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With the weather getting a little colder across Europe, a lovely warming dish to enjoy for a snack or a side on a cold day is Cauliflower cheese - a hit with all ages. The key to a great dish is fresh cauliflower, decent cheese and smoked baco...

Jeanne Socrates a long term friend of Boatshed, has just completed an unassisted solo non stop circumnavigation and has set two new world records.

When you think of Boatshed you may think of sail boats, motor boats, power boats and performance yachts, but quite a few of our brokerages list both coastal and inland boats.

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Beetroot is such a versatile and easy vegetable. I buy the packs of cooked beetroot as they last a long time and store them in the food locker.
This salad was really tasty and was served up with smoked mackerel and some Halloumi cheese as a su...

Haloumi is a really tasty and easy starter on a boat. You can BBQ it , but it also works really well fried. Don't place any oil or fat in the frying pan, frying it dry until golden on both sides.

We all loved this practical way of protecting your prop at Boatshed.com. If you berth your RIB, power boat or fishing boat on a drying mooring, here is a cost effective way of protecting your prop.

The next Boat Auction starts at 09.00 Friday June 14th 2013

This paste is excellent in most dishes like soups, pasta, stews, in sandwiches etc. I first discovered a paste similar when shopping in the borough market in London and decided I couldn't live with out it, so I've made my own version.

It is absolutely amazing how many of our phrases in popular use actually come from our sea-going ancestors. Think of abandon ship, ahoy there and all hands on deck. Above board literally means there is nothing hidden; it is on or above the deck an...

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These Cheese toasties are so good at sea for the whole crew. This one is particularly delicious using a home made sun dried tomato & fennel seed paste and Wensleydale cheese with a brown nutty, seeded loaf. Grab one quick as they don't hang a...

Using the spices below really makes a delicious curry and with using a good quality mild curry powder, you can turn the heat up or down depending how hot you like your curries.

A colourful salad made from the odds and ends in your veg locker. You can use a variety of veg and grated finely mixed with some sweet salad, sharp bit of onions and balsamic vinegar its a good healthy meal which goes really well with smoked fish,...

When it comes to the summer months and school holidays, we like to go off cruising for several weeks/months at a time and go where the wind takes us. We pack our bags and move all the troops on-board and start our adventures.

So; this weekend sees the annual J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club. The small town of Cowes is expecting over 1,700 boats for the event taking place on the Solent on Saturday 1st June 2013. Wi...

The next boat auctions starts on June 19th at 09.00 GMT 2013.

This is a great Dish to impress your fellow sailors when you invite them round for drinks on an anchorage, also it can be done really cheaply and there are so many variations you can make with chick peas, beans when you are on a long distance pas...

This dish is really a cross between the French dish Tartiflette, Spanish dish Tortilla and a Frittata. Called Hurd's Deep as I was making it one day when we saw a 35 foot basking shark off Alderney near Hurd's Deep Channel, so the names stuck ever...

Try A Boat Free! returns to the South Embankment, Dartmouth Bank Holiday weekend Saturday May 25th and Sunday May 26. The event is open from 10am to 4pm and a choice of boats will be ashore and on the water. Qualified skippers will be taking visit...