The Local Pantry

16/06/2026

A simple recipe from The Local Pantry Planner. Rose Harissa butter beans with roast veggies and a little quinoa.

14/06/2026

🌱 Introducing The Local Pantry

After months of planning, building, testing and tasting, I'm excited to finally share a new local venture.

The Local Pantry is here to make everyday cooking easier.

Choose a weekly or fortnightly produce box, add pantry staples when you need them, and use our free meal planner to help answer the daily question: "What's for dinner?"

🥕 Fresh fruit and vegetables

🥫 Pantry staples and handmade kitchen favourites

📅 Weekly or fortnightly deliveries

🧾 Free meal planner

🚚 Deliveries across ML8 and ML11

🎁 Subscribe before our first delivery week and receive a free launch gift with your first order.

Our first deliveries begin week commencing 21st June.

Many of you will know me from yoga, The Buddha Bowl and other local projects over the years. The Local Pantry brings together everything I love about good food, simple cooking and supporting our local community.

Take a look and let me know what you think:

www.thelocalpantry.shop

If you know someone who would love fresh produce delivered locally, I'd be hugely grateful if you could like, follow and share.

21/10/2024

Here are the details for the next cooking class, on 23rd Nov. This is such a fun event. We will be making some stunning dishes together, and you get a print out of each recipe so you can replicate it for friends and family.

If this sounds up your street, come and join us. We would love to have you!

**ONY 2 SPACES LEFT!!**
**JOIN US AT PEACE LILY STUDIO, LANARK**
Come and Enjoy a Christmas Plant-Based Cookery Masterclass with Ainsley King at Peace Lily Studio, Lanark!

With Christmas round the corner, maybe having an alternative to turkey is appealing? Or maybe you need something beyond a nut roast for a family member. (Nut roasts are awesome, but there's more delicious options I promise!)

If so, join us for a 3 Course Cooking Workshop with a Christmas Theme, featuring Starters, Mains and Dessert - all crafted with Plant–Based Goodness!

Our programme includes:

A hands-on cooking class that will be fun and sociable, while giving you inspiration and experience for cooking a vegan Christmas dinner or just giving you some flare in the kitchen...

Then the best part, we eat the fruits of our labour.

Limited Spots are available so reserve yours today to a complete culinary experience!
To Book-
https://bookwhen.com/workshopsandretreats/e/ev-sg05-20241123103000

20/10/2024

I recently ran a Scottish themed cooking class with Peace Lily Retreats, and it was really great fun. We all cooked a 3 course meal together and then the best part was we sat down and ate everything we made!

We are running another cooking class at the end of November. This time xmas themed. Details coming soon on that!

I'm the meantime, here is a link to a free cooking class running tomorrow at the Pop Up shop in Biggar high St. If you are free, please join them. They'd love to have you.

Cheers
Ainsley xx

Join us for this FREE cooking class to find out more about Thermomix and Plant Based cooking

03/06/2024

Happy Monday guys! So I'm still off this week to cuddle my doggo. He's a wee soul. He got surgery on both his ears so he's a bit sorry for himself. He's on the mend but it'll take a wee bit of time.

Meantime, I wanted to share the details of an upcoming event next month. I'm running a cooking class at the gorgeous Peace Lily Retreats on Saturday 27th July. We are going to cook (and eat) a plant based, scottish themed three course meal. We'll be using some amazing ingredients. We'll chat about the benefits of a plant diet... where you get your protein, fibre... how to balance a meal, plan for vegan or gluten free alternatives... and I'll do my best to answer any questions you may have.

I'm really looking forward to this workshop, and Margaret and I would love to welcome you! Book via the link below so secure your spot!

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27/05/2024

This handsome devil is having surgery tomorrow, so I'm having a week or two off to help him recover as he will be a little poorly in the short term. Hopefully he'll bounce back better than ever though and meal deliveries will resume. I'll post as soon as I know what's what. Wish my boy Vanya luck!