Stuffed Butternut Squash – Kick Autumn Meal

This was a recipe to use up leftover mushrooms , but it could be stuffed with anything really

Stuffed Butternut Squash with Wild Mushrooms

1 butternut squash
stilton to sprinkle over

For the stuffing

Mix of wild mushrooms – funnel caps , clouded agaric ,blewitts hedgehog (Hedghog) fungus)
you could also add bacon or pancetta if you cannot cope without [...]

Blewits – Pie, Soup & Salad

Blewitts are just that “Its …. that are um blue….” in the case of the wood blewitts the underside the gills give off a beautiful lilac hue

For the field Blewitts their stems are stained with what looks like blue biro, so they are sometimes called Blue Leg

Gathered together their similarity is pretty [...]

Risky Eating – Clouded Agaric

…… Clouded Agaric ( clitocybe nebularis) causes allergic reactions in some people but the tonnes growing in the woods this autumn and on the advice of the guy running my fungi class meant that I decided to take a chance. This week ate a small amount and having no reaction after 24hours cooked up [...]

Autumn is here

The autumn colour change has been delayed by unusually warm weather but it seems to be here

This Sunday in the woods the beech leaves had turned yellow and were floating down the forest it looked like an amazing cathedral as the stress flowed out my body walking through the woods kicking leaves and picking [...]

Spaghetti and the Archers

Ran home from evening class to hit listen again and snuggled down with Peppermint Tea ….. screamed at the radio for 15 minutes… but Ruth did not sleep with Sam ( phew I can breathe out again ..) …vaguely considered calling my mum but it was like 10.30pm … even considered the Messageboards [...]

A rant against forgetting lunch – Ratatouille Soup & Salad

against horrible sandwiches from the shops ( even the gourmet ones seems to taste of nothing …how do they do that… they always taste “cold” ) . So its nice being home a lunchtime and making my own food

So in the flat there is currently a big pot of ratatouille on [...]

Mushroom and Chestnut Tart

Wild Mushroom and Chestnut Tart
The mushrooms asre funnel caps and wood mushrooms sliced and mixed with roasted chestnuts . Laid on rolled puff pastry , drizzled over with egg and a little milk and baked at 220deg for 20 minuntes.
Its terrifying when you suddenly realise how like one of your parents you might become…………..
I have [...]

Death of a Pumpkin

Roasted Pumpkin Wedges

Firstly when carving your pumpkin do not throw away the seeds , clean off the pulp and save the eeds
Once you are done with your pumpkin
cut it into slices and place on baking tray
sprinkle over the pumpkin seeds , drizzle with oil, chopped dried chillis, cumin& rock salt and roast for [...]