Smoked Cheese & Onion Straws – Made with excess Festive ingredients, such as puff pastry and smoked cheese from the cheese board, these are posh enough for cocktail nibbles as well as being perfect for the school lunch box, and, these tasty little smoked cheese numbers are easy to make and are loved by all…
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Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt
Vanilla Honey Pikelets with Blueberries & Yogurt – Easily made, these “Pikelets”, also known as “Crempog” in Wales, and “Scotch Pancakes” or “Drop Scones” in Scotland, are delicious little, fluffy pancakes resembling a thin crumpet, and are perfect for breakfast when served with honey, yogurt and fresh blueberries. Wake Up Better for Pancake Day Breakfast,…
Christmas Eve Fireside Supper Chicken & Ham Pie
Christmas Eve Fireside Supper Chicken & Ham Pie – A delectable and hearty pie which is perfect for a cosy Christmas Eve fireside supper, especially when served with a glass of chilled Provence Rosé wine. with Provence Wines UK It’s finally here! It’s Christmas Eve and it’s time for me, at least, to put down…
Sausage, Cranberry, Red Onion & Walnut Stuffing
Sausage, Cranberry, Red Onion & Walnut Stuffing – A quick and easy stiffing made in the Vitamix® Ascent™ for hassle free and tasty Christmas or Festive entertaining. Upgrade your Christmas Flavours with the Vitamix® Ascent™ I’m officially in love, I have a new toy and I haven’t stopped playing with it since it arrived! I have a…
Dine and Discover: Aromatic Pork in Coconut Milk
Dine and Discover: Aromatic Pork in Coconut Milk – A quick and easy curry dish that is cooked in one pan, using fresh ingredients and premium kitchen tools. #MyTescoHome with the Go Cook Collection It’s true that I am the main cook in our household – it’s not that my husband doesn’t like to cook,…
Chilli and Coriander Pork Patties
Chilli and Coriander Pork Patties – Easy to make and serve, these spicy pork patties are made with sausage meat and are served in pita breads with salad. Adjust the chilli heat to taste. (uncooked patties can be frozen for up to 2 months) with Pura Coconut Oil Blend Spray Today’s recipe for Chilli and Coriander…
Buttermilk Biscuits with Sausage Gravy
Light and Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits with Southern Style Sausage Gravy – These fabulous Biscuits are perfect with creamy sausage gravy for breakfast & brunch or for Cast Iron Casseroles. Southern Style Breakfast & Brunch Recipes When is a Biscuit a Scone and a Cookie a Biscuit? Biscuit is a term used for a variety of…
Beer and Cheese Bread in a Crock
Beer and Cheese Bread in a Crock – Delicious “no knead” artisan style bread made in a cast iron crock, using a fabulous unfiltered rye IPA & Vintage Cheddar; the recipe is based on my ever popular “Our Daily Bread in a Crock – Weekly Make and Bake Rustic Bread” with Longhorn Unfiltered Rye IPA…
Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies
Old-Fashioned Chewy Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies – Delicious cookies, with a soft and chewy centre, just like grandma used to make! Relaxed Happy Weekend Baking It’s the weekend, and I’ve more or less caught up with lots of my commissioned work, plus the weather has taken a turn for the worse, it’s cold and rainy; so, it’s…
Guilt-Free Baked Doughnuts (Donuts)Three Ways!
Weight Watchers Friendly If truth be known, I’m more of a savoury person and I always gravitate to the sausage rolls and cheese straws on a buffet, but, I love a sweet treat now and then, and as an avid baker, cakes regularly make their way to our table! When it comes to doughnuts however,…
Camembert “Scotch Eggs” with Honey Mustard Dip
with Le Rustique Camembert Cheese Camembert “Scotch Eggs” with Honey Mustard Dip – these delicious “Scotch Eggs” hide a cheesy secret inside! Two delicious flavours, herby pork sausage meat and black pudding, are each wrapped around a cube of Le Rustique Camembert which after being deep-fried, oozes seductively. Dunk the “eggs” into a tangy, sweet honey…
French Cheese and English Honey…….
……with Le Rustique How do you improve upon perfection? Well, I think I have the answer, today’s post is all about French Cheese and English Honey……and to improve upon the natural perfection of both ingredients, I’ve created three fabulous recipes with the French brand, Le Rustique, using English honey for the perfect culinary entente cordiale! Today’s recipes use…
Pork Balchão – Goan Pickled Spiced Pork
A Portuguese-Indian Classic Pork curry is not usually on my radar, as I prefer lamb or chicken curry, but, when I bought several kilos of locally reared pork for the freezer recently, I decided to research a curried pork recipe that I’d enjoyed many years ago, Pork Balchão – Goan Pickled Spiced Pork. Balchão is a spicy…
A Vintage Recipe: Queen Cakes for Mothering Sunday
Cakes and Treats for Mother’s Day Today, the 2oth March 2017, is the Spring Equinox; the equinox falls on March the 19th or 20th every year, marking spring’s beginning in the Northern Hemisphere, or autumn in the southern hemisphere. It’s always been a time of renewal and hope in ancient cultures, and I am affected in…
Brioches à Tête for a Lazy Weekend Brunch or Breakfast
French Baking Classics When I am in France, there is nothing more I enjoy for breakfast than a lovely light, flaky croissant or a pain au chocolat, dunked in coffee of course, as is the French way! But, my favourite “Viennoiserie” pastries, or should I says bread buns, are brioche; any kind of brioche is welcome on…
