– Green Goddess “50 Calorie” Soup Recipe – A Green Smoothie in a Soup Bowl! The other title for this post should have been “you can have your bread and eat it” as this soup is SO low in calories, that when I am on a “fast day” for the “5:2 diet” (where I only…
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A “Secret” Baked Layer Cake: Scottish Rhubarb & Ginger Crunchy Streusel Cake Recipe
A “Secret” Baked Layer Cake: Scottish Rhubarb & Ginger Crunchy Streusel Cake Recipe The lovely Scottish preserves company Mackays sent me a selection of jams and curds recently with the suggestion that I bake something with them, as part of their #bakingwithmackays challenge, as well as creating a new recipe to be shared on their…
An Afternoon Tea with Buttermilk Scones: Win 12 pieces of Penzance Dinnerware with Churchill!
An Afternoon Tea with Buttermilk Scones: Win 12 pieces of Penzance Dinnerware with Churchill! As many of you might remember I am the official Churchill China Blogger! You can read all about my association with Churchill China in several previous posts here: Mothering Sunday and Blue & White China: Little Victoria Lemon Daisy Cakes Recipe and My…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner – Sausage Meatballs, Fennel, Strawberry Jelly, Watercress & Scones Recipes
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner for June – Sausage Meatballs, Fennel, Strawberry Jelly, Watercress & Scones Recipes – Core ingredients for JUNE: Sausages, Carrots, Fennel, Watercress, Spring Onions and Strawberries June Menu: Cream of Watercress Soup Cheese and Spring Onion Scones Sausage Meatball and Fennel Bake Little Fresh Strawberry Jellies Welcome to June’s Thrifty and…
Fish on Friday – 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Smoked Haddock and Spinach Gratin (200 calories)
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…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Asparagus,Spring Vegetables,Gooseberries & Cape Malay Beef Curry Recipes
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Asparagus, Spring Vegetables, Gooseberries & Cape Malay Beef Curry Recipes Core May Ingredients: Beef, Asparagus, Broad Beans, Peas, Gooseberries and Jersey Royal Potatoes May Menu: Two Cheese Asparagus Tart Broad Bean and Pea Medley with Feta Cheese Jersey Royal Potato Salad with Three Herb Mayonnaise Cape Malay Beef & Fruit…
My Kitchen Heroes and a Signature Dish: Cheese, Spring Onion and Tomato Flan Recipe
My Kitchen Heroes and a Signature Dish: Cheese, Spring Onion and Tomato Flan Recipe Meet my kitchen heroes and one of my “signature” dishes……I love cooking and baking and also prefer to make my own pastry, but, life can be hectic and frenetic sometimes and that’s where my kitchen heroes come into play – ready-made…
SousVide Supreme Chicken Three Ways! Chicken Cordon Bleu, Lemon Thyme Chicken Kebabs & Chicken with Beans
Review: SousVide Supreme Chicken Three Ways! Chicken Cordon Bleu, Lemon Thyme Chicken Kebabs & Chicken with Beans I have been on a bit of retro kick lately and have been rediscovering recipes from the 1970’s – those famous restaurant staples of many a restaurant or bistro, such as steak and chips, prawn cocktail, chef’s salad…
Cheese and Onion Scone Bread (Loaf)
Cheese and Onion Scone Bread (Loaf) I have been a little lazy on the baking front lately, I have just been so busy and also the diet has been high on the list this week, after an orgy of excessive boozing and scoffing last week. So, when my random generator “widget thingie” landed on the…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Salmon with Herb Mayonnaise, Spring Greens & Orange Cream Cheese Cake Recipes
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Salmon with Herb Mayonnaise, Spring Greens & Orange Cream Cheese Cake Recipes April Core Ingredients: Oranges, Spring Greens, New Potatoes, Cream Cheese, Herbs and Salmon April Menu: Whole poached salmon with Herb mayonnaise Spring Greens with Citrus butter Minted New Potatoes Salmon & Vegetable Cheesy Bake Potted Salmon & Herb…
Recipe: Traditional Hot Cross Buns for Easter in the style of Brioche!
Recipe: Traditional Hot Cross Buns for Easter in the style of Brioche! Easter is less than a week away, and my Easter baking has started in earnest with batches of cakes, bread and Hot Cross Buns being made almost daily, some to freeze for next weekend, and the rest to scoff now! Last year, I shared…
Colombard Wine, French Bread and Mussel, Onion and Parsley Chowder Recipe
Colombard Wine, French Bread and Mussel, Onion and Parsley Chowder Recipe In another life, not that long ago actually, I remember one evening when we (my husband and I) took some American guests who were staying at our B and B in France to a local vineyard for a nocturnal “dégustation”. The vineyard in question was Domaine…
My Mum’s “Teacup Apricot and Honey Porridge” Recipe for a Cold March Morning
My Mum’s “Teacup Apricot and Honey Porridge” Recipe for a Cold March Morning Spring has ebbed away in a slither of ice and snow, and my daffodils and tulips are drooping under the weight of heavy white hoarfrost, whilst the garden birds look slightly shell-shocked as they grapple with ongoing nest-building in Arctic conditions – yes, winter…
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Persian Lamb, Aromatic Cauliflower & Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipes
Thrifty & Organic Meal Planner: Persian Lamb, Aromatic Cauliflower & Chocolate Truffle Cake Recipes March Core Ingredients: Lemons; Cauliflower; Leeks; Eggs; Chocolate and Lamb MARCH MENU: Persian Roast Lamb with Aromatic Rice Spiced Cauliflower Spicy Shepherd’s Pie with Cheesy Leek Topping Chocolate Truffle Cake with Crystallised Violets Welcome to my second Thrifty and Organic Meal Planner post!…
#FishFight Haddock: Easy Cheesy Family Fish Pie Recipe for the 5:2 Diet (300 calories)
#FishFight Haddock: Easy Cheesy Family Fish Pie Recipe for the 5:2 Diet (300 calories) My Fish on Friday post is now a Seafood on Saturday post, as I ran out of time to write this yesterday! But, fish is NOT just for Friday, and today’s recipe would make a fabulous family supper dish for the…
