Changing Food… One Meal At A Time!
Summer
Jan Fullwood Food Consultant
(aka JamJarJan)
NOTES FROM A CHAOTIC KITCHEN
Welcome to daily life in a chaotic, well-used kitchen…..
A constantly busy, always evolving space: full of cooking, eating and creating (dinner, treats, mess), for work and for play, for family and friends.
Let me introduce myself and my family:
- A Food and Recipe Consultant who is ‘never knowingly under-catered’, I’ll whip up a five-minute muffin mix at a moment’s notice. I’m constantly creating, evaluating and tasting, always cooking, eating and learning something new
- Long-suffering Hub, who just wants a clutter-free kitchen and peace and quiet. Happiest in the garden. He grows, I cook and preserve
- Eldest Cheffy Son and his Pastry-chef girlfriend, who cook catering quantities of restaurant quality food at every opportunity
- Protein & carb-obsessed younger Student Son, currently at uni. Loves food, but cooking not his forte - student survival skills ongoing
We all eat to live. Let me help you live to eat.
Share my learning and experiences to make the most of your meals too.
What's in Jan's Pan?
JUNE/JULY 2026
It's been a long hot summer, and at the time of writing I think we may be up to our fifth official heatwave (although it all merges into one sweaty blur), and we are officially in drought. Barren brown lawns is a testament to that, and the poor fruit trees and bushes are in a state of quandary, not knowing whether to ripen early or even bother to fruit at all.The plums lay parched with not even a prune to be seen, the redcurrants arrived early and only the birds benefitted, and even my prize blackcurrants were sparse. The original bush stubbonly refused to fruit, citing old age and mistreatment, but the young eager ones allowed me enough to make some of my favourite fruit treats, as you'll see below.
We celebrated Dad's life at the beginning of June, at the Magpie in Sunbury with 60 close friends and relatives, and an abundance of cake. He would have been enjoyed every minute and we did him proud. But most of all Our personal patisserie chef saved the day with her magnificent muffins which stole the show, along with Ken's favourite fruit cake, so I've shared the recipe here.
It's a boiled cake, moist and easy to make, and I made sure Dad always had a supply in the larder. So please do try it, it'll soon become your favourite too.
Blackcurrant Beauties
Recipes to come....
Blackcurrant leaf sourdough
Bottom left
Blackcurrant Pulp Shorties
Top Centre
Blackcurrant pulp Gelato
Centre
Blackcurrant Cordial
Bottom Centre
Blackcurrant Jam
Bottom right
Life Celebration Cakes
Blueberry Cream Cheese
Chocolate & Caramel
Lemon & Poppyseed
Barb's Boiled Fruit Cake
What's in Jan's veg box
Carrots with Carrot top Chermoula
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