https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrN0hbEb9rg Hello, I’m Dr Rachel Moss, lecturer in medieval history at the University of Northampton. I’m also an enthusiastic cook, and today I’m bringing together my love of history and food with a little lesson in baking medieval biscuits of happiness. The recipe for these biscuits comes from Hildegard von Bingen. You might not have... Continue Reading →
Our second year student Ursula Watkins returns with another great family-friendly recipe you can try! Lockdown may be easing with some of us lucky enough to be able to send some of our children back to school. My eldest a year six went back on Tuesday and came home buzzing as he got to see his... Continue Reading →
We've been posting lockdown recipes here on the blog over the past few weeks, because staying nourished during this stressful time is important. Plus cooking is fun and can be stress-relieving! We've had some great recipes here already from students and staff, but today we have a special treat - a prizewinning recipe from our... Continue Reading →
This recipe is pretty easy and pretty healthy but also quite delicious! If you are missing your KFC or Nandos this might be a good way to pretend we're all out of lockdown. For this you will need: A large frying pan, a meat tenderiser or rolling pin, some cling film, a spatula/cooking turner, and... Continue Reading →
I don’t do many puddings but one I can make is a crumble. The great thing about a crumble is you can use whatever fruit is available, and mix it up to suit your taste (or the contents of your fridge or fruit bowl). Apples (eating or cooking ones), plums, pears, gooseberries, and rhubarb –... Continue Reading →
Ursula Watkins has supplied another recipe, following on form her delicious Tiramisu. Hopefully these ingredients can be found too! Ingredients serves 4 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 garlic clove peeled and sliced you can add more if you like garlic 1 onion peeled and sliced 1 pepper any colour of your choice sliced and deseeded... Continue Reading →
My wife and I have been isolating now for almost two weeks and it is making me more creative in the kitchen. For all of March we ate an almost entirely vegan diet and we've stayed vegetarian since then. It can get a bit tricky to keep producing something tasty and healthy when you can't... Continue Reading →
This is the latest in our series of stress-busting, low cost recipes - perfect for the lockdown, but hopefully also for students on a budget in halls when normal life eventually resumes... Today we have one of our own students contributing. Hi I'm Emma. I'm a third year history student at the University of Northampton,... Continue Reading →
I have noticed that during lockdown here in the UK, a lot of people finding it difficult to get hold of bread, or even the ingredients for making bread - yeast seems to be in particularly short supply. There are some wonderful ways of harvesting wild yeast, but if you aren't confident enough to try... Continue Reading →
This one is adapted from a BBC Good Food recipe. In general it has hot chilli notes to it but for families with young children you can tone down the levels of fire as I have done here. It works really well as a hearty vegetarian dish because the chickpeas and cauliflower give it a... Continue Reading →
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