If you have followed this account for a while you’ll know I used to make a lot of dumplings - in fact last year I made 50 different types of dumplings. You can see them all in my highlights if you don’t believe me… Today I was a bit low so I made so… instagr.am/p/Cj3Nb7oD68b/

I’ve written many, many new recipes this summer for our Farm & Feast newsletters - we send a ‘Recipe of the Week’ specifically using the produce in that week’s box. This was one of my favourites and perfect for October produce - Roasted pumpkin & radic… instagr.am/p/CkDHtXkD-CQ/

We are making spooky and delicious plans for this weekend’s Samhain Supperclub - think roasted turnip with honey & sesame, a dreamy mushroom soup, meltingly soft chicken with walnuts & pomegranate and a warmly, spicy pumpkin and lentil curry. No to menti… instagr.am/p/CkIKIrLD3vA/

We’re just about to send out our next instalment of Seven-Acre Stories - a six weekly newsletter to coincide with the eight festivals of the Celtic wheel. This edition is celebrating the Celtic festival of Samhain 🎃 👻 🧙‍♀️ It is full of delicious, seas… instagr.am/p/CkNNKgzDcXc/

Samhain is almost upon us. The roots of our modern Halloween. A time to welcome in the dark half of the year, celebrate the end of the harvest season and all the people on these lands who have gone before us. It’s a ‘thin time’ when the barrier between… instagr.am/p/CkVSaEPDgFP/

Come work with us! We are looking for an enthusiastic cook/chef to join us in December to help deliver our Winter Solstice supper clubs. You’ll be working as part of a small team in our super friendly and fun kitchen to prepare food from scratch for o… instagr.am/p/CkjTwA5DIcZ/

This is me with my Dad when I was about two. I’ve been thinking about my Dad lots this year because when I turned 40 in January I became older than he was when he died aged 39. It’s a weird feeling to be older than a parent because it doesn’t feel like … instagr.am/p/Ckp6bgyD5W3/

We had a lovely write up in @farm_week this week - thank you Ian Harvey. Lovely words about our business and journey and made very beautiful by the gorgeous photos from @sharoncosgrovephotography & @johnny_frazer It’s made me reflect on the fact that w… instagr.am/p/ClBKHUGjlre/

Love a slaw, especially in a beautiful bowl and with all the sprinkles on top! The bowl is by the extremely talented @annadale_brick_works who makes beautifully-shaped bowls with mesmerising glazes. This is a great side with pulled pork or beef, burger… instagr.am/p/ClePcNjDA1e/

A few gorgeous photos of our Samhain Supper Club last month by the very clever @sharoncosgrovephotography Looking back at these is getting me super excited for our Winter Solstice supper clubs - which unbelievably start next Thursday! The space feels d… instagr.am/p/Clg9QGRDt1j/

Fungi and moss cakes - like a beautiful damp woodland floor. Lying on a mossy lawn is my happy place and I’m currently reading a book about fungi (Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake) so this seemed an appropriate choice for this week’s Yoga social with… instagr.am/p/ClovbQIjg93/

It’s December - actually time to start thinking about Christmas dinner! Our lovely friends over @wearemillysfarm have amazing free-range, high welfare bronze turkeys. The turkeys are a traditional bronze breed, so have a higher fat content which helps … instagr.am/p/Clt1TYYDzbS/

Our wonderful friend (and potter extrordinaire) @annadale_brick_works dropped off a wee early Christmas present - these two gorgeous serving platters - one with a matt yellow glaze and one with a shimmery cobalt blue glaze. We’ll be using them for our ro… instagr.am/p/CmKdb8wjtFz/

If you are panicking about postal strikes or still searching for a brilliant gift for someone who is a bit tricky to buy for then I may have an answer. Dumpling making evenings: Potstickers & Gyoza - Thursday 23rd & Friday 24th February Join us for a… instagr.am/p/CmLtc7djZgE/

Supper Club News: How is it a week until Christmas? I feel so disorganised this year. I’m hoping that when I take all the random things that I’ve stashed in the wardrobe over the year out on Christmas Eve I’ll have presents for everyone 😬 this is m… instagr.am/p/CmTqwyFDz6U/

Merry Winter Solstice 🌞 Wishing you all time for rest and renewal, love and connection, peace and warmth this festive season. And much hope as we, very slowly, turn back towards the light. This is a beautiful poem by Susan Cooper that I read ever… instagr.am/p/CmbFjE3o0MU/

We finished nine nights of our Winter Solstice supper clubs last night - our biggest supper club series by far. Here’s a few delicious highlights… 1. Claire Thompson making delicious flatbreads to welcome the guests - this is sprouts, sage & pomegranate… instagr.am/p/CmhIfaxogre/

How is everyone’s January going? I am having a slow start this year. Embracing more rest and more sleep and more darkness after a very busy year in 2022. Despite embracing and celebrating the dark, yesterday I felt the need to eat lemons 🍋 so I m… instagr.am/p/CnE_dmrItLd/

A lot of soup making and soup eating happening here this January - this is a nourishing white bean and kale soup for today’s staff lunch. The haricot beans are cooked with lots of aromatics - thyme, garlic, celery, leeks and onions - and the cooking wa… instagr.am/p/CnPeBy0DY86/

I was recently interviewed by Well+Good about how to use, gather, preserve and eat edible flowers. I cover a few of my favourite edible flowers and how to use them in the kitchen, as well as tips on sourcing, growing and gathering. To read the arti… instagr.am/p/Cn9WDIzo1T8/