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7h ago
Wild garlic season is coming to an end. Sob. But there’s one easy way to preserve some of that green goodness for the rest of the year – wild garlic butter! It freezes surprisingly easy, and if you freeze it ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
1w ago
My love for wild garlic knows no bounds, but this simple recipe combines two of my favourite foraged spring greens – wild garlic (ramsons) and ground elder – together with some parsley. This cheese spread is delicious on oatcakes or ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
1w ago
As I’ve said before, one thing I love about living in Edinburgh is how close we are to nature and lots of great walks, such as the Hermitage of Braid or Buckstone Woods & Seven Acre Park. A bit further ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
2w ago
Wild garlic season is short. Even shorter is the window of opportunity to harvest wild garlic buds, before they bloom in to flowers. Pickled wild garlic bulbs are crunchy and aromatic, and taste delicious on thick slices of butter bread ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
2w ago
Let’s talk about edible weeds. Last year, I share my recipe for soup made with ground elder – an incredibly invasive plant that is notoriously difficult to remove but actually used to be cultivated as a vegetable and was introduced ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
2w ago
I’ve got another Edinburgh ‘hidden gem’ to share with you today. Earlier this week I shared our visit to the Trinity House Maritime Museum, but that wasn’t the only new museum we discovered in Edinburgh over the Easter holidays. We ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
2w ago
It’s the peak season for wild garlic, both ramsons and few-flowered leek, so I simply must share our wild garlic & cheddar biscuits with you. There are absolutely more-ish! Ingredients 150g gluten free plain flour blend (I use Dove’s Farm ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
2w ago
Forget the whole “there’s no bad weather, just wrong clothing” thing – today was just miserable! But I needed an excuse to get the kids out the house, and as fate has it, just yesterday a post popped up on ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
2w ago
We enjoy going for family walks (well, the boys would probably prefer to stay home all playing playing computer games these days, but once we get them outside they enjoy it too). We are blessed with having access to many ..read more
The Bear & The Fox | Family & Lifestyle Blog
3w ago
In Germany, people eat a LOT of hard boiled eggs at Easter. A lot more than people do here in the UK. We do our Easter egg hunts with hard boiled eggs too, and the shops in Germany are filled ..read more