Roasted “Tartan Veggies” with Smoked Sea Salt, Honey and Thyme and other Burns Night Recipes Today, Saturday the 25th January is Burns Night, when Burns’s all over the world will be celebrating this Scottish Bard with a Scottish feast that will include haggis, Scotch whisky and a variety of other Scottish delicacies. As a Burns…
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Slow Cooking with the Ginger Pig! Pulled Pork with a Spicy Rub (Slow Cooker/Crock Pot) Recipe
Slow Cooking with the Ginger Pig! Pulled Pork with a Spicy Rub (Slow Cooker/Crock Pot) Recipe Today’s post is all about spice, comfort food and a new cookbook…..it’s a recipe that I have fallen in love with and that will be a frequent visitor to my kitchen, it’s easy to prepare and cook and is…
Tasty Low-Calorie 5:2 Diet Recipe: Garlic, Herb and Parmesan Crusted Chicken Schnitzels
Tasty Low-Calorie 5:2 Diet Recipe: Garlic, Herb and Parmesan Crusted Chicken Schnitzels This recipe for low-calorie Garlic, Herb and Parmesan Crusted Chicken Schnitzels is as old as the hills, and I have been making these forever, but, then the last time I was cooking these fillets, I thought they really cannot be that high in…
Award Winning Marmalade: Lemon and Lime Marmalade
This recipe for Lemon and Lime marmalade is a firm family favourite. It has a tangy and pronounced lime flavour and would be especially good with some extra added booze! I’ve provided full step by step photos and instructions so there is no excuse not to whip up a few jars. Disclaimer: I was sent…
Sunday Baking: A Beautiful Easy Quick Bread Recipe – Zuri’s South African Picnic Bread
Sunday Baking: A Beautiful Easy Quick Bread Recipe – Zuri’s South African Picnic Bread – Today’s post is tinged with some sadness; my recipe today is for Zuri’s South African Picnic Bread, and it has been made by way of a condolence message for my good friend Zuri (Zuretha) who lost her husband Gideon last…
Spicy Toasted Sandwiches for Lunch! Mexican Cheese, Chorizo and Avocado Toastie Recipe
Spicy Toasted Sandwiches for Lunch! Mexican Cheese, Chorizo and Avocado Toastie Recipe Today’s recipe is just perfect for a light lunch, a quick snack or a simple supper, and it’s one of my favourite ways to eat a sandwich, a TOASTED sandwich, or a toastie as they are called. I have simple tastes when it…
5:2 Diet Winter Meal Plan Ideas: Low-Calorie Turkey & Kale Scotch Broth Recipe
5:2 Diet Winter Meal Plan Ideas: Low-Calorie Turkey & Kale Scotch Broth Recipe Hello to my first 5:2 Meal Plan and Recipes post of the New Year! I would like to tell you about my lows and highs on the diet first, and tell you JUST how much weight I have lost, and not just…
Twelfth Night, Epiphany and Spices! Curried Beef & Apricot Pie with a Salt Glaze Crust Recipe
Twelfth Night, Epiphany and Spices! Curried Beef & Apricot Pie with a Salt Glaze Crust Recipe Today, the 5th January, is Twelfth Night, not to be confused with Epiphany, which is tomorrow on the 6th January. Traditionally, it’s the day that all the decorations and cards come down, lest you bring bad luck into your home for…
Using Festive Turkey Leftovers: 5:2 Diet “Turkey Red Flannel Hash with Beans” Recipe
Using Festive Turkey Leftovers: 5:2 Diet “Turkey Red Flannel Hash with Beans” Recipe Red Flannel Hash (Dictionary.com) Part of Speech: noun Definition: a type of hash made with beets and potatoes, sometimes with chopped bacon or beef. Example: At the restaurant, red flannel hash comes with eggs, served either poached or over easy. Etymology: 1907…
Using Christmas Dinner Leftover Carrots for a 5:2 Diet Soup: Smoky Carrot & Coriander Soup with Croutons
Using Christmas Dinner Leftover Carrots for a 5:2 Diet Soup: Smoky Carrot & Coriander Soup with Croutons Without being boring, as well as being predictable, diets are very topical after the blow-out sessions over the festive period, and as I have lost so much weight on the 5:2 diet over the last year, I will…
A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Frazzled Kale and Frisee salad with Pomegranate, Persimmon and Walnuts
A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Frazzled Kale and Frisee salad with Pomegranate, Persimmon and Walnuts Welcome to recipe two in my mini festive recipe series, A Countdown to Christmas! Today’s recipe is a lovely salad, full of Christmas cheer and packed with all that is wonderful this season…….walnuts, persimmons, pomegranates and delicious curly kale – it looks…
A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Christmas Sausage, Sage and Bacon Stuffing Loaf
A Countdown to Christmas Recipe: Christmas Sausage, Sage and Bacon Stuffing Loaf It is officially the week before Christmas week now, and I am on a countdown to the big day, so I have decided to share a few seasonal recipes with you over the next nine days, most of them “essentials” such as stuffing…
Christmas Eve Comfort Food – Christmas Carollers’ Casserole: Elizabethan Spiced Beef Stew
Christmas Eve Comfort Food – Christmas Carollers’ Casserole: Elizabethan Spiced Beef Stew Christmas Eve is often a very busy time, with last-minute present wrapping, and even buying in some cases, plus all the preparations for the big day with mounds of potatoes to peel, sprouts to trim and “pigs in blankets” to make. For us,…
Beat the Winter Blues: Pumpkin, Walnut & Poppy Seed Muffins with Cheddar Cheese
Beat the Winter Blues: Pumpkin, Walnut & Poppy Seed Muffins with Cheddar Cheese One of the things I love most about autumn and winter is the wonderful choice of seasonal vegetables that are on offer; brassicas and cabbages of all sizes and hues – with red being a particular favourite of mine. Potatoes, parsnips, kale…
Frugal Family Fare: Roast Chicken & Ham Pie with a Suet Dumpling Crust
Frugal Family Fare: Roast Chicken & Ham Pie with a Suet Dumpling Crust Who doesn’t love a pie, well we all do in my house and especially when it’s as easy to make as this one is…..it’s essentially a Sunday Roast pie made with the left overs from a few weeks ago, but, it’s also…
