Our Kitchen

Let's get straight to the point, if ever there was a time to celebrate relationships, now is it! Valentine's Day provides the perfect excuse to shut the rest of the world out and share some quality time. Put the children to bed, turn off your phones, clear your minds of the daily to do list and relax. If you've followed our guide to creating the perfect evening beforehand then you will have a lot to look forward to...

The humble potato. A root vegetable, native to the Americas but grown all over the world, especially throughout the UK and Europe. If it is comfort food you are looking for, generally speaking a potato can be found in the recipe somewhere or somehow because they are simply soft, hearty, and filling.

This is a fabulous recipe to have a go at this weekend with your children. A simple, quick and easy to do bake that is well, quite simply, delicious! Chocolate Chip Muffins...

With five sons, there have been many challenges over the years getting them all to eat their greens, be healthy and enjoy food. And I am sure it won't come as a surprise to you to know that getting children to help in the kitchen is a brilliant first step to...

Afternoon tea, that most quintessential of English traditions is actually a relatively new tradition, surprisingly. Anna, the seventh duchess of Bedford, introduced Afternoon Tea in England in the year 1840. The Duchess would get hungry in the afternoon at around four. The evening meal was served fashionably late at 8pm in her home, thereby leaving a long gap between lunch and dinner. 

In the words of the legendary Nigella Lawson, this is more of a framework than a recipe and, definitely one you should try if brussels are not normally a veg that graces your plate! So many people say they don't like brussel sprouts, basing that opinion on soggy, mushy, marble sized, blobs of green. I can see where they're coming from if that is their only experience of the winter vegetable. But let me tell you, sprouts, treated properly can be so much better than that...

Meet Jane Rose-Land, a fully qualified Nutritionist (BSc Nutritional Medicine, BANT, CNHC reg.) based in Shouldham, Norfolk at her own Orchard Clinic. Why are we introducing you to Jane? Well, other than the fact she is an amazing lady(!), Jane kindly writes an article for our Sweet Things VIP Club monthly e-zine and we know just what long term magic she works for her clients from first hand experience and so, we thought we would share all the good things Jane can help her clients to achieve - not through magic, but the application of Functional Medicine.

2020 has been a pivotal year for us; one with its lows but definitely its highs too. We've been really lucky with all that has happened and our health. This is the year we have started to make the old pub our home but our business too, we've settled into the community, had some fun and begun expanding Sweet Things Savoury with new services and new ventures. 

For our family, the traditional roast has to be a turkey. I think you cannot beat a whole turkey that has been brined to tenderise the meat and add bags of flavour (through osmosis if you can remember your school science classes!), and then basted to perfection. But once that beautiful bird has graced the Christmas Day table, what do you do with the leftovers?