~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feasts and festivals, culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad....whilst preparing family food with flair ~
Fish on Friday – 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Smoked Haddock and Spinach Gratin (200 calories) I must apologise for my lack of “Fish on Friday” posts lately – I have been out on Fridays a lot recently, and have not been able to develop any new recipes or share them here…….but today, even though [...]
Hot Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Terrine for the Le Creuset Cast Iron Challenge I have had a life-long love affair with cast iron cookware, probably since I was old enough to lift a casserole lid, and Le Creuset tops my cast iron cookware list. I am an avid collector of new and vintage Le Creuset, [...]
Ma Broon’s Burns Night Tribute Supper! Burns Night ~ 25th January A Guide to the Great Scottish Feast! Address To A Haggis “Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ the puddin-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o’ a grace As lang’s my arm.” [...]
Luxury Low-Calorie Recipe for Fish on Friday: Smoked Salmon Pitta Pizza for 5:2 Diet Fast Day My “Fish on Friday” post today is a luxury one, a special LOW-CALORIE snack, lunch or light supper recipe with more than a hint of gourmet about it, Smoked Salmon Pitta Pizza. This recipe is a remarkable 194 calories and VERY [...]
Recipes: Fabulous Festive Fish! Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche For my last Fish on Friday post before Christmas, I bring you a simple and very elegant appetiser, Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche, as well as a list of some of my fish recipes over the last year…….most of [...]
Fish on Friday: Smoked Haddock Spread with Sourdough Toast and Mesclun Leaves Day fourteen on the Advent Calendar: 14th December It’s Friday, which can only mean one thing, my regular Fish on Friday post, and today I am featuring some fabulous smoked haddock; caught by Budding Rose and Lapwing, two weeks ago; the fish was [...]
Elegant Fish on Friday: Easy Smoked Haddock au Gratin Recipe It’s Friday and that can only mean one thing, my weekly Fish on Friday post, and a NEW and very easy recipe, Easy Smoked Haddock and Salmon au Gratin – an elegant and comforting meal that is made with TOP quality Scottish smoked haddock, with thanks to John [...]
Family Fish and Pasta on Friday: Creamy Salmon and Orange Pasta with Mixed Herbs Recipe Christmas arrived early the other day, a fabulous box of fresh fish arrived, as you may remember from last week’s Fish on Friday post - Easy Peasy Fish on Friday Recipe: Family Friendly Fabulous Fish Pie, and along with my fish box [...]
The Secret Recipe Club visits Scotland & Seattle with Cullen Skink (Scottish Fish Soup) What a surprise it was for me this month when I discovered that my secret assignment for the Secret Recipe Club was a blog that was from BOTH sides of the pond and written by TWO bloggers, Lucy and Shannon! The [...]
Easy Peasy Fish on Friday Recipe: Family Friendly Fabulous Fish Pie I have a feeling that this post should have been called Foggy Friday, as for most of this week, we have been shrouded in fog, and trips to the hen-house in the morning have been damp and strangely eerie, with muffled thuds and drips punctuating the [...]
Karen S Booth
