~ 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 ~
Giveaway: Win a Summer Picnic Hamper with Belvoir Fruit Farms Imagine this, a summer’s day, no work and plans for a country or seaside picnic, well, I have JUST the thing for all Lavender and Lovage readers, a FABULOUS Summer Picnic Hamper from Belvoir Fruit Farms……..perfect for a picnic by the river, the seaside or just [...]
Picnics, Lunch Box and Barbecue Salad Idea: Layered Picnic Salads in a Jar (Recipe) You know those plastic containers of soggy salad leaves, limp cucumber slices, watery tomatoes and floppy onions that are often unpacked on a picnic or for a much anticipated lunch at work? Well, worry no more (if you were worrying of course!) and [...]
Giveaway: Win an Abra-ca-Debora Dutch Pancakes Hamper worth £50! I am pleased to be able to offer all Lavender and Lovage readers a FABULOUS hamper filled with tasty ingredients as my latest giveway today! Pancakes aren’t just for pancake day. In Holland, they eat them much more often than that. The Dutch make sweet ones and savoury ones [...]
- Lavender and Lovage Sunday Patchwork Quilt – Photos and Recipes + 5:2 Diet Recipes IT’s a hot Sunday and I am back with my weekly round-up of photos and recipes, by way of the Lavender and Lovage Sunday Patchwork Quilt of Photos and Recipes, and amongst my usual healthy eating and tea time treats recipes, I am [...]
A Nocturnal Beach Picnic, Wine and a Family Recipe ~ Sausage Plait with Sage and Onion ~ (Picnic Pie) A Picnic! One of my favourite words in the English language…..nothing can deter me from having a good time, whether it is sunny or raining, it’s all of the fun of baking and making mountains of sandwiches [...]
Be-Ro Baking, Scottish Seafood, Italian Peppers and Picnic Pies for my Monday Meal Plan I missed last week, nobody said anything to me, so I let it slide, but I FORGOT to post my Monday Meal Plan last week and when I realised, it was Wednesday and too late! Our social life is to blame – it’s [...]
Forever Nigella #18 – Fridge Raid Snacks – In the manner of Nigella! It gives me great pleasure to be the guest host for Forever Nigella this month, August, and thanks to Sarah from Maison Cupcake for entrusting me with her excellent blogging challenge too! Last month’s SIZZLING SUMMER challenge was hosted by Amy and can be found here: Forever Nigella [...]
Summer Holiday Baking: Pear,Walnut & Goat’s Cheese Breakfast Buns (Muffins) I have been jamming, as in making the sweet conserve, and baking……the wet and cold weather brings out the baker and preserver in me……as if I need to feed the soul and lay down stores for the winter. By nine o’clock this morning I had [...]
Monday Meal Plan: French Sandwiches, Chicken in a Jar, Wimbledon Strawberries & Fish on Friday Here I am with my Monday Meal Plan, which I am linking up to Mrs M’s Meal Planning Monday……with thanks for this weekly link up. I had a post scheduled to go out THIS MORNING, believe it or not, but some unexpected change [...]
Summer Solstice Sandwiches ~ Cheese and Tomato with Salad Cream ~ ~ Herb Garden Tea Sandwiches with Cream Cheese ~ As if in preparation for the Summer Solstice, the sun came out today……and so the table was set and chairs were arranged under shady trees……the heat soared and the scent of my climbing roses pervaded [...]
Karen S Booth
