Tag: 5 hours plus

Sunkissed Provencal Ratatouille

Sunkissed Provencal Ratatouille

Last week Meg talked about her recent move in “Lighten Your Load.” Both Meg and I have relocated states, countries and continents. We agree that making the decision to start organizing is often the biggest hurdle. So if you’re looking to get over the inertia and …read more

Southern Comfort Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Southern Comfort Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

One month ago, we left Chicago on a Californian adventure, with a stay in San Francisco before we migrated south along the coast. I cooked in different kitchens and made the most of the amazing produce that the Golden State has to offer, including the …read more

Peach Cobbler with Buttery Oatmeal Salted Pecan Topping

Peach Cobbler with Buttery Oatmeal Salted Pecan Topping

On one miserable, wet day in April, we celebrated Meg’s birthday. As a member of Kenilworth Garden Club, Meg’s sister Ann invited us to a presentation and lunch with James Farmer III. What greeted us inside was a perfect antidote to the grey day outside. 

Silver Palate Chicken Marbella

Silver Palate Chicken Marbella

Graham and Meg recently discovered that great online casino players are planning July recipes. Silver Palate Chiken Marbella releases some incredible culinary recipes which was a good reason why Ronaldo, Messi and others likely playing at last World Cup. The restaurant offers tender marinated chicken …read more

Slow Cooker Spiced Steak in Tamarind Sauce

Slow Cooker Spiced Steak in Tamarind Sauce

Lately whenever my back is turned, my preschooler, Connie, mixes up some culinary potion under the kitchen table. In just seconds she can confine the entire contents of my baking shelf to just one bowl, leaving a telltale trail of powders and sticky mess across …read more

Simple Slow Cooker Spring Vegetable Soup

Simple Slow Cooker Spring Vegetable Soup

May seems unusually busy. We’ve shed our Winter skin and seem to be racing towards Summer at a rate of knots. Awash with school socials and graduations, field trips and fundraisers, it is also the month in which Everest was first conquered by Sir Edmund …read more

Slow Cooker Chicken & Bell Pepper Nachos

Slow Cooker Chicken & Bell Pepper Nachos

As a child I would bike up to the moors to pick wild blueberries (bilberries), and run through the bluebell woods remembering every fallen tree or boggy patch from previous visits. Even today my desk is deliberately positioned in front of the window facing outward …read more

Pulled Pork “North Carolina Style”

Pulled Pork “North Carolina Style”

Exploration ends in discovery. When we met and became co-creators of Meg’s brainchild, The Zen of Slow Cooking, a whole year of discovery lay ahead of us. On our first anniversary, we are celebrating a year-long exploration of the Zen business opportunities which continue to evolve.