Category Archives: in our kitchens

We had a great crop of Conference Pears this year at the Moons Green Smallholding. They don’t usually last as well as apples but miraculously a few survived and Ingrid produced this the other day. Serves 4 750 g firm … Continue reading →

We made this soup the other day from the stored vegetables, grown last season on our smallholding in Moons Green in Kent. The South East of England has the perfect climate for market gardening and it is just great to … Continue reading →

Serves 4 700 g pollack fillet 2 tbsp five- spice powder 1 tbsp flour 4 tbsp groundnut oil juice of 1 lime 2 tbsp Thai fish sauce 1/2 red chilli 1 clove garlic 1/2 tsp sugar 1 tbsp water 2 … Continue reading →

OK, we didn’t grow any of this on our Smallholding at Moons Green! But it is a great recipe and one that my friend Gillian is very keen to try out. Serves 12 250 g prunes without stones 100 ml … Continue reading →

Rainbow crisps We had surplus crops in our market garden at our Moons Green Smallholding in Kent this year. We researched and dug up this recipe. We did intend the crisps for John’s kids but somehow the bowl just disappeared, … Continue reading →

Well, I don’t quite remember whose idea it was, but we are in the process of building a wood-fired bread/pizza oven in the gardens. Certainly, as always at Moons Green, alcohol was involved…  and I seem to remember Doig and … Continue reading →