In 2013 I decided that I was going to take the orange by the rind, (as opposed to the bull by the horns) and enter my marmalade into that year’s Marmalade Awards, or to give it the correct title, The World’s Original Marmalade Awards. I was bold and brave, not worrying about the awards I…
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Breakfast Week Meal Plan: Baked Full English Breakfast Recipe and 5:2 Diet Breakfast Ideas
Breakfast Week Meal Plan: ~ Baked Full English Breakfast Recipe ~ 5:2 Diet Breakfast Ideas The house is infused with a wonderful citrus aroma as I sit and type my post this morning; a batch of three fruits marmalade is on the hob and simmering away quite happily and it smells like breakfast, that marmalade…
Rosy Roasted Roots, Random Recipes and Fresh Scottish Herrings in an Oatmeal Crumb
Rosy Roasted Roots, Random Recipes and Fresh Scottish Herrings in an Oatmeal Crumb Of all the root vegetables that are grown and available in the UK and France, Beetroot has to be one of my favourites; it’s a much maligned vegetable, probably due to being picked in harsh malt vinegar for months on end, but…
Scheherazade and Tea Time Treats: Cardamom Rose Cake with Orange Drizzle Recipe
Scheherazade and Tea Time Treats: Cardamom Rose Cake with Orange Drizzle Recipe There is something of Scheherazade and her tales from a Thousand and One Arabian Nights in my latest cake recipe, Cardamom Rose Cake with Orange Drizzle Recipe. Cardamom is a spice with an aroma that immediately transports me to the Middle East, probably on a magic…
Snow, Bread and Boule! An Easy Artisan Weekly Make and Bake Rustic Bread Recipe
Snow, Bread and Boule! An Easy Artisan Weekly Make and Bake Rustic Bread Recipe The snow arrived in soft fluttering flakes and settled as fast as an uninvited guest at the tea-table! The light was bright and the snow-bound garden had that eerie muffled silence that the snow always brings with it. The Aga and fire were lit,…
Five-A-Day Family Supper Recipe: “Sunday Lunch” Chicken, Sausage and Vegetable Hotpot
Five-A-Day Family Supper Recipe: “Sunday Lunch” Chicken, Sausage and Vegetable Hotpot Ahhhh…..Slow Sunday! A day of comparative rest, unless you are cooking a “full on” family Sunday roast that is; a day to turn over in bed for another few minutes or half an hour, a day of “no bills” through the letter box. A…
5:2 Diet Fast Day: Pancakes for Breakfast – Blueberry & Oat Pancakes with Cinnamon Recipe
5:2 Diet Fast Day: Pancakes for Breakfast – Blueberry & Oat Pancakes with Cinnamon Recipe – The second weekend in a brand New Year and the first week of resuming my 5:2 diet plan – you can read all about the plan here: The Fast Diet, as well as on my blog here: 5:2 Diet, Fast…
Charles Dickens and London Particular: Ham and Pea Soup Recipe
Charles Dickens and London Particular: Ham and Pea Soup Recipe It has been foggy lately, the New Year opened with thick, swirling fog – the sort where drips of moisture are amplified by the close pressing presence of this most depressing of weather phenomena. Rain I can cope with, now and then that is, snow is initially magical before it becomes sludge or…
5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipes: Coronation Potato Salad and Low-Fat Pan-Fried Garlic Hake Fillets
5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipes: Coronation Potato Salad and Low-Fat Pan-Fried Garlic Hake Fillets The time between Christmas and New Year is a strange one on the culinary front – there is a plethora of sweets, cakes, pies, biscuits and other rich pickings from the savoury buffet table, as well as piles of turkey no…
Boxing Day Brunch – Ham and Bubble and Squeak (Recipe)
Boxing Day Brunch – Ham and Bubble and Squeak (Recipe) I hope your Christmas day was a wonderful day, filled with good food, wine, friends and family…..as mine was. Today, the 26th December, is Boxing Day in the UK and St Stephen’s Day…….The exact etymology of the term “boxing” is unclear, but it appears to…
Historical Roast Turkey Recipe: Gilded Saffron & Butter Basted Turkey with Herb Garland
Historical Roast Turkey Recipe: Gilded Saffron & Butter Basted Turkey with Herb Garland Christmas arrived early last weekend when I received a lovely Seasonal Box from Knorr, with the makings of a wonderful Christmas dinner, including some handy Knorr gravy pots. One of my readers was lucky enough to win the same box, in a Giveaway I…
Recipes: Fabulous Festive Fish! Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche
Recipes: Fabulous Festive Fish! Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche For my last Fish on Friday post before Christmas, I bring you a simple and very elegant appetiser, Little Smoked Salmon Cucumber Cups With Peppered Crème Fraiche, as well as a list of some of my fish recipes over the last year…….most of…
Rudolph The Red Nosed Potato! Mini Potato Dauphinoise Muffins for Christmas Day (Recipe)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Potato! Mini Potato Dauphinoise Muffins for Christmas Day (Recipe) It’s now officially Christmas week – that’s the week that precedes Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and that means it’s not long now. Our Christmas menu has been planned, and I will reveal all nearer the time, but, I can tell you that we will be…
A Family Favourite and Winter Warmer: Traditional Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mash (Recipe)
A Family Favourite and Winter Warmer: Traditional Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mash (Recipe) I am a Scotty Brand Blogger – this means every few weeks I receive a lovely package of fresh fruit or vegetables, from spuds to strawberries and raspberries to carrots, I have been lucky enough the receive all of these beautifully fresh, Scottish locally…
Spanish Olives ~ Olé! A Duet of Tuneful Olive Marinades with Lemons, Oranges, Herbs & Ginger
Spanish Olives ~ Olé! A Duet of Tuneful Olive Marinades with Lemons, Oranges, Herbs & Ginger Oh I DO love an olive! Well, let’s be truthful, I like OLIVES in the plural – and, apart from dipping and dunking my crusty bread into a bowl of luscious, glistening olives at parties, lunch on the terrace, picnics,…
