Scotch Griddle Cakes with Heather Honey for Scotland and Best of British How I LOVE Britain’s diverse and unique cuisine……from John O’ Groats to Land’s End, and in-between of course, we are a nation rich in regional recipes; dishes and ingredients that take advantage of the our farming heritage, as well as the seas that surround our wonderful island…
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Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Tapenade Topped BBQ Cod with Hot New Potato Salad with Mint & Spring Onions
Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Tapenade Topped BBQ Cod with Hot New Potato Salad with Mint & Spring Onions Well, look at this, my regular Fish on Friday post has become a Fish in Saturday post, but, with good reason……I had a few internet problems yesterday and by the time they were all sorted out…
Vanilla, Strawberry & Rose Victoria Sponge Cake for Lavender and Lovage’s 1st Year Blog Birthday!
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…
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,…
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,…
Loch Fyne Smoked Salmon Tartine (Tartine au saumon fumé) – perfect for a Jubilee Picnic!
Loch Fyne Smoked Salmon Tartine (Tartine au saumon fumé) Perfect for a Jubilee Picnic! I was lucky enough to be sent some wonderfull smoked salmon and a bottle of wine recently, from Loch Fyne, a fabulous Scottish company that provides a range of delicious seafood and larder products delivered directly to your door from the shores…
Best of British, Davidstow Cornish Cheddar and my Mum’s Cheese and Potato Pie for Family Suppers
Best of British, Davidstow Cornish Cheddar ~ Mum’s Cheese and Potato Pie ~ for Family Suppers This may not seem like a very seasonal dish to share just now, whilst we are all basking in temperatures in the upper 20’s, but this really is an all year around recipe that is VERY family and child friendly and…
Flaming June: Getting ready for the Salad Season – Fantastique Jam Jar French Dressing
Flaming June: Getting ready for the Salad Season ~ Fantastique Jam Jar French Dressing ~ The weather has been positively balmy lately, and the mercury has been soaring……it seems that “Wet May” has disappeared and we will soon be into “Flaming June”, which coincidently is the name of one of my favourite paintings by Lord Frederic Leighton. This…
Regal Pear and Chocolate Pavlova Crown – MORE baking for the Forman & Field Jubilee Bake Off
Regal Pear and Chocolate Pavlova Crown MORE baking for the Forman & Field Jubilee Bake Off Forman & Field Mystery Box Ingredients for the Jubilee Bake Off I DID promise you a second Jubilee Bake Off recipe yesterday, but I was so busy that I didn’t have a chance to post it…….however, today is REGAL…
Fairtrade – is it Fair to All? Random Musings and Honey, Banana & Blueberry Breakfast Buns
Fairtrade – is it Fair to All? Random Musings and Honey, Banana & Blueberry Breakfast Buns Good morning! Before I have all of the Fairtrade supporters wading in to admonish me, let me explain, and VERY quickly, that I AM a Fairtrade supporter myself! But, I also feel a certain amount of unease on a more personal level about Fairtrade for all…….let…
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,…
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…
Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches
Celebrating British Bread Week with Farmhouse Oatmeal Bread for Toast, Soup & Sandwiches National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK As you may remember from my last post about National Bread Week, Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves,…
Pies, Simple Simon Met a Pieman ~ Raised Chicken and Ham Pie
Pies, Simple Simon met a Pieman and ~ Raised Chicken and Ham Pie ~ Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair; Said Simple Simon to the pieman “Let me taste your ware” Said the pieman to Simple Simon “Show me first your penny” Said Simple Simon to the pieman “Sir, I have not…