Vanilla, Strawberry & Rose Victoria Sponge Cake for Lavender and Lovage’s 1st Year Blog Birthday! Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday Lavender and Lovage, Happy Birthday to me! Yes, it’s hard to believe, but the 28th June 2012 is my FIRST year’s birthday as a Blog and a food Blogger……it was a year…
Casual Party
Pudding Basins in Summer? A Twist on Two Classics: Berry Bread & Butter Summer Pudding
Pudding Basins in Summer? A Twist on Two Classics: Berry Bread & Butter Summer Pudding If you think pudding basins are strictly for the winter, think again! I use my pudding basins throughout the year as mixing bowls, storage bowls, salad bowls for picnics, ice cream containers and of course, for puddings! So, when I…
The Original Cup Cake – Little Coffee Cup Chocolate-Chip Cakes with Vanilla Cream Froth
The Original Cup Cake Little Coffee Cup Chocolate-Chip Cakes with Vanilla Cream Froth Forgive me if I have a little rant, but I am not a cupcake baker……..I make fairy cakes, butterfly cakes, buns and little cakes, but not cupcakes! I know, I know……I need to move with the times, but the thing is this,…
Sud de France Festival and Cassoulet salade d’été avec confit de canard (Summer Cassoulet Salad with Preserved Duck)
Sud de France Festival Cassoulet salade d’été avec confit de canard (Summer Cassoulet Salad with Preserved Duck) The Sud de France Festival is on in London right now – it runs from the 11th to the 29th June 2012; the festival celebrates the Mediterranean flavours of Languedoc-Roussillon, one of my favourite parts of France as it happens,…
Fish on Friday and a Taste of India with Easy Fish Curry
Fish on Friday and a Taste of India with Easy Fish Curry It’s Friday again and another fishy post…….I was going to share a BBQ fish recipe with you all today, but the weather has been so appalling that I feel a comforting fishy recipe is the order of the day. Curry, I LOVE curry, I was…
Bursting with Berries on Midsummer’s Day – Sorbet Cassis (Blackcurrant Sorbet)
Bursting with Berries on Midsummer’s Day Sorbet Cassis (Blackcurrant Sorbet) Midsummer’s Day dawned this morning and I was not impressed……half the apples had been blown off my tree and some of my herbs had been flattened. It had obviously been raining all night and there were deep, secretive puddles waiting to envelop my feet as I…
Summer Solstice Sandwiches – Cheese and Tomato with Salad Cream and Herb Garden Tea Sandwiches with Cream Cheese
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…
Piquant Pizza with Goat’s Cheese, Chorizo and Chillies for a Great Midweek Supper
Piquant Pizza with Goat’s Cheese, Chorizo and Chillies for a Great Midweek Supper I have been playing with my food, well, my Monday Meal Plan actually……only two days into the week and already I am swapping meals and days around….I LOVE to break the rules! Tonight’s meal was pasta, on the plan that is, but…
A bit of French Toast…..Vegetarian Tartiflette Open Toastie for a Random Lunch
A bit of French Toast….. Vegetarian Tartiflette Open Toastie for a Random Lunch Any recipe or dish that has the name “Tartiflette” is okay in my book, in fact, it’s the sort of recipe name that I LOVE to repeat over and over again – I obviously need to get out more! Tartiflette is one…
Fish on Friday and a Wet Barbecue Weather Recipe! Herb Marinated BBQ Scallop & Bacon Skewers (Kebabs)
Fish on Friday and a Wet Barbecue Weather Recipe! Herb Marinated BBQ Scallop & Bacon Skewers (Kebabs) Yes I know, it’s raining and blowing a gale in parts of the UK, and my Fish on Friday post is all about BARBECUES! But, any fish or seafood that can be cooked on a BBQ, can also be…
An Easy Family Midweek Supper – Oven Roasted Tomato and Spring Onion Pasta in a Balsamic Drizzle
An Easy Family Midweek Supper Oven Roasted Tomato and Spring Onion Pasta in a Balsamic Drizzle I am staying at my sister’s at the moment, and after a busy day out and about, this was a simple supper that I rustled up in about half an hour. Lovely baby plum tomatoes are oven roasted with…
Team Capricorn! Olympic Power Salad with Goat’s Cheese, Fruit and Nuts
Team Capricorn! Olympic Power Salad with Goat’s Cheese, Fruit and Nuts #CapricornChallenge Not more Goat’s cheese I can hear you saying, or maybe not if you love it as much as I do! But, the thing is this, the hamper that I was sent from Ethel the Goat at Capricorn Goat’s Cheese was stuffed with such amazing ingredients,…
Cornish Gold for Best of British – Annie’s Cornish Pasties
Cornish Gold for Best of British – Annie’s Cornish Pasties – Now I realise that there is another Annie’s Cornish Pasty recipe, the ones that are VERY famous and are sold in Ann’s shop in Helston, on The Lizard in Cornwall…….and, as it happens, I have tried Ann’s pasties many times and I can vouch for…
Somerset Goats in my Kitchen! Ethel’s Old Thyme Goat’s Cheese and Tomato Tart
Somerset Goats in my Kitchen! Ethel’s Old Thyme Goat’s Cheese and Tomato Tart I have been approached by a goat, Ethel to be precise; Ethel asked me if I would like to participate in a BIG culinary challenge, and who am I to refuse a goat! Ethel is one of the infamous Capricorn Goats from…
Strawberries and Flowers for Tea – Strawberry & Elderflower Cake and Tart Topping
Strawberries and Flowers for Tea ~ Strawberry & Elderflower Cake and Tart Topping ~ Now is the time for fragrant lanes where clouds of billowing white frothy flowers hang heavy with rain drops……..damp earth and sweet-scented blossom pervades the damp summer air and bees hover over blooms in anticipation of nectar gathering. Berries glisten and blackbirds, the…
