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A lesson in making pizzas

25 November, 2012 by Stonehead 3 Comments

The Big Lad brought a pizza home from school last Monday. He’d made it in Home Economics, but wasn’t happy with it as the students weren’t allowed to make “proper pizza” due to time, budget and health and safety constraints. The school pizza wasn’t made with leavened dough, the dough wasn’t worked long enough, the […]

Food

Cheese, cooking, Dough, Food, Home Economics, Olive oil, onion pizza, pizza, tomato

A cockerel demands to know what "those creatures" are on the other side of the fence.

What to eat?

31 July, 2012 by Stonehead 1 Comment

I’m on my own for a week as the Other Half and the boys are off on holiday. They get sun, sand and grandparents, I get a double-dose of chores as I try to get a large section of the house redecorated while also managing the livestock. With everyone gone, I can indulge my whims […]

Food, Poultry

Chicken, cook, cooking, Food, Olive, Olive oil, Pasta, postaweek2012, tomato, Tomato paste

The Wee 'Un moves in on a chocolate-banana smoothie.

Stonehead smoothies

24 June, 2012 by Stonehead 10 Comments

The Stonehead boys are extremely active, doing a weekly round that mixes circuit training, rugby drills, swimming, mountain biking and running with crofting chores and all the other things that active youngsters get up to. The downside is they’re voracious eaters who need to be fed well and often to meet the needs of growing […]

Drinks, Recipes

Bananas, berries, Blender, cooking, drink, Food, milk, postaweek2012, Recipes, smoothie, yoghurt

Pizza? Coming right up!

18 April, 2012 by Stonehead 20 Comments

The Big Lad was off school today with a headache and fever. While he was lying on the sofa this morning, curled up with his book, he started musing to himself about his favourite foods. He wasn’t aware I was listening, even though I was close by repairing a door frame. When he mentioned “pizza“, […]

Food, Recipes

anchovies, chillies, cooking, Food, olives, peppers, pizza, postaweek2011

A plate of pasta with slices of fennel sausage, topped with a tomato and olive sauce.

Pasta with tomatoes, garlic and sausage

17 January, 2012 by Stonehead 5 Comments

Tonight, we had pasta with tomatoes, olives and fennel sausages for tea. The fennel sausages, made yesterday, were poached for 25 minutes, then skinned and sliced. The sauce was made with a diced onion, minced garlic, pasata, a tub of garlic olives we found on special in the supermarket, dried basil and minced parsely. Simple […]

Pasta

cooking, Food, olives, Pasta, postaweek2012, Sausage, tomato

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