your own, Snapshot, Uncategorized
Tagged Bread, Cooking, Food, Make your own, Yoghurt
3 Comments
Moving towards humane pig rearing
I’m an omnivore, but I try to only partake in the meat side of things when the animal has been raised and killed humanely. When it comes to pigs I’m particularly passionate about only eating pork that is fully free … Continue reading
More perfect train commuting
The next sock: And some more food related podcasts to keep me happy: Alternative Kitchen Garden and The Splendid Table. Both available through iTunes. * See my old rice bag to hold my knitting. Both a good “reuse” and keeping … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Gardening, Knitting, Snapshot
Tagged Environment, Food, Gardening, Inspiration, Knitting, Podcasts
Leave a comment
Lunch quest
Have you noticed a bit of a theme on my blog? That I seem slightly obsessed by all things breakfasty and brunchy? I have decided that blogging shows up your inner obsessions that you didn’t even realise you have. 🙂 … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health, Inspiration, Lunch
Tagged Environment, Food, Health, Inspiration, Lunch, Winter
Leave a comment
Form your own food co-op
I really like the idea of a private food co-op discussed in this article. Briefly, a group friends got together and formed a co-op to buy food from the market. This meant they could buy in bulk and so save … Continue reading
Hot honey and lemon drink
As a child, when I was sick my mother had a range of special treatments. My favourite was when we had a sore throat and Mum would make hot honey and lemon drink for us. Oh it was good! When … Continue reading
Feasting on culture
One of the things I love about cooking is that it’s a relatively easy way to experience a variety of different cultures. And what could be more at the heart of a culture than the food that people eat and … Continue reading
