Advent 2022 - Fast Tracking #22
Today's Challenge: Fast from... using the oven.Another oven-free day. The scattering of oven-free days over Advent has definitely made me think ahead more strategically and double up bread-baking etc...
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Today's Challenge: Fast from... all imported foods.Breakfastblack Tregothnan teagrape juice (pressed from our own grapes and frozen) morello cherries picked at the local PYO in July and...
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Today's Challenge: Fast from... all dairy products.Today has come slightly unstuck from my planned no-dairy menu on account of other things going on and too much other stuff in the kitchen to juggle...
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Today's Challenge: Fast from... all animal products.This was meant to be effectively the last day of stringent abstinence in my 'Fast from... 'Advent challenges, although there are technically three...
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Today's Challenge: Fast from... one meal of your choosing out of your normal daily routineToday I am back on track with my Advent challenge as skipping breakfast meant I could get on with other stuff...
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Today's Challenge: Fast from... all out of season foods.For various practical historical reasons, I've often not been able to cook a traditional roast on Christmas Day and we've made a virtue out of...
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Today's Challenge: Fast from... all highly processed foods.In many parts of Europe it is traditional to eat fish on Christmas Eve. Carp in Germany, Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe; salt cod in...
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