I’m Dreaming of a Sunny May! Wolds Way Lavender and Strawberry Fruit Cup It’s at this time of the year, mid May, that I am usually thinking of drinks on the terrace or Pimms on the lawn……maybe some pick-your-own strawberry activities or strawberries and cream for afternoon tea whilst sat in the garden. The there are gentle…
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Hasty Tasty Baked Plaice with Chive Butter (Gluten Free) for Fish on Friday
Hasty Tasty Baked Plaice with Chive Butter (Gluten Free) Fish on Friday Today’s Fish on Friday’s recipe is made with one of my favourite fishes, Plaice. I love plaice, but sadly it seems to have fallen out of favour in the UK. Gone are the days when a nice fillet of breaded plaice was the…
Herbs on Saturday: Elizabethan English Herb and Flower Salad with Honey Dressing
Herbs on Saturday Elizabethan English Herb and Flower Salad with Honey Dressing An old Elizabethan salad recipe, but with an air of modernity about it, and totally suitable for the modern-day table as our interest increases in herbal and floral remedies to ease us through today’s busy, stressful and hectic lifestyle. I have made some suggestions about…
The Lavender and Lovage Sandwich Bar for British Sandwich Week! Three Cheese Spring Spread
The Lavender and Lovage Sandwich Bar British Sandwich Week Three Cheese Spring Spread Following on from British Bread week, what better time than to celebrate the humble “sarnie” or “butty” – one of our greatest British inventions, the Sandwich! This year, British Sandwich Week is celebrating 250 years of the humble sarnie…….and there is a…
Easy Family Supper: Baked Garlic Prawn & Spaghetti Gratin ~ A One Pot Meal!
Easy Family Supper ~ Baked Garlic Prawn & Spaghetti Gratin ~ A One Pot Meal! A fabulous and easy family supper that only uses one pot – well, one baking tray actually! This is one of the recipes that I promised to share with you from my meal plan on Tuesday: Meal Planning Tuesday – The…
Family Feast Tuesday – Oven Baked Chicken and Aubergine (Egg Plant) Parmigiana
~ Family Feast Tuesday ~ Oven Baked Chicken and Aubergine (Egg Plant) Parmigiana As part of my meal plan this week, this recipe made an appearance on Tuesday……it seems a little strange mentioning feast in the same week that I am attempting to live below the line, but, this is a real family feast of…
Scones for Sunday and Birthday Parties! Buttermilk and Mixed Fruit Scones with Sour Cherry Jam
Scones for Sunday and Birthday Parties! ~ Buttermilk and Mixed Fruit Scones with Sour Cherry Jam ~ It’s the day after the party………the kitchen still looks like a bomb as hit it, and there are acres of food under cling film, which are covering every available surface. My mum was the chief cook and baker for my birthday this…
Fish on Friday and a LOVELY Recipe ~ Hot Smoked Salmon Wellington for a Scottish Supper
Fish on Friday and a LOVELY Recipe ~ Hot Smoked Salmon Wellington ~ for a Scottish Supper It’s a Scottish supper as I realised after I had cooked this meal that I had used fabulous Scottish Hot Smoked Salmon from John at Delish Fish, gorgeous Kestrel potatoes from Scotty Brand as well as their delicious…
Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic
Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic As you will all remember from my Meal Planning on Monday post, from Monday curiously enough, this week is my birthday week……with my birthday being this weekend; and there are plans afoot (I think!) for a meal out at lunch time and a birthday tea…
The Very Merry Soup Month of May! Curried Scottish Carrot and Lentil Soup
The Very Merry Soup Month of May! Curried Scottish Carrot and Lentil Soup Who would have thought that in May I would still be hankering after soup to warm the soul as well as me! We are only two days into May and already I am planning more soup days….. which, as it happens is fine,…
Very Berry Month of May ~ Support British Summer Fruits with Delicious Puddings and a Giveaway
~ Very Berry Month of May ~ Support British Summer Fruits with Delicious Puddings and a Fabulous Giveaway Win FIVE Edith & Bob Great British Pudding Tea Towels & FIVE matching Prints I am extremely excited to tell you that I have teamed up with Seasonal Berries & British Summer Fruits as their Berry Blogger and we bring…
Herbs on Saturday: Marinated English Goat’s Cheese with Wild Garlic, Stem Ginger and Herbs
~ Herbs on Saturday ~ Marinated English Goat’s Cheese with Wild Garlic, Stem Ginger and Herbs I have to apologise, I have let Herbs on Saturday lapse this last month…..I have just been so busy and I never got around to making the linky for the Blog Hop…….however, I am starting the Herbs on Saturday…
Fish on Friday – Chilli and Garlic Blackened Salmon Fillets
~ Fish on Friday ~ Chilli and Garlic Blackened Salmon Fillets Here we are again, it’s Friday already…….it doesn’t seem like a week ago that I was posting about some wonderful smoked haddock I used for last Friday’s supper, Omelette Arnold Bennett. This week I am showcasing some great salmon fillets……all boned and ready to cook,…
Ladies in Beef! British Beef Week, St George’s Day & Pub Style Peppered Stilton Steaks With Charred Onions and Chips
Ladies in Beef! British Beef Week and St George’s Day Pub Style Peppered Stilton Steaks With Charred Onions and Chips Celebrate Great British Beef Week 23rd to 30th April Monday the 23rd April is the start of British Beef Week, as well as St George’s Day of course; I consider myself to be British, and…
Last Day to Celebrate British Bread Week with my Mum’s Scottish Morning Rolls – Baps
Last Day to Celebrate British Bread Week with my Mum’s Scottish Morning Rolls – Baps National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK For my last bread post for British Bread Week I am sharing my Mum’s recipe for Baps, Scottish Morning Rolls. These classic Scottish bread rolls…
