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River Cottage Rocks! #6: Bread

Posted on September 20, 2012 by | 3 Comments

I am pleased to announce that the next theme for River Cottage Rocks! is bread. You can make any bread or bread related item you like as long as it is a Hugh FW or River Cottage recipe. Don’t forget to tell your friends about the challenge and please join us in our Facebook group or follow the action on Twitter or Google + using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks! The closing date is Monday 22nd October.   Happy Baking everyone! :-)

Rules:

  1. You cook any recipe you like related to the theme from any River Cottage book, TV programme or from Hugh’s weekly column in the Guardian.
  2. You must not copy the recipes word for word onto your blog posts. Quite a few of the recipes are already online so please link to them if they exist or put the book and the page number on your blog post so other people can find the recipe.
  3. If you make a couple or more adaptations to the recipe then please put the new version of the recipe on your blog if you want to, but always link to the original recipe in the same way as described in 2.
  4. You can submit the recipe to other blogging challenges as long as the other challenge allows it. 
  5. Please link to the post announcing this month’s theme in your blog post or to the ‘River Cottage Rocks’ page on this blog if someone else is hosting the challenge.
  6. If you are on Twitter, please tweet about your post using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks and include @Jos_Kitchen in the tweet. I will retweet any that I see.
  7. Please email a picture and a link to your post to joskitchen@hotmail.co.uk by the closing date to have your post included in the monthly round up. 
  8. Please add your posts to the River Cottage Rocks group on Facebook too and we can get a bit of community spirit going.

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River Cottage Rocks! #5: Summer Time – My Entry

Posted on September 6, 2012 by | 1 Comment

Here is my entry to this month’s River Cottage Rocks! And the theme this month is Summer Time! There is still time to get your entries in as the closing date is Monday 10th September.

For my entry, I have made pesto pasta however as I do not like nuts, I followed Hugh FW’s recipe for pesto made with breadcrumbs. You can find the recipe here. I used parsley and coriander but you could use whatever you left in the fridge. It made the perfect easy summer dish and one I am sure I will make again

 

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River Cottage Rocks! #3: Veggie Heaven

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | 8 Comments

The theme for River Cottage Rocks #3 is simply called ‘Veggie Heaven!’. You can make whatever you want with this spring’s best produce. The only rule is that vegetables must be the main part of the dish. You can have meat etc as part of the dish but it must be secondary to the vegetables. The closing date for this challenge is Monday 14th May 2012.

  1. You cook any recipe you like related to the theme from any River Cottage book, TV programme or from Hugh’s weekly column in the Guardian.
  2. You must not copy the recipes word for word onto your blog posts. Quite a few of the recipes are already online so please link to them if they exist or put the book and the page number on your blog post so other people can find the recipe.
  3. If you make a couple or more adaptations to the recipe then please put the new version of the recipe on your blog if you want to, but always link to the original recipe in the same way as described in 2.
  4. You can submit the recipe to other blogging challenges as long as the other challenge allows it. 
  5. Please link to the post announcing this month’s theme in your blog post or to the ‘River Cottage Rocks’ page on this blog if someone else is hosting the challenge.
  6. If you are on Twitter, please tweet about your post using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks and include @Jos_Kitchen in the tweet. I will retweet any that I see.
  7. Please email a picture and a link to your post to joskitchen@hotmail.co.uk by the closing date to have your post included in the monthly round up. 
  8. Please add your posts to the River Cottage Rocks group on Facebook too and we can get a bit of community spirit going.

I am looking for someone to host the next challenge on their blog so if you are interested please let me know :-)

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River Cottage Rocks! #2: Sunday Lunch The Round Up

Posted on April 13, 2012 by | 2 Comments

Thanks to everyone who took part in this challenge and massive apologies for the delay in getting this post up. Here is what everyone created:

Farmersgirl Kitchen

No Love Sincerer

Veghotpot

Me

I am also linking to Charlotte’s Kitchen Diary who I know has done an entry but not had chance to blog it yet :-)

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River Cottage Rocks #2: Sunday Lunch

Posted on February 22, 2012 by | 4 Comments

Thanks again to everyone who took part in River Cottage Rocks #1! Your dishes looked amazing. I cannot wait to see what you come up with now. The second theme is ‘Sunday Lunch’. This could be a joint of meat with vegetables, a slow cook meal or anything else you fancy, as long as you can take it easy, relax and enjoy a leisurely Sunday potting away in the kitchen.

Here is a reminder of the rules:

  1. You cook any recipe you like related to the theme from any River Cottage book, TV programme or from Hugh’s weekly column in the Guardian.
  2. You must not copy the recipes word for word onto your blog posts. Quite a few of the recipes are already online so please link to them if they exist or put the book and the page number on your blog post so other people can find the recipe.
  3. If you make a couple or more adaptations to the recipe then please put the new version of the recipe on your blog if you want to, but always link to the original recipe in the same way as described in 2.
  4. You can submit the recipe to other blogging challenges as long as the other challenge allows it. 
  5. Please link to the post announcing this month’s theme in your blog post or to the ‘River Cottage Rocks’ page on this blog if someone else is hosting the challenge.
  6. If you are on Twitter, please tweet about your post using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks and include @Jos_Kitchen in the tweet. I will retweet any that I see.
  7. Please email a picture and a link to your post to joskitchen@hotmail.co.uk by the closing date to have your post included in the monthly round up. 
  8. Please add your posts to the River Cottage Rocks group on Facebook too and we can get a bit of community spirit going.

