Calendar competition: February’s challenge

January’s challenge is out of the way and the recipes are now waiting for your votes. We’re keeping the challenge seasonal, but also want to see some of your delicious hot desserts to keep us warm during this cold month.

Think leeks, cauliflower, Jerusalem artichokes, kale, cabbage, parsnips, mussels, oysters, Guinea fowl and venison. Anything goes for the desserts, but there will be extra points for using rhubarb or Seville oranges.

Get your thinking caps on and create a recipe using one or more of the above ingredients. Send it in and you could win February’s challenge. Good luck!

See this page for the all the details of the competition.

New blog launched!

As you know, here on FFFY we like to concentrate on recipes and mix in the occasional review, competition or piece of foody news. At the same time we’d like to make it a little more personal, without disturbing all those lovely recipes on the front page.

So, from now onwards there will be a Blog area which will be regularly updated by Matt, with occasional input from the “blogging addict” Carla!

It’ll be a lighthearted place where you can keep up to date with all the foody things we’re up to. It’ll be a place for you to get to know us a little better, and hopefully a place where we can get to know you better. I’ll be keeping you updated with where the site is headed and any ideas we have for future features – I’d also like to hear your feedback.

The first post is already waiting for you, so hit the blog menu at the top of the page or click this link!

Supper for a song

Supper for a song
By Tamasin Day Lewis

Last year was the year of tight purse strings and cutting back.

Many people busk in a new-found love for eating in and cooking. Whether we physically have to or are now capable of appreciating such simple pleasures the fact is that we do want to take advantage of all the food that is available to us and make the most of it.

Of course, if you are like me you will end up cooking far too much and buying spices, herbs and whatnot in bulk to “save” which means supplies are left dozing in the cupboard after they’ve been used the one time, so I feel that, as well as giving some delicious recipes in her latest effort, Day Lewis inspires her readers to be a little bit more daring, experiment with what they have at hand and spruce it up with a few extras for a fantastic brand-new dish.

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Kick back with cake this weekend

Amy's Handa Island banana cake

The weekend is a time to relax and recuperate from a hectic week at work. If you’re anything like me then it’s also a perfect opportunity to do some serious home cooking. Last week I shared our top egg recipes in Enjoy eating eggs this weekend. This week I’d like to share our most brilliant cake recipes.

As you’ll see from the list below, our cakes come in many different variations, but they’re all equally as good to make on a lazy Sunday, then kick back and enjoy.

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Calendar Competition – time to vote on January’s entries!

It’s time to test your voting skills, as January’s Calendar Competition entries are now in! We’ve been really pleased with the response to this competition, but think you’re holding out on us! We’ll be setting you a challenge for February in the next few days, so there’s still plenty of opportunities to get one of your recipes on the calendar.

In January the challenge we set you was to create a recipe using one or more of the following:

Blood oranges, kale, pears, Seville oranges, apples, beetroot, clementines, leeks, cauliflower, celeriac, game (partridge, guinea fowl, venison…), Jerusalem artichoke, Hake, Halibut, pomegranate, lemon sole, clams, mussels, shallots, walnuts and kiwi fruits.

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