Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
When I woke yesterday it was cold, windy, raining and dreary day in Shetland. Warming comfort food would be required for the evening meal, so I popped a shoulder of locally reared Shetland lamb into the slow cooker with some Moroccan style seasonings.
I’ve always been a bit of an explorer/adventurer. Ever since I was a little girl growing up in the wilds of Canada I could be found out exploring new areas, always keen for a new adventure.
The dancers – en pas de deux inside a sky lit by a moon, where white meets stars & indigo. by Nat Hall
If the news is to be believed, the UK mainland is experiencing what can only be described as a real life portrayal of the film The Day After Tomorrow with snow, freezing temperatures and general all around unpleasantness of the cold variety.
We woke this morning to sun, glorious, glorious sunlight. After a long dark winter the sun is very much welcomed!
This week is Farmhouse Breakfast Week, “an annual celebration championing the importance of breakfast which aims to get the nation to Shake Up Their Wake Up!” It is designed to raise awareness of the importance of breakfast and to encourage people to regularly eat a healthy breakfast.
The OH has decided that we should spend quality time together as family by scheduling in a family walk every Sunday. As a child growing up in Norway he was dragged out, reluctantly (he says), every Sunday and he thinks it’ll do the children good to have the same experience.
