Mid-afternoon miseries? Talk about a wicked pick-me-up …
Archives for July 2019
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Baked Butternut with Thyme
Buttery, nutty and gorgeously sweet.
Butternut Pumpkin
Sweet as …
Smoked Fish Pasties
The Cornish Pasty Association has decreed a traditional pasty should only contain beef, usually skirt steak, onion, potatoes, swede and seasonings. The pastry should be shaped in a D and crimped on the side. God knows what they would think of my effort! Yum, though.
Kitchen tips
To wash or not to wash. That is the question. What’s best? Find out!
Porter Cake
A hunk of a cake!
Cake tins
If you enjoy making cakes do yourself a favour and buy a good cake tin (pan).
Baking ingredients
A handful of really useful tips.
Tuscan Bean Soup
Go on! Drizzle a trickle of oil on top!
Carrot, Caper & Broccoli Salad
Bright winter cheer.
Baked Eggs with Spinach, Ham & Basil
Ding Ding! Breakfast is served (or make that brunch, lunch or supper).
Curried Parsnip Soup
Warming, satisfying and so very tasty.
Chicken Stock
A pot of stock is like a pot of hope – there are endless possibilities.
Parsnips
The best parsnips will have had an early morning shiver or two in frosty fields which sweetens them somewhat.
Baked Vegetables with Sizzled Haloumi
Way to go – jazz up a traybake with sizzled haloumi and a tangy dressing.
Hearty Beef & Mushroom Pies
Ha! This is really just a fancy-pants casserole with a pastry lid on!
My week, the good and bad of it
10th July
Flash Fridays
What did you do last Friday????
Seedlip Cocktails
Pretty as a picture, delicious to drink … Seedlip distilled non-alcoholic cocktails.
Honey Spiced Vege with Burghul Wheat
Serve this alongside lamb or chicken, or as part of a vegetarian meal, but exercise self-control and make sure you put aside enough of this deliciousness for your lunch the next day.
Crusty-topped Roast Lamb
It’s hard to resist golden crunchy lamb.
A Happy Trio of Tartinades
Ta-ta-tartinades.
Fluffy and creamy but not at all rich … Clevedon Buffalo spreads.
Burghul
Burghul: so many uses and all delicious.
Dry July and more
Food packed in glass looks so much more inviting than it does in plastic.
Saturday Soup
Saturday soup or any day soup, it fills you up and warms you down to your toes.
Cauliflower & Potato Crispy Cakes
Vegetable scrumptiousness can’t be beat.