Fish on Friday and a LOVELY Recipe ~ Hot Smoked Salmon Wellington ~ for a Scottish Supper It’s a Scottish supper as I realised after I had cooked this meal that I had used fabulous Scottish Hot Smoked Salmon from John at Delish Fish, gorgeous Kestrel potatoes from Scotty Brand as well as their delicious…
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Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic
Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic As you will all remember from my Meal Planning on Monday post, from Monday curiously enough, this week is my birthday week……with my birthday being this weekend; and there are plans afoot (I think!) for a meal out at lunch time and a birthday tea…
The Very Merry Soup Month of May! Curried Scottish Carrot and Lentil Soup
The Very Merry Soup Month of May! Curried Scottish Carrot and Lentil Soup Who would have thought that in May I would still be hankering after soup to warm the soul as well as me! We are only two days into May and already I am planning more soup days….. which, as it happens is fine,…
Old Cookbooks and Recipes – Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast (Griddle Cakes)
Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast (Griddle Cakes) – Old fashioned Griddle pancakes, also called Dropped Scones, these are easy to make and make a lovely breakfast dish, tea time treat or a dessert dish. Old Cookbooks & Recipes ~ Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast ~ (Griddle Cakes) It’s one of those mornings where you fancy…
Last Day to Celebrate British Bread Week with my Mum’s Scottish Morning Rolls – Baps
Last Day to Celebrate British Bread Week with my Mum’s Scottish Morning Rolls – Baps National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK For my last bread post for British Bread Week I am sharing my Mum’s recipe for Baps, Scottish Morning Rolls. These classic Scottish bread rolls…
Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe – Omelette Arnold Bennett
Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe ~ Omelette Arnold Bennett ~ Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was a British writer. Often after having been to the theatre in London he visited the Savoy Hotel’s Grillroom. The chef added haddock, cream and Parmesan cheese to the basic omelette and…
Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches
Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK As you may remember from my last post about National Bread Week, Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves,…
Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes No Croutons Required The No Croutons Required challenge set by Jacqueline over at Tinned Tomatoes this month is one that is right up my street; make a vegetarian soup or salad recipe using antipasti from your store cupboard, such as peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, courgettes and artichokes…
Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves
“Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes” Celebrating British Bread Week ~ Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves ~ National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK British Bread week gives us all the opportunity to celebrate one of the oldest and most popular types of food – bread. Ours…
Banderillas Picantes – Pickles on Skewers for Tapas and Random Recipes
~ Banderillas Picantes ~ Pickles on Skewers for Tapas Random Recipes It’s Belleau Kitchen’s second birthday and so Dom has come up with a corker of an idea; the Random Recipes challenge for April is to bake something special for him from a random baking book……..but, somehow that got lost in translation for me and I excitedly…
Retro Chic Comfort Food, The Grand National & Rumbledethumps – Scottish Potato, Cabbage & Cheese Gratin with Chives
Retro Chic Comfort Food, The Grand National Rumbledethumps ~ Scottish Potato, Cabbage & Cheese Gratin with Chives ~ Old method and recipe for making Rumbledethumps: Take a peck of purtatoes, and put them into a boyne — at them with a beetle — a dab of butter — the beetle again — anither dab —…
Lucky Friday the 13th with Tasty Fish on Friday – Brandade de Morue, French Salt Cod and Potato Gratin
Lucky Friday the 13th with Tasty Fish on Friday ~ Brandade de Morue ~ (French Salt Cod and Potato Gratin) Brandade is a French dish which is a creamy, whipped emulsion of salt cod, garlic, parsley and olive oil which tends to be eaten in winter with bread or deep-fried toasts or croutons. In France it’s called Brandade de Morue and in Spain it is…
Scottish Salt Cod for a Tapas Lunch – Bacalao Fritters – Salt Cod Fritters with Saffron and Pimenton
~ Scottish Salt Cod for a Tapas Lunch ~ Bacalao Fritters Salt Cod Fritters with Saffron and Pimenton With the tempting taste of my Tapas lunch the other week still dancing on my taste-buds, I was delighted to receive some lovely fish from Delish Fish the other week; and amongst my wonderful selection of wild Scottish seafood and fish…
“Poor Man’s Bread” – Victorian Watercress Tea Sandwiches for High Tea, Children’s School Lunchbox and Picnics
“Poor Man’s Bread” Victorian Watercress Tea Sandwiches for High Tea, Children’s School Lunchbox and Picnics This wonderful and vibrant leafy green plant used to be far more popular than it is nowadays, as well as considerably cheaper too. In fact it was the often known as “Poor Man’s Bread” during the Victorian times, as many impoverished labourers would have access…
Tea Time Treats for the Easter Tea Table – Little Easter Egg & Daisy Cakes with Chocolate Cheese Cake Frosting
Tea Time Treats for the Easter Tea Table ~ Little Easter Egg & Daisy Cakes ~ with Chocolate Cheese Cake Frosting I have made a discovery, and a brilliant one at that…….I have discovered Philadelphia with Cadbury – a chocolate cream cheese which is JUST like eating chocolate cheesecake! I have also discovered Dr Oetker’s amazing edible Wafer…