Pin It Cake, Cake, Cake…… Fresh Orange Layer Cake with Citrus Curd Buttercream I have been a bit lacking on the cake front lately, and I DO love a good cake too, but diets and time have dictated that cake has been off the menu recently, until today that is. I awoke to a glorious spring like…
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Preserves from the Pantry – Oranges & Lemons for St Clement’s Curd on Slow Sunday
– Preserves from the Pantry – Oranges & Lemons for St Clement’s Curd Slow Sunday Not a typical Slow Sunday recipe today, but for me preserves are the kind of thing I like to make when I have time, lots of time to chop, grate, mix and stir……..I make a pot of tea or coffee,…
Thyme Scented Baked Onions with Bacon & Cheese for Herbs on Saturday
Thyme Scented Baked Onions with Bacon & Cheese Herbs on Saturday Today’s Herbs on Saturday post is all about Thyme……..I grow many varieties of thyme in my old walled herb garden and its heady and aromatic scent and flavour is one of my favourites in the kitchen. There are many varieties of thyme, both wild and cultivated, and…
Fish on Friday with Posh Salmon Fish Fingers & Chips
Fish on Friday with Posh Salmon Fish Fingers & Chips What a week it has been, I have had a sick chicken to deal with, Deirdre one of my Coronation chickens is not well; and despite all sorts of molly coddling and special remedies I am still worried about her. The weather has been minus zero…
Chips, Frites, Pommes Frites, French Fries…….National Chip Week & Crispy Squashed Chips
Chips, Frites, Pommes Frites, French Fries……. National Chip Week Crispy Squashed Chips National Chip Map CHIPS! Who doesn’t love them! I am a BIG chip fan, and my favourite snack or supper dish is a chip butty – home-made chips between two slices of bread with salt and vinegar, the king of all sandwiches. The first “chips” were…
Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day and a Quire of Paper – a Stack of Pancakes with Lemon & Sugar
Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day A Quire of Paper – A Stack of Pancakes with Lemon & Sugar – Yes, it’s that time of year again, Shrove Tuesday is today, that can only mean one thing………….PANCAKES. I have shared a few pancake recipes over the last few days, but the pancakes I want to share…
Spotty Bananas does Posh Pancakes! Buttermilk Pancakes with Banoffee Bananas & Cream
Spotty Bananas does Posh Pancakes! Buttermilk Pancakes with Banoffee Bananas & Cream Kate over at Turquoise Lemons has issued a challenge for spotty bananas in her No Waste Food Challenge for February, and as I love a challenge, I deliberately left two of my bananas to go spotty in order to enter this event………yes, I know,…
Slow Sunday with Fish & Pancakes – Luxury Seafood Pancakes au Gratin
– Slow Sunday with Fish & Pancakes – Luxury Seafood Pancakes au Gratin It may not appear to be a Slow Sunday kind of meal, my Luxury Seafood Pancakes au Gratin recipe, but in a way it is; the pancake batter was made the day before and stored in the fridge overnight and the completed dish…
Fish on Friday: Smoked, Peppered Mackerel Pâté with Rye Bread Toasts
Fish on Friday: Smoked, Peppered Mackerel Pâté with Rye Bread Toasts It’s Friday already, the week has flown by in a flurry of flower, currants, chocolate and vanilla Balsamic, maple syrup, walnuts, scallops, beetroot, dumplings and sausages with beans……..lovely! The snow has melted and the thermometer has risen to the giddy heights of 9 degrees Celsius,…
Soul Food Soup! Creamy Cauliflower & Stilton Cheese Soup for Random Recipes
Soul Food Soup! Creamy Cauliflower & Stilton Cheese Soup Random Recipes Time for my Random Recipes entry, it has been a busy month what with romantic meals, snow and cooking challenges, but I particularly wanted to make something for “Dashing Dom” and his monthly challenge because Random Recipes is celebrating a significant date in its diary –…
Maple Syrup Walnut Layer Cake with Fudge Frosting – The Pink Whisk Recipe Challenge & Save the Children
Save the Children The Pink Whisk Challenge Save the Children Recipe Challenge This is what Ruth has to say about her new challenge: ….”Time for The Pink Whisk Challenge…and this one is dedicated to Save the Children and the Hidden Hunger campaign. It’s a great way for us to help spread the word. I…
Romance, Chocolate, Vanilla & Beetroot! Hot Chèvre & Beetroot Salad with Chocolate and Vanilla Balsamic Drizzle
Romance, Chocolate, Vanilla & Beetroot! Hot Chèvre & Beetroot Salad with Chocolate and Vanilla Balsamic Drizzle And so finally that romantic of all days has arrived, and I truly hope you have all been showered with chocolates and flowers if you are a gal or maybe steak and chips with a pint of real ale…
Slow Sunday and A Winter’s Walk Beef and Carrot Stew with Herb Crusted Dumplings
– Slow Sunday – A Winter’s Walk Beef and Carrot Stew with Herb Crusted Dumplings Slow Sunday I named this A Winter’s Walk Beef Stew, as it is JUST the kind of hearty and welcoming meal to come back to after a cold and energetic winter’s walk, through the snow as it has been lately….
My MasterChef Romantic Appetiser – Pan-fried Scallops with Black Pudding and Warm Fennel Salad
Pin It – My MasterChef Romantic Appetiser – Pan-fried Scallops with Black Pudding and Warm Fennel Salad I love the BBC cookery contest MasterChef and avidly watch it every year; however, one of the aspects that amuses me about the television series, is the constant use of scallops in the contestant’s dishes…….I have seen pan-fried…
A Surfeit of Lemons and a Traditional Preserve – Home-made Lemon and Ginger Marmalade
– A Surfeit of Lemons and a Traditional Preserve – Home-made Lemon and Ginger Marmalade As some of my friends will remember, from last summer and autumn, I am a bit of a preserving fiend; I love getting up-close and personal with my copper preserving pan and I really don’t mind the hours that I…
