Scones for Sunday and Birthday Parties! ~ Buttermilk and Mixed Fruit Scones with Sour Cherry Jam ~ It’s the day after the party………the kitchen still looks like a bomb as hit it, and there are acres of food under cling film, which are covering every available surface. My mum was the chief cook and baker for my birthday this…
Casual Party
Fish on Friday and a LOVELY Recipe ~ Hot Smoked Salmon Wellington for a Scottish Supper
Fish on Friday and a LOVELY Recipe ~ Hot Smoked Salmon Wellington ~ for a Scottish Supper It’s a Scottish supper as I realised after I had cooked this meal that I had used fabulous Scottish Hot Smoked Salmon from John at Delish Fish, gorgeous Kestrel potatoes from Scotty Brand as well as their delicious…
Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic
Birthdays and Party Food! Cream Cheese & Salmon Spread with Wild Garlic As you will all remember from my Meal Planning on Monday post, from Monday curiously enough, this week is my birthday week……with my birthday being this weekend; and there are plans afoot (I think!) for a meal out at lunch time and a birthday tea…
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,…
Herbs on Saturday: Marinated English Goat’s Cheese with Wild Garlic, Stem Ginger and Herbs
~ Herbs on Saturday ~ Marinated English Goat’s Cheese with Wild Garlic, Stem Ginger and Herbs I have to apologise, I have let Herbs on Saturday lapse this last month…..I have just been so busy and I never got around to making the linky for the Blog Hop…….however, I am starting the Herbs on Saturday…
Fish on Friday – Chilli and Garlic Blackened Salmon Fillets
~ Fish on Friday ~ Chilli and Garlic Blackened Salmon Fillets Here we are again, it’s Friday already…….it doesn’t seem like a week ago that I was posting about some wonderful smoked haddock I used for last Friday’s supper, Omelette Arnold Bennett. This week I am showcasing some great salmon fillets……all boned and ready to cook,…
Old Cookbooks and Recipes – Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast (Griddle Cakes)
Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast (Griddle Cakes) – Old fashioned Griddle pancakes, also called Dropped Scones, these are easy to make and make a lovely breakfast dish, tea time treat or a dessert dish. Old Cookbooks & Recipes ~ Be-Ro Dropped Scones for Breakfast ~ (Griddle Cakes) It’s one of those mornings where you fancy…
Ladies in Beef! British Beef Week, St George’s Day & Pub Style Peppered Stilton Steaks With Charred Onions and Chips
Ladies in Beef! British Beef Week and St George’s Day Pub Style Peppered Stilton Steaks With Charred Onions and Chips Celebrate Great British Beef Week 23rd to 30th April Monday the 23rd April is the start of British Beef Week, as well as St George’s Day of course; I consider myself to be British, and…
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…
Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe – Omelette Arnold Bennett
Luxury Scottish Fish on Friday and a Classic Recipe ~ Omelette Arnold Bennett ~ Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was a British writer. Often after having been to the theatre in London he visited the Savoy Hotel’s Grillroom. The chef added haddock, cream and Parmesan cheese to the basic omelette and…
Celebrating National Stilton Week with Auld Alliance: Potted Blue Cheese and Scotch Whisky
Celebrating National Stilton Week Auld Alliance: Potted Blue Cheese & Scotch Whisky “Drink a pot of ale, eat a scoop of Stilton, every day, you will make ‘old bones’.” Nineteenth-century saying, Wymondham”Drink a pot of ale, eat a scoop of Stilton, every day, you will make ‘old bones’.” Nineteenth-century saying, Wymondham I love fish,…
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,…
Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Frisée Salad with Artichoke Hearts, Membrillo, Manchego Cheese & Sun-Dried Tomatoes No Croutons Required The No Croutons Required challenge set by Jacqueline over at Tinned Tomatoes this month is one that is right up my street; make a vegetarian soup or salad recipe using antipasti from your store cupboard, such as peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, courgettes and artichokes…
Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes – Celebrating British Bread Week with Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves
“Baps, Bloomers and Barm Cakes” Celebrating British Bread Week ~ Rustic Flower Pot Bread Loaves ~ National Bread Week 16th – 22nd April 2012 is National Bread Week in the UK British Bread week gives us all the opportunity to celebrate one of the oldest and most popular types of food – bread. Ours…
Banderillas Picantes – Pickles on Skewers for Tapas and Random Recipes
~ Banderillas Picantes ~ Pickles on Skewers for Tapas Random Recipes It’s Belleau Kitchen’s second birthday and so Dom has come up with a corker of an idea; the Random Recipes challenge for April is to bake something special for him from a random baking book……..but, somehow that got lost in translation for me and I excitedly…
