Venison Tagine – The Perfect Alternative Christmas Lunch? *Stop Press – orders for Christmas from Field and Flower need to be in by 13th December! Check them out now!* Go straight to the Gentle reader, I think I may just have created the perfect Christmas lunch for those of us who don’t really enjoy turkey […]
Game Recipes – Venison, Wild Boar, Pheasant and More
Environmentally Friendly Game – Delicious and Healthy Recipes. You may have noticed that many of the recipes we’ve been sharing on London-Unattached and on our sister site The Frugal Flexitarian are for Game. While some of the team follow a pescatarian, vegetarian or vegan diet, those of us who enjoy meat are trying to eat […]
Venison Casserole – Spiced Venison in Ale
The Ultimate Venison Casserole in Ale – Environmentally Friendly Swap. While we’ve had a few warm days recently, we are definitely still hovering on the edge of winter and spring. Chillier evenings call for hearty casseroles and, since there’s currently an environmental reason to enjoy wild venison. I was gifted a selection of wild venison […]
Italian Date Night – A Valentine’s Menu
Slow-Cooked Venison Shank in Red Wine for an Italian Date Night Dinner This is the second of our date-night menus, which we are sharing just ahead of Valentine’s Day. If your taste is more for British food and an all British date-night, then do take a look at our English Sparkling Wine with Scottish Seafood […]
Venison Loin Medallions with Red Wine and Berry Sauce
Perfect Date Night Dinner – Venison Medallions with Red Wine. It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and, although I’m not planning a romantic Dinner à Deux this year, I’m happy to share some of my favourite recipes for date night. If you are planning a cosy night in with someone special, on Valentine’s Day or any other […]
Skinny Toad-in-the-Hole for 5-2 Diet
5-2 diet recipe for Toad in the Hole and low-calorie recipe planning: I think it is much easier to diet when the weather is good. At this time of year, I really want comfort food, warm starchy things that fill me up with a kind of internal heating system. And if I wasn’t following the […]
Mac and Wild Fitzrovia – a Scottish Sanctuary
A Scottish Supper at Mac & Wild: I’ve been to Mac & Wild for brunch and thoroughly enjoyed the somewhat tongue in cheek menu with square sausages and scooby snacks joining classic brunch dishes for an indulgent roam through Scotland. There’s something of a lack of good Scottish restaurants in London – while for me, […]
Life in Leftovers – 5:2 Diet Recipe for Spicy Venison Rissoles
Leftover Venison – Spicy Rissoles – a 5:2 Diet Recipe: There is a curious life-cycle to leftover Christmas food that seems to work in pretty much the same way no matter which animal and vegetables you eat on Christmas Day. On the big day you feast happily on a heaped, steaming plate of food. Someone will […]
Sausage, Mash and Wine!
Venison Sausages with Celeriac Mash and Red Wine: Oddbins have been doing a very interesting promotion. They’ve put together a group of 6 wine writers and asked them to create a mixed case of Oddbins wines. Now, while I am no expert, I generally select the wines that I put in a case myself. Why? […]
Venison Carpaccio with Wild Mushroom Balsamic Salad
Venison Carpaccio I’ve been messing around with mushrooms! Apart from four jars of pickled mushrooms, I have made a porcini marinade and a rather delicious balsamic mushroom salad. And, since I had a small piece of venison fillet, I thought I’d try a venison carpaccio to go with the salad. I could just as easily […]