Work To Live

I have this thing in my life. It's called a Sam. I think other versions are available, but I've got the original version and it's most certainly the best. The reason I say this is because one of the multitude of the things my Sam does is to hunt out small UK breweries. She would have done this anyway, for sure, but the whole Covid-19 gubbins that is still going on makes us both want to hunt out microbreweries that are probably more reliant on internet sales from new customers. One such find was Firebrand Brewing Company . She forwarded me a link and I was immediately interested. Discarding the couple of lagers and the stout on offer, this was a brewery with a massive US IPA focus and I couldn't wait to get an order in. A couple of their beers were out of stock, but I still managed to bag Patchwork Rocket, Citra Simcoe, Simcoe Mosaic, Thundercloud and the West Coast Session IPA. Cornish breweries conjour up images of traditional Cornish ales and English IPAs, and of cour...

One of my favourite veggies to grow in the garden is kale but we often end up with so much left overs,  we struggle to know what to do with it. After an afternoon of frantic searching, I came across the idea of making Kale Pesto. It follows a similar recipe to normal pesto but also includes kale and lots of it!  It ended up being really easy to make, tasted great with pasta and was freezable so we could enjoy our kale later on in the year when the garden wasn't being so generous.  Here is the recipe we used: 100g Kale  100g Nuts (we used walnuts but I think you could use any nuts)  100g Grated Parmesan Cheese 4 Cloves of Garlic  Olive Oil  Lemon Juice  Salt and Pepper Put everything in a food processor and combine to a paste. Add olive oil and lemon juice until you get the right consistency and taste. Season with salt and pepper.  We mixed the pesto with some pasta and ham hock and served with a little more grated Parmesan.  This recipe ...