The Cookery Coach

Apple day at Hexham Farmers' Market

2011-10-22T07:05:00.000-07:00

Today I made...

-     Spicy parsnip soup (with the optional apple)

-    Apple veggie-burgers

-    Crunchy apple pots

All recipes are on the recipe site, here. Nice to see al of you. Happy cooking!

Allendale feedback, and a special birthday party

2011-08-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

At Allendale Farmers' Market I cooked courgette and cheese soup, and pork escalopes in a honey mustard sauce. The recipes are on my recipe site. Thanks to the lovely producers who donated their produce for me to cook with.

I also catered for a wonderful birthday dinner on Friday evening, for my new client Eileen and three of her friends. Eight courses of special French stuff - canapes, an 'amuse-bouche', foie-gras, trout, sorbet, cote de boeuf, cheeses, apple tarte fine...

If you would like a special meal cooking in your own home, just let me know.

Allendale

2011-08-10T10:48:00.001-07:00

The cookery coach will be at Allendale farmers' market on Sunday 21 August. Details of times and theme for the demonstration to follow...

Hexham recipes

2011-07-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

It was great to see everyone at Hexham farmers' maket. My thanks to all the producers who let me cook with their amazing ingredients, and thanks to Peter for the great idea. The recipes are on my recipe site. Just for the record, I cooked smoked mackerel pate (but using kipper instead of mackerel), 'best ever' burgers, gazpacho and Paella. Not bad for twenty quid, eh?

Those of you who were chatting to me about cookery coaching, or wanted me to do a cookery demonstration for your event, please check out the ideas and Ts & Cs in the menu on the right of this page.

Farmers' Market

2011-06-24T04:26:00.000-07:00

The Cookery Coach will be appearing at Hexham Farmers' Market on Saturday July 9. The theme is 'how to eat well for a tenner', using ingredients sourced from the market.

There will be two sessions - one at 10.30 and one at 12.15. In each session, the Coach will be trying to make two delicious and satisfying dishes for a family of four from a £10 bag of ingredients.

Come along and join the fun (and get some great local produce, too).

Rothbury recipes

2011-04-26T00:41:00.000-07:00

It was great to see everyone at Rothbury yesterday. My thanks to all the producers who let me cook with their amazing ingredients. The recipes are on my recipe site.

Those of you who were chatting to me about cookery coaching, or wanted me to do a cookery demonstration for your event, please check out the ideas and Ts & Cs in the menu on the right of this page.

Easter in Rothbury

2011-04-09T04:31:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for a fun day out on Easter Monday, I'll be doing a cookery demonstration at the Rothbury Food and Craft Festival.

I plan to use as much produce from the festival as possible and, once again, I will be cooking a series of dishes throughout the event. Call in and see me, in the main marquee.

Rothbury Food and Craft Festival
April 25th 2011, 10am - 4pm
Venue: The Haugh, Rothbury river bank
Free entry
Contact: mailto:avrilmills@btinternet.com
Tel: 01665 602915

Hexham Farmers' Market feedback

2011-03-27T02:54:00.000-07:00

My thanks to all the producers and customers who made yesterday so much fun. The weather was kind to us, and I managed to cook 7 dishes in three 20-minute 'slots'. The recipes are all on my recipe site.

I will keep you informed of future public appearances. In the meantime, if you are interested in arranging a cookery coaching session, please check the 'contact the coach' page of this site, on the right hand side of this page.

If you have an idea for what you would like to do in a coaching session, or to book me for an event or party, just call me. Details are also on the 'contact the coach' page.

Hexham Farmers' Market - March 2011

2011-03-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

I will be doing a cookery demonstration at Hexham's farmers' market on Saturday 26 March 2011. The theme is 'food miles', so I'll be cooking a range of dishes using ingredients obtained on the day from stallholders. I have three 20-minute sessions - 10am breakfast, 11am soup and snacks, 12 noon main courses. I hope to see you there.

Farmers’ market roulette, 26 February 2011

2011-02-27T10:18:00.000-08:00

Maxine wanted a day to challenge her cooking skills, and to introduce her to new recipes and new skills. She was also concerned that “farmers markets are expensive”, so we stuck to high value produce – stuff that’s cheap to buy but (with care) tastes even better than some of the expensive ingredients.

Market visited – Hexham.

Weather – lousy!

At the market, Maxine bought

6 lamb hearts (local, rare-breed, lamb)

3 fillets smoked mackerel (Northumbrian)

200g soft goats cheese (local)

1 punnet raspberries

A carrier bag of assorted veg (potatoes, carrots, parsnips)

Total cost: £12

Maxine also bought: 2 hare legs, 6 pork cheeks (for the freezer)

From the supermarket, we reluctantly added

Milk

Cream

Baby salad leaves (English)

Red chicory (English)

Wholemeal bread flour (Scottish)

Total cost: £8

From the storecupboard, we used

Stale wholemeal bread (for crumbs)

Rosemary, Thyme

Salt and pepper

6 eggs (Maxines own chickens)

Dried apricots

Oil

Dried yeast

Sugar

Honey

Lemon juice

Frozen beef stock (see recipe on Diet Satan)

From the hedgerow, we foraged

Wild garlic chives (the emerging leaves of wild garlic)

And Maxine cooked

Smoked mackerel pate with wholemeal rolls

Stuffed heart, with roasted winter vegetables and creamy mashed potato

Raspberry crème brûlées with almond tuiles

(all recipes are on the Diet Satan recipe site)

Welcome to The Cookery Coach

2011-02-12T09:10:00.000-08:00

The Cookery Coach offers online contract catering for dinner parties and entertaining, and cookery lessons in your own home.

Check out my online recipe site, for some ideas of what you'd like to do on a cookery course, or just to get inspiration.