This weekend is bank holiday weekend in the UK. A three day weekend! Wayhay!!! What are you up to? I’m camping in the beautiful British countryside and swimming in the sea (whatever the weather). 🙂 Last weekend we had an unexpected treat when we went to visit friends and we sailed over to the the […]
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Easy, Home-Made Summer Fruit Cordial
Summer Fruit Cordial is a wonderful cordial that makes use of the glut of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blackcurrants , redcurrants and more you can collect from hedgerows or PYO farms in August. Summer Fruits are an addictive mixture of sweet and tart. Homemade Summer Fruit Cordial is wonderful as a drink (with or without Prosecco). […]
Amazingly Good Gluten-Free, Vegan Strawberry and Raspberry Eaton Mess
This Strawberry and Raspberry Eaton (not Eton, that is too posh!) Mess is my desert island dessert. Ripe, sweet, plump strawberries, tart raspberries with crispy, light ‘meringue’ all pulled together under a duvet of vegan cream. What is not to like. Who knew that one day we would work out how to make vegan meringue? […]
New FriFran recipes and news! 20 August 2017
Last weekend I had a wonderful birthday with my family and friends. It was super special to me and… We we were able to sit outside, in the sun, on a completed patio! Hurrah!!! I will share pics. I haven’t had the chance to take any photos yet but plan to post some on Instagram next […]
Summer Vegetable Paella
Summer Vegetable Paella is summer-holidays on a plate. A lazy summers day finished off with a wonderful dish of seasonal vegetable paella is heavenly. It has everything you want – in one dish. So great for washing up! Summer Vegetable Paella is easy to make and takes less than 40 minutes (including standing time). You […]
Cucumber, Seaweed and Carrot Salad
Cucumber, Seaweed and Carrot Salad is a great way to serve cucumber and carrots – two great kitchen staples but sometimes you forget how good they can be and how versatile they can be. Seaweed is much underused – it tastes great and is rich in B vitamins and minerals – particularly riboflavin, folate, calcium, […]
New FriFran recipes and news! 13 August 2017
It’s my birthday!!! I am having a lovely day with my family and friends and… We finally finished our patio yesterday! Hurrah!!! I will share pics next week. I am very happy with it but it was super hard work laying it brick-by-brick. So happy to have the patio done the day before my birthday. […]
Super Easy Grilled Summer Fruits
The beauty of Grilled Summer Fruits is that you can use whatever is in-season, available, free from friends trees. You start with succulent, ripe fruit and make it even better than it is raw. I love this recipe because I sometimes struggle with fruit. It does not always agree with me but cooking it – […]