Food

THANK YOU to everyone who has donated their apples so far to the West Oxford Apple Juice project! We have … Read More

Thanks to those who dropped off their apples at the weekend.  We now have 2 more dates for dropping off: … Read More

  Apples to spare?  Hate the waste? We’re collecting apples to make into West Oxford Apple Juice.   The plan: We … Read More

If you read the national news or are on social media of any kind, you should have seen that yesterday … Read More

Whatever your food plans this January, it’s worth reducing meat and dairy wherever you can, as highlighted by the IPCC … Read More

Giving people all the info they need about the environmental, ethical and health reasons for reducing their meat intake is … Read More

For those of you looking towards a 2019 with less meat and finding the idea daunting, The Conversation has this … Read More

Thanks to LCWO committee member Ruth (with input from newest volunteer Helen and other committee members) for pulling together this … Read More

Well that was fun! Thank you to those of you who cam along to Beet the Waste ii at the … Read More

Once again, it’s that pumpkin time of the year, when thousands of pumpkins are bought and loved – and then … Read More

A seriously tasty dish hailing from Crete, which warms us with memories of the summer sun through its use of … Read More

Ingredients – 4 large onions – 300ml (10fl oz) double cream – A handful of grated Parmesan – Salt and … Read More

Ingredients – 1 medium carrot – ½ a medium green, white or savoy cabbage – 1 small or ½ medium … Read More

Ingredients – 800g (2 lb) pumpkin or squash – 100g (4 oz) walnut halves – Peppery green leaves such as … Read More

Ingredients – 1 onion (red’s fine) sliced very finely – 1 medium green or savoy cabbage, sliced thinly – 2 … Read More

Ingredients – 175g (6 oz) brown sugar – 175g (6 oz) softened butter – 175g (6 oz) self raising flour … Read More

Ingredients – 700g (1½ lb) chopped ripe tomatoes – the riper the better – 1 cucumber peeled and chopped – … Read More

Ingredients – 125g soft butter – 150g soft brown sugar (I used molasses sugar, but the sandy brown stuff works … Read More

Ingredients – 500g (1lb) runner beans – 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped – 25g (1 oz) butter … Read More

Ingredients – 3-4 courgettes – Zest of 1 lemon, plus 2-3 tbsps of juice – Zest of 1 lime, plus … Read More

Ingredients – 100g (4oz) soft butter – 100g (4oz) caster sugar – 2 large free range eggs – 100g (4oz) … Read More

Ingredients – 400g (14 oz) Swiss chard – Knob of butter – 100g (4 oz) couscous – 50g (2 oz) … Read More

Ingredients Rhubarb 400g (scant 1 lb) rhubarb zest of 1 orange 2 tablespoons demerera sugar Topping 60g (2 oz) unsalted … Read More

Ingredients – 1 tsp chopped roasted hazelnuts – ½ tsp Dijon mustard – 1 tsp runny honey – 1tbsp chopped … Read More