• image500g mushrooms finely chopped
• 1 small onion (4 shallots) finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic finely chopped
• 1 chilli finely chopped
• 25g butter
• a little fresh thyme
• juice of half a lemon

Fry all together until most of the water has gone. In other words, it should have just stopped bubbling, but not quite started to fry. Allow it to cool, then mix two parts mushroom mix with one part ricotta or mascapone. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve on toast or, alternatively, stuff between the skin and breast of a chicken before roasting (it’s just as good in a jacket spud for you veggies).

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600g Rocket (or nettle tops, spinach, wild garlic, watercress . . . or a mixture according to taste)
2 tbsp olive oil
4 eggs
150g Greek yoghurt
1 clove garlic (crushed)
50g butter
½ tsp kirmizi biber (crushed, oiled and roasted chillis)
6 sage leaves

• Preheat the oven to 150C/gas mark 3. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the greens until wilted.
• Line a heatproof dish with the greens and make four depressions. Break an egg into each and bake for 10 minutes until eggs are set.
• Meanwhile, whisk the garlic into the yoghurt and set aside. Then melt the butter, fry the kirmizi biber until the butter starts to foam. Add the shredded sage leaves and cook for a few more seconds.
• When the eggs are cooked, spoon first the yoghurt, then the butter/chilli/sage over the top and serve immediately.

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RCMA (Riverside Community Market Association) currently runs four Farmers Markets in Cardiff.

RCMA also aims to improve knowledge about, and access to, a fresh healthy diet and reduce the level of ‘food poverty’ in South Riverside and adjacent areas of Cardiff.

The award-winning RCMA Community Allotment attracts up to twenty local residents per week to learn how to grown their own food and enjoy the social and recreational benefits of gardening. In addition, the RCMA Community Outreach Coordinator delivers a wide-ranging programme of food and nutrition workshops in the local community.
RCMA also operates a Market Garden as a social enterprise growing organic produce to sell locally, and delivers training activities in sustainable living and intensive horticulture.

The Railway, Station Road, Llandaff North CF14 2FH.

RCMA (Riverside Community Market Association) currently runs four Farmers Markets in Cardiff.

RCMA also aims to improve knowledge about, and access to, a fresh healthy diet and reduce the level of ‘food poverty’ in South Riverside and adjacent areas of Cardiff.

The award-winning RCMA Community Allotment attracts up to twenty local residents per week to learn how to grown their own food and enjoy the social and recreational benefits of gardening. In addition, the RCMA Community Outreach Coordinator delivers a wide-ranging programme of food and nutrition workshops in the local community.
RCMA also operates a Market Garden as a social enterprise growing organic produce to sell locally, and delivers training activities in sustainable living and intensive horticulture.

Butcher’s Arms, Heol y Felin, Rhiwbina CF14 6NB.

RCMA (Riverside Community Market Association) currently runs four Farmers Markets in Cardiff.

RCMA also aims to improve knowledge about, and access to, a fresh healthy diet and reduce the level of ‘food poverty’ in South Riverside and adjacent areas of Cardiff.

The award-winning RCMA Community Allotment attracts up to twenty local residents per week to learn how to grown their own food and enjoy the social and recreational benefits of gardening. In addition, the RCMA Community Outreach Coordinator delivers a wide-ranging programme of food and nutrition workshops in the local community.
RCMA also operates a Market Garden as a social enterprise growing organic produce to sell locally, and delivers training activities in sustainable living and intensive horticulture.

RCMA (Riverside Community Market Association) currently runs four Farmers Markets in Cardiff.

RCMA also aims to improve knowledge about, and access to, a fresh healthy diet and reduce the level of ‘food poverty’ in South Riverside and adjacent areas of Cardiff.

The award-winning RCMA Community Allotment attracts up to twenty local residents per week to learn how to grown their own food and enjoy the social and recreational benefits of gardening. In addition, the RCMA Community Outreach Coordinator delivers a wide-ranging programme of food and nutrition workshops in the local community.
RCMA also operates a Market Garden as a social enterprise growing organic produce to sell locally, and delivers training activities in sustainable living and intensive horticulture.

Covering every possible meal, from cockles and shellfish to game and poultry, the book makes use of some of the finest ingredients the country has to offer, including Samphire, Welsh Lamb, Sewin and the inimitable Laver Seaweed. Illustrated with stunning photography, the book is ideal for expert chefs, or those who simply wish to try something new. Full of nourishing and delicious recipes for all seasons, this treasure trove of ideas is sure to fire the imagination for wholesome Welsh food.

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About the Author
Gilli Davies has written ten cookery books based on local food culture in Cyprus and Wales, and more recently on organic produce. Since setting up her own company five years ago she has run children’s cookery classes, a training scheme to encourage restaurants to use local ingredients and a has contributed to committees for the FSA and Defra. A member of the Guild of Food Writers for the past 20 years, Gilli was elected as chairman in Spring 2007.