A sweeter treat for this recipe card! I used a punnet of fresh raspberries but page four of the step by step has other suggestions that you could try. I didn't flour the fruit as cupcakes are small, but for a larger cake you ...
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Step by Step: Pasta Sauce
This is a great sauce to make to hide extra vegetables in dinner. You can leave it chunky or blend it smooth. Adding chickpeas or kidney beans increases the protein content. You could also put in some dried lentils. This ...
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Step By Step Recipe Cards
Here at TCV Birmingham we teach people how to grow food at our Green Gym sites across Birmingham. We also host Eating Well for Less cookery classes. These focus on one meal at a time, and at these we also share information ...
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This Week: Autumn Seed Sowing
You might think that spring and summer are the only times of year to sow new seed to grow food, but autumn and winter are also great times to start crops off! There are some varieties of food that need starting now and will ...
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This Week: Soft Fruits
Soft fruits are perfect for planting during the late autumn and winter months so that they are ready to get growing in spring! Maybe start your Christmas shopping early and treat yourself to some new plants?
What Are Soft ...
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This Week: Growing Herbs
These articles were written pre-lockdown, but you can still buy fresh herb plants in the shops or online.
What Are Herbs?
Herbs are plants that secrete smells which are actually there to deter predators, but ...
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This Week: Edible Flowers
Lots of people grow fruit, veggies and herbs but a lot of people don’t realise that some decorative flowers are also edible! They look great in the garden, they attract wildlife (bees, butterflies, hoverflies, pollinating ...
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This week: Growing Po-tay-toes!
What Are Potatoes?
Great. They are just great.
Potatoes are a root crop, known as tubers. They are swellings of roots, and one seed potato can produce ten more. Potatoes are most commonly grown from seed potatoes, which ...
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This Week: Growing Brassicas
What Are Brassicas?
Brassicas include food such as cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts, turnip, swede, kohl rabi, cabbage, kale, and pak choi.
Turnip and swede were covered in the previous post, Root Crops – click here to ...
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This week: Growing Peas and Beans
What Are Peas and Beans?
Peas and beans are part of the legume family. They are great fun to grow, especially if you buy the different coloured varieties. This year I am growing green, purple and yellow French beans, red ...
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