Iron deficiency is often a result of menstruation in several women. Due to bleeding or heavy bleeding during menstruation, women do not get enough iron and experience iron deficiency or anaemia. Lack ...

I had a ‘madeleine moment’ recently when I bit into a scone and homemade gooseberry jam. The smell, the taste, the colour and consistency were all perfect. In an instant, I was back in the small ...

Here's the cheese jam/jelly I promised to make out of the Ceylon Hill Gooseberries I harvested last week including the recipe and a taste test. The quantities & produce used for this jelly were: ...

It is probably through the prism of a green gooseberry that we can distinguish between old and new trends in Ireland. I don't think anything other than a steamed gooseberry pudding could define an ...

It was a gooseberry picking kind of day — no wind, hordes of mosquitoes and a bored grandchild. A broken computer meant Elliot couldn't chase after dinosaurs, and the Lincoln logs had lost their ...

Preheat the oven to 200 °C. In a bowl mix the flour and bran together. Stir in the yeast, salt and sugar. Mix the lukewarm water with the olive oil. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients ...

Top and tail the gooseberries. A knife or scissors will make this easier. Combine in a pot with the water and simmer until the fruit is very soft and broken up. Add the sugar, bring back to the boil ...

An intriguing tart berry, about the size of your thumb, that's at its best picked green. Gooseberries are too sour to eat raw but make a beautiful pie-filling. Top and tail the gooseberries. A knife ...