You have until Monday 19th March to submit your recipes to this month’s challenge.

Happy Cooking! :-)

PS: Don’t forget to come and say hello in the Facebook group if you take part!

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River Cottage Rocks #1: Everyday Easy – The Round Up

Posted on February 21, 2012 by | 5 Comments

Here is the first round up of River Cottage Rocks! Thanks to everyone who took part. It is greatly appreciated. The second challenge will be announced tomorrow. :-)

No Love Sincerer

Fabulicious Food

VegHotPot

Farmersgirl Kitchen

Charlotte’s Kitchen Diary

Searching For Spice

Velvet Barnacle

Me

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River Cottage Rocks #1: Everyday Easy – My Entry

Posted on February 10, 2012 by | 5 Comments

I am sure you have all heard about the devastating events that have taken place at River Cottage HQ. My thoughts are with Hugh and the rest of the River Cottage family. I hope you get everything sorted and are back to normal soon :-)

You may remember that a few weeks ago, I introduced you to my new monthly blogging challenge called River Cottage Rocks! The first theme was ‘everyday easy’. The take up has not been as much as I had hoped so I have extended the deadline for entries until Sunday 19th February. I do hope that lots of you will take part and show how much River Cottage means to us especially at this sad time for them. A reminder of the rules is below. Meanwhile, I shall tell you about my entry for the challenge.

As a busy mom, I am always on the lookout for a quick sweet treat to get through the day and these 10 minute chocolate cookies are ideal. 10 minutes to make and 10 minutes to cook. The recipe is on page number 393 in ‘River Cottage Everyday and is in the ‘River Cottage Family Cookbook‘ somewhere too. I love these cookies. I love how quick they are to make and how tasty they are. You can not just have only one. I adapted the recipe slightly by using milk chocolate chips and I made them using Tate & Lyle ‘Light at Heart’ sugar. The sugar is excellent and did not taste any different to normal sugar. You hardly knew that the cookies were actually good for you! The recipe seems very reliable and it is one I will be making regularly from now on. You can find the recipe online here.

Many thanks to those who have taken part so far. I look forward to seeing some more River Cottage recipes cooked or adapted soon. Go on, grab the badge above and lets gets cooking! :-)

The Rules

  1. You cook any recipe you like related to the theme from any River Cottage book, TV programme or from Hugh’s weekly column in the Guardian.
  2. You must not copy the recipes word for word onto your blog posts. Quite a few of the recipes are already online so please link to them if they exist or put the book and the page number on your blog post so other people can find the recipe.
  3. If you make a couple or more adaptations to the recipe then please put the new version of the recipe on your blog if you want to, but always link to the original recipe in the same way as described in 2.
  4. You can submit the recipe to other blogging challenges as long as the other challenge allows it. 
  5. Please link to the post announcing this month’s theme in your blog post or to the ‘River Cottage Rocks’ page on this blog if someone else is hosting the challenge.
  6. If you are on Twitter, please tweet about your post using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks and include @Jos_Kitchen in the tweet. I will retweet any that I see.
  7. Please email a picture and a link to your post to joskitchen@hotmail.co.uk by the closing date to have your post included in the monthly round up. 
  8. Please add your posts to the River Cottage Rocks group on Facebook too and we can get a bit of community spirit going.

 

 

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River Cottage Rocks!

Posted on January 12, 2012 by | 19 Comments

I have been a fan of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and River Cottage since I was at university. To avoid university work, I used to watch repeats of the very early series wishing that one day, that kind of life would be my own.  Now, as I have not won the lottery yet and it does not look like it is coming anytime soon, I have decided to set up a monthly blogging challenge that everyone can take part in and hopefully, bring us a little bit closer to living a lovely life in rural Dorset.

I have decided to call this challenge ‘River Cottage Rocks’. All you have to do is blog a River Cottage recipe on a chosen theme for that month, tweet your post if you are on Twitter using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks and send me a picture and a link to your post in an email. Its that simple! I am hoping to do prizes for the best recipe soon but have not got anything sorted for this month. The theme for this month is ‘everyday easy’ which is means you can cook any River Cottage recipe you like as long as it is simple, easy and suitable for midweek cooking. The closing date for this month’s challenge is Sunday 12th February. I will announce February’s theme before this one closes as I have put this post out a bit later than I intended.

I have included a few rules below to make sure it is fair for everyone.

  1. You cook any recipe you like related to the theme from any River Cottage book, TV programme or from Hugh’s weekly column in the Guardian.
  2. You must not copy the recipes word for word onto your blog posts. Quite a few of the recipes are already online so please link to them if they exist or put the book and the page number on your blog post so other people can find the recipe.
  3. If you make a couple or more adaptations to the recipe then please put the new version of the recipe on your blog if you want to, but always link to the original recipe in the same way as described in 2.
  4. You can submit the recipe to other blogging challenges as long as the other challenge allows it. 
  5. Please link to the post announcing this month’s theme in your blog post or to the ‘River Cottage Rocks’ page on this blog if someone else is hosting the challenge.
  6. If you are on Twitter, please tweet about your post using the hashtag #rivercottagerocks and include @Jos_Kitchen in the tweet. I will retweet any that I see.
  7. Please email a picture and a link to your post to joskitchen@hotmail.co.uk by the closing date to have your post included in the monthly round up. 
  8. Please add your posts to the River Cottage Rocks group on Facebook too and we can get a bit of community spirit going. 

Above all, I hope you all have fun with this challenge. I can’t wait to see what you create.

Happy Cooking! :-)

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