Quince Blossom and a Lazy Saturday Salad Recipe: Strawberry and Mint Fruit Salad Today has been a lazy day for me, for a change! My daughter has gone back home and I have just pottered all day – in the garden as well as in the kitchen. It’s all about strawberries today, and I have…
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Fromage Friday! A Simple French Cheeseboard for Al Fresco and Summer Dining
Fromage Friday! A Simple French Cheeseboard for Al Fresco and Summer Dining Now, I know regular readers will be expecting a “Fish on Friday” post today, and indeed I will be posting one a little later or tomorrow, but for now I want to share a simple idea for a summer cheeseboard, a bit if…
Picnics, Lunch Box and Barbecue Salad Idea: Layered Picnic Salads in a Jar (Recipe)
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…
The First Sunny Day of Spring! Strawberry Fair Yoghurt Cupcakes Recipe
The First Sunny Day of Spring! Strawberry Fair Yoghurt Cupcakes Recipe Hurrah! The sun has finally come out and spring has most definitely sprung today! The birds are singing, the bees are humming and I even heard a cuckoo earlier, as well as the contented clucking from my sun-worshipping hens. The mercury has risen the dizzy…
“Scandi” Friday with Hot Pickled Herrings and a Dill Pickle Potato Salad Recipe
“Scandi” Friday with Hot Pickled Herrings and a Dill Pickle Potato Salad Recipe It’s a bit of an IKEA post today…..blonde and bleached wood, candles, white plates, sleek cutlery, dill pickles, coriander, lemons, SAAB convertibles, red and white enamel pans, herrings, dill pickles and potato salad, yes, it’s my regular Fish on Friday post but…
Spring Green 5:2 Diet Recipe: Moroccan Roasted Vegetable Salad with Feta Cheese (200 calories)
Spring Green 5:2 Diet Recipe: Moroccan Roasted Vegetable Salad with Feta Cheese (200 calories) I am a salad eater, a sort of veggie lotus eater but with more rustic charm! I like a green leaf or two and never more so than when I am “watching my weight” (such a funny euphemism for I’m too fat and…
Win a Baking Party Pack for World Baking Day 19th May 2013
Win a Baking Party Pack for World Baking Day 19th May 2013 Bake for fun, bake with friends and Bake Brave – that’s the message to everyone for World Baking Day 2013. The global event happens annually on the third Sunday in May – and everyone’s invited to join in the fun, from beginner to…
Vintage Blue and White on Sepia Sunday: Farmhouse “Teacup” Spiced Fruit Loaf Recipe
Vintage Blue and White on Sepia Sunday: Farmhouse “Teacup” Spiced Fruit Loaf Recipe It’s Sunday, a day of baking and relaxing by the fire, well it IS a cold spring day! And, I have been washing some of my “food photography props” that I have arranged on an old dresser, as they get so dusty…
Recipe: Low-Calorie Moroccan Cod Parcels for the 5:2 Diet and a Healthy Happy Heart
Recipe: Low-Calorie Moroccan Cod Parcels for the 5:2 Diet and a Healthy Happy Heart As Lavender and Lovage regular readers will know, I love fish! I eat it at least twice a week – it’s easy to cook, tasty and extremely healthy, as well as being low in calories. I have been working with Fish…
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…
Quick and Simple Pasta Pronto! Swiss Chard and Walnut Pesto Recipe
Quick and Simple Pasta Pronto! Swiss Chard and Walnut Pesto Recipe Pasta, that easy to prepare mid-week meal, or a weekend indulgence with wine and maybe half an acre of garlic bread – it comes in many guises and it’s astonishing to think that we only really embraced this “foreign” ingredient about forty to forty-five years ago. Many an…
Weekly Meal Plan, 5:2 Diet Recipes and Curried Carrot Soup (85 calories)
Weekly Meal Plan, 5:2 Diet Recipes and Curried Carrot Soup (85 calories) I have been a bit lazy with my meal plans lately, as things have been a bit upside-down at home……but, this week I am pleased to be able to share a meal plan with my readers, as well as a new 5:2 diet recipe, for Curried…
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…
Recipe: Pink Grapefruit Marmalade and The Lavender & Lovage Marmalade Awards Results!
Recipe: Pink Grapefruit Marmalade and The Lavender & Lovage Marmalade Awards Results! National Marmalade week is over, as is the World’s Original Marmalade Awards, and I am left with dozens of jars of assorted marmalade, as well as a big surprise – THREE certificates from my three entries into the Marmalade Awards! Along with Sue and…
