I love the cold weather especially when I don't have to go out, last night our garden had a wonderful balnket of snow, but it didn't last long? Today I woke up at 4am panicking about traveling to work this morning, secretly hoping there is lots of snow on the road, but to my disappointment there was just lots of ice so I set off on my journey into London. Hmmm....

Tonight we had lovely organic sausages from our local butchers, heaven! fried onions, mash potatoes and runner beans with carrots, again simple food but so delicious. I have stopped buying my meat from supermarkets as I love the idea of local produce that don't travel three times around the world before they end up on my plate.

I've decided to plan my meals around seasonal food rather then use produce that are not in season and tasteless. So basically winter time- root veg, brassicas, pulses, lovely warm starchy foods that give you energy during cold weather, summer time - fresh salads, fresh and full of flavour again from local farms or my own veg plot. Anyway that's the plan......why do I set myself up with all these challenges?.. I don't know I certainly don't need to financially and certainly working full time there is little spare time and energy at the end of the day....  but I love just pottering around my home making things and cooking and I would not swap that for anything. I love where I live and every time I work in London I am so glad I can go back to my piece of heaven.

Here is picture of what makes me happy