Recipes, travel & adventure from the wild and remote Shetland Islands
These homemade pasta parcels have a delicious spinach and ricotta filling. Serve simply with a drizzle of good quality olive oil or with a simple homemade tomato sauce and plenty of Parmesan cheese. Homemade pasta is a remarkably simple and flavoursome recipe to make. Flour and eggs, that's it, and a few minutes of kneading. Last summer I had the opportunity to try a wide variety of homemade pasta while visiting Italy, and I vowed I would ...
This simple yet flavoursome soup features chervil, a mildly anise-flavoured springtime herb. A perfectly poached egg floats in the middle. It's veg box time again! Springtime means we start receiving deliveries from our organic veg box providers - springtime vegetables such as rainbow ...
This succulent, crispy-skinned duck breast is seasoned with cinnamon and demerara sugar and is served with a simple port reduction sauce with raspberries. In collaboration with Just a Splash. My husband, truth be told, doesn't cook very often, but when he does it's always something impressive, ...
Crispy bits of bacon, grated mature Cheddar cheese, finely chopped spring onion, soured cream and some red chilli make these savoury cheese and bacon scones a perfect accompaniment to corn chowder. My eldest son works in a local cafe. This means, sometimes, he comes home from work at the end of ...
Baby button mushrooms, garlic, white wine, thyme and cream make for a simple but delicious gluten free tagliatelle sauce. In collaboration with Schär and their new gluten free fresh pasta range. #ad Following a gluten free diet doesn't mean you have to give up the starchy foods you love - ...
On this tiny Caribbean Island measuring only 20 miles long and 6 miles at its widest point, you'll find over 250 different restaurants to choose from - Aruba is a foodie's paradise! In collaboration with Aruba Tourism. Aruba currently boasts 96 different registered nationalities living on the ...
In collaboration with the Garda Trentino S.p.A. Tourism Board. Garda Trentino is a region in Northern Italy encompassing Riva del Garda, on the north shore of Lake Garda, Arco, Tenno, Nago-Torbole, Dro and Drena. It boasts a Mediterranean climate at the foot of the Alps, with plenty of ...
In collaboration with The Post Office Travel Money Card. Vecrīga, Latvia for 'Old Riga', is the historical city centre of Riga, the capital city of Latvia. It was established in 1201 by Bishop Albert and was granted city status in 1225, and in February 2018 I paid a visit to it for the first ...
Celebrating the return of the light, Shetland style! Up Helly Aa is Europe's largest fire festival held annually in the wild and remote Shetland Islands. A Guizer Jarl Squad donned in their finest Viking attire leads a 900+ torch-lit procession through the streets of the town, culminating in a ...
A shore excursion in collaboration with Celebrity Cruises UK. Grand Cayman is one of three Cayman Islands, British Overseas Territories, located in the Caribbean Sea. It was the first stop on a five-night Caribbean Cruise I was on recently with Celebrity Cruises UK. Early one warm sunny morning ...
A Land Rover off-road adventure in collaboration with Aruba Tourism UK. Happy New Year from not-so-sunny Shetland! This is my first blog post of 2018, brought about because I attempted to go for a mountain bike ride first thing this morning to start burning off the effects of my ...
