5:2 Diet, Fast Days & Feast Day Roast Tomato & Garlic Soup Recipe (70 Calories) I am not a fan of “faddy diets” and yet I must admit to being fascinated about the latest 5:20 diet that was featured in Eat, Fast and Live Longer, part of the documentary featuring the medical journalist Michael Mosley, where…
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Search for a Connoisseur & Sharp’s Brewery: Smoked Mackerel with Hot Beetroot and Horseradish Cream
Search for a Connoisseur & Sharp’s Brewery Smoked Mackerel with Hot Beetroot and Horseradish Cream I am always up for a cookery challenge and when I was approached by Sharp’s Brewery recently and asked if I would like to develop a recipe to be matched with a BEER, I was intrigued and very interested! I know that the usual pairing…
A Provence Summer Preserve ~ French Set Apricot and Lavender Jam (Confiture)
~ A Provence Summer Preserve ~ French Set Apricot and Lavender Jam (Confiture) Heady perfumed lavender fields, rolling hills of thyme and oregano, hot sun, dusty paths, aching backs and grape stained fingers, hawks sitting on hay bales, the distant throb of a tractor, diesel, warm hands and faces, rich pate, crusty bread, herb scented rillettes, metallic…
Just in time for the BBQ ~ English Lavender Marinade for Beef, Lamb or Chicken
Just in time for the BBQ ~ English Lavender Marinade for Beef, Lamb or Chicken ~ Lavender is a traditional cottage garden plant. Its grey-green spikes of foliage and purple flowers provide colour all year. Since the Middle Ages, the dried flowers have been one of the main ingredients of potpourri. Fresh sprigs are included…
Frugal but Comforting Family Fare: Stuffed Tomatoes with Herbs & Oats (Gluten Free)
Frugal but Comforting Family Fare: Stuffed Tomatoes with Herbs & Oats (Gluten Free) This is an old family recipe, one that has been welcome on my table for many years and before that on my mum and grandmother’s table too…..a recipe that is comforting and yet frugal, a recipe that “pads” out the meat but…
Fish on Friday with King Prawns – Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry with Mangoes
Fish on Friday with King Prawns ~ Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry with Mangoes ~ This week’s Fish on Friday post is a little bit special, not that all my previous Fish on Friday posts aren’t special too, but this is an attempt to cheer us all up with an exotic Asian inspired seafood recipe – Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry…
Frolicking Fun and Frivolity with “Whim Wham” ~ A Scottish Regency Trifle
Frolicking Fun and Frivolity with “Whim Wham” ~ A Scottish Regency Trifle ~ Who doesn’t love a bit of frolicking fun and frivolity? Especially when the weather has been dire this summer; so when I received a package of FRESH Scottish raspberries recently, my face LIT up and I immediately started to concoct a divine dessert that had FUN in the title…
Fish on Friday: Low-Fat Cumin Scented Plaice Goujons with a Panko Crumb
Fish on Friday: Cumin Scented Plaice Goujons with a Panko Crumb Fish on Friday – my regular weekly post to try to encourage you all to EAT fish! And yes, I can share “high faluting” recipes here, and in fact I DO have a couple up my sleeve to share later, but, what I LOVE about fish, and…
Summer Holiday Baking: Pear,Walnut & Goat’s Cheese Breakfast Buns (Muffins)
Summer Holiday Baking: Pear,Walnut & Goat’s Cheese Breakfast Buns (Muffins) I have been jamming, as in making the sweet conserve, and baking……the wet and cold weather brings out the baker and preserver in me……as if I need to feed the soul and lay down stores for the winter. By nine o’clock this morning I…
Cake Stall Baking ~ Double Chocolate and Summer Berries Truffle Slice
~ Cake Stall Baking ~ Double Chocolate and Summer Berries Truffle Slice I’ve been baking….Cake Stall Baking, baking with chocolate and summer berries, and salted butter, and cocoa…..it’s been a veritable feast of calorie laden ingredients and the kitchen has been infused with a rich chocolatey aroma…..it’s great to break free of calorie counting and diets now…
Scotch Griddle Cakes with Heather Honey for Scotland and Best of British
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…
Low Calorie Vanilla Bean Scones for a Wimbledon Strawberries & Cream Tea
Low Calorie Vanilla Bean Scones for a Wimbledon Strawberries & Cream Tea I swore to myself that I wouldn’t cash in on the “W” word on my blog, and it has been easier enough not to mention it until now…….but now, I find myself with a PERFECT Wimbledon recipe, and it’s gone STRAIGHT in to…
Barbecued Fish on the Stove Top! Pan-Fried Lemon, Parmesan and Herb Crusted Hake
Barbecued Fish on the Stove Top! Pan-Fried Lemon, Parmesan and Herb Crusted Hake Fish on Friday Yes, it’s the weather that will lead again in today’s post…..and yes, it’s the rain, or should I say the MONSOON kind of rain that’s what I’m talking about! This morning started again with torrential rain – not just a little shower, but BUCKETS…
The Long French Lunch and Poulet Nomade ~ Nomad’s Chicken (Herb Poached Chicken in a Jar)
~ The Long French Lunch ~ Poulet Nomade ~ Nomad’s Chicken (Herb Poached Chicken in a Jar) Yes, it’s still raining, even in France where I am now for the summer……each day brings more shades of grey, and different levels of drizzle and dampness…….We’ve had ONE sunny day, when I had the picnic at the bottom…
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…