Savoury Baked Apples – Perk up your Sunday Lunch with these Savoury Baked Apples with Branston Smooth Pickle. They also make a tasty family supper dish when served with mashed potatoes and gravy. Bring out the Branston! I love a good pickle, and Branston Pickle has always featured on our family table here at Chez Lavender…
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Mongolian Beef for Crocktober
Mongolian Beef for Crocktober – A deliciously spicy and sticky Asian inspired beef dish that is perfect for Halloween. Using my Crock-Pot 5.6L Express Multi Cooker, you can cook this slow on the slow cooker setting, or in 30 minutes using the pressure cooker setting. Crock-Pot Crocktober Halloween Meal Challenge I cannot believe how quickly…
“Rainbow Jumbles” Biscuits – Cookies
“Rainbow Jumbles” Biscuits – Cookies: An updated version of the classic British biscuit, Jumbles are an easy one pan biscuit that needs no rolling, and is perfect for the children to bake with you. with Bacofoil® Non-Stick Baking Paper Regular readers of Lavender and Lovage will know that I am an avid baker and I…
Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam
Preserving the Season – Seedless Blackberry Jam: A delectable taste of the season, this lovely bramble jam is seedless, and is perfect on toast, crumpets and scones as well as in homemade cakes. You can also heat it up to drizzle over ice cream or dollop it on top of baked rice pudding. Hedgerow Harvest Part…
Vanilla & Summer Fruit Pavlova
Vanilla & Summer Fruit Pavlova – A large celebratory pavlova with a crisp and chewy meringue base which is topped with summer fruits, cream and fruit curd. I used a selection of mixed berries with mango and two fruit curds – raspberry curd and passion fruit and mango curd. *Paid collaboration with Baxers* Summer Pavlova…
A Visit to Halen Môn Sea Salt PDO on Anglesey
A Visit to Halen Môn Sea Salt PDO on Anglesey – One cold but sunny morning, I set off to Anglesey, just an hour from where I live in North Wales, to visit Halen Môn Sea Salt Saltcote, for a private behind-the-scenes tour and a salt tasting experience. Today’s post is an overview of my…
Leek & Chicken Casserole with Baked Dumplings
Welsh Leek & Chicken Casserole with Baked Herb Dumplings – Using locally sourced ingredients with provenance, this recipe is a real winter warmer, and would be perfect for any family supper to celebrate St David’s Day. Organic Welsh chicken is paired with locally grown Welsh leeks and shallots, which is cooked in a rich chicken…
Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew)
Welsh Cawl (Lamb & Vegetable Stew) – Cawl is often seen as being the national dish of Wales, my recipe is based on a traditional Welsh recipe for Cawl, but uses lamb steaks in place of a lamb joint, as was commonly used in times gone by. A bowl of cawl is usually accompanied by…
Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips
This recipe for Healthy Chilli Taco Bake with Popchips is extremely easy to prepare and cook, and makes a delicious midweek family supper dish, especially when served with fresh salad. The minced beef and pepper mixture can be cooked beforehand, making the dish even easier to assemble before you want to cook it. NB: Popchips…
Beef Collops for Collop Monday
Beef Collops for Collop Monday – An easy and delectable historical recipe that would have been served on Collop Monday, in the week preceding Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Slices of beef are simmered in a rich beef stock and wine sauce before being served with fried bread, a pre-Lenten dish from many years ago….
Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws
Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws – Made with excess Festive ingredients, such as puff pastry and smoked cheese from the cheese board, these are posh enough for cocktail nibbles as well as being perfect for the school lunch box, and, these tasty little smoked cheese numbers are easy to make and are loved by all…
Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt
Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt – Easily made, these “Pikelets”, also known as “Crempog” in Wales, and “Scotch Pancakes” or “Drop Scones” in Scotland, are delicious little, fluffy pancakes resembling a thin crumpet, and are perfect for breakfast when served with honey, yogurt and fresh blueberries. Wake Up Better for Pancake Day Breakfast,…
Velouté de Noël
Velouté de Noël – This rich, thick and creamy soup hides a secret, it’s made with a selection of cooked festive vegetables that are left over after Christmas dinner; roast parsnips, potatoes, carrots & sprouts are whizzed up in a Vitamix Ascent blender, on the soup setting, resulting in a hot, creamy Velouté soup in…
Christmas Eve Fireside Supper Chicken & Ham Pie
Christmas Eve Fireside Supper Chicken & Ham Pie – A delectable and hearty pie which is perfect for a cosy Christmas Eve fireside supper, especially when served with a glass of chilled Provence Rosé wine. with Provence Wines UK It’s finally here! It’s Christmas Eve and it’s time for me, at least, to put down…
Sausage, Cranberry, Red Onion & Walnut Stuffing
Sausage, Cranberry, Red Onion & Walnut Stuffing – A quick and easy stiffing made in the Vitamix® Ascent™ for hassle free and tasty Christmas or Festive entertaining. Upgrade your Christmas Flavours with the Vitamix® Ascent™ I’m officially in love, I have a new toy and I haven’t stopped playing with it since it arrived! I have a…
