Shropshire Blue Cheese Flan
Three great summer recipes to try in this month's recipes menu. They can all can be prepared in advance and served cold when needed. Dolmades, a classic Greek dish of mince delicately flavoured with mint and wrapped in vine leaves, opens the menu. A Shropshire Blue Cheese Flan follows and the menu is finished with a Raspberry and Chocolate Dessert Cake.
 

Northamptonshire Cheese Cake
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE CHEESE CAKES
This type of cheesecake or "curd tart" is traditionally found in many areas of the British Isles, particularly in rural areas. Cheese cakes such as these were know by many different names and were differently flavoured according to region. Sometimes they might have a little rum added and in some areas they were eaten as an accompaniment to roast meat. No celebration was complete without them on the table and they were (continued...)

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CONNIES CORNISH KITCHEN
Featured in the BBC's Best of The Web, Connie's Cornish Kitchen has recipes for:
Cornish Pasty
Saffron Cake
Clotted Cream and more.

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NATURAL ORGANIC FERTILIZERS
To reach their full productivity vegetable plants need to be fed. There are several nutrients vital to plant health which encourage leaf growth, root development and help to strengthen the plant's resistance to disease. These nutrients can be obtained in both organic and inorganic form. The obvious choice for the environmentally-aware gardener is the organic option. (continued...)
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AROMATHERAPY
Aromatherapy is an alternative therapy in which the diluted essential oils of plants are used in healing massage. it is said that this treatment can help may afflictions of both mind and body. The essential oils are obtained from roots, stalks, seeds, sap, nuts, leaves or bark depending on the plant. Rose oil is the most expensive requiring (continued..)