Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
An original recipe from Kate Hackworthy’s debut cookbook Veggie Desserts + Cake. Vegetable desserts can be so much more than just carrot cake, as food-writer Kate Hackworthy of award-winning Veggie Desserts shows us with her debut cookbook Veggie Desserts + Cakes. Published by Pavilion Books on the 3rd of August 2017 this stunning manuscript pushes …
A review/giveaway in collaboration with SoundPeats Audio. Remember the days when owning a Walkman cassette player was the height of technology? Music was suddenly portable and (semi!) private. Then there was the portable CD player, and then the next thing you know music tracks could be downloaded and stored on your mobile phone. Pop a …
and a Sunday walk around the southern tip of West Burra, Shetland. What a beautiful summer we’ve been having! This summer has honestly been one of the best summer’s weather-wise, we’ve had in a very long time. The BBC news reported recently that it’s been sunnier up here in Shetland than it has in Cornwall, …
A lamb rack recipe in collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. Regular readers will know that I have been doing quite a bit of travelling over these last few months. I’ve been wined and dined in Aberdeen, Scotland, explored some of the finest bistros Paris has to offer, spent a fantastic few days trekking and dining …
In collaboration with Young’s Seafood. Hands’ up, who else loves fish and chips? Who else loves fish and chips but can’t face leaving the house and visiting the nearest chippie (which is our case is an hour’s round trip drive, plus waiting time!), or just don’t have the time or inclination to do so? Young’s …
In collaboration with Sainsbury’s British Gems Baby New Potatoes. We have had such a wonderful summer so far! The sun’s been shining brightly, the wind has died down and *fingers crossed* the midges seem to be keeping at bay! It’s been perfect barbecue weather! For our latest barbecue, we made some simple pork skewers and served …
Highlights of our family summer vacation. I was told some time ago that a package family holiday is something that every family should do, at least once, if only to have the experience of such a thing. So, this summer, my husband and our two youngest children decided to do just that and, with one …
In collaboration with Volkswagen. I am a self-confessed caffeine addict. I love my morning coffee(s), and I frequently top up my blood caffeine levels throughout the day with assorted lattes or a cappucino. As a recent treat to myself I bought a new milk frother. It’s a rather fantastic little jug that you heat the …
Celebrate Percy Pig’s 25th birthday with this grown-up cocktail recipe featuring your favourite childhood sweets! In collaboration with Marks & Spencer. When is Percy Pig’s Birthday? Percy Pig sweets were born on the 23rd of July 1992 and they’ve come a long way since then. From meeting the love of his life, Penny, in 2013, …
In collaboration with Ribena Doodle Your World. This summer Ribena have launched a brand new app to make your world more Ribenary: Doodle Your World! This augmented reality app allows users to animate videos and photos with the playful Ribenary characters which you can then share on your social media channels. The concept behind the …
A review & £150 giveaway in collaboration with Bogs Footwear. I confess I am a boot girl. I love wearing boots. I wore boots to my high school prom, I wore boots to my wedding. I also confess that I don’t even own a single pair of high heels. I’m a comfortable, sensible footwear sort of …
Celebrating 180 years with P&O Ferries. The Shetland Islands are a remote island archipelago in the North Sea, 200 miles, as the crow flies, from the Scottish city of Aberdeen. Between 1971 and 2002 P&O Ferries (known then as P&O Scottish Ferries) ran a lifeline service between Aberdeen and Lerwick in the Shetland Islands. This …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. Saturday nights are pizza night in our house. We sit around our oversized coffee table in the living room and, as a family, we eat pizza and watch a film together (it’s Avatar this week!). I like to jazz things up a bit with my pizza recipes, like this …
The perfect Canadian recipe to celebrate Canada Day! Today is Canada’s 150th birthday! To help celebrate, here’s a recipe from my handwritten notebook, a recipe I brought with me when I immigrated from Canada to Scotland in 1999. I have no idea where the original recipe came from, and, if I am to be honest, …
Hands’ up, who else is guilty of leaving travel adaptors in hotel rooms? Who else has only taken one adaptor with them and then realised, too late, that you need to charge your laptop, phone and a spare battery pack all at the same time? Regular readers will be aware that I’ve been doing a …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. When I was a little girl my mother used to make the best meat pies ever with leftover Sunday roast. The cold roast was cut into pieces and fed into an electric meat grinder along with an onion and a carrot and bound together with leftover gravy (always of …
In collaboration with Garda Trentino S.p.A. Tourism Board. Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. Located in Northern Italy it is just an hour’s train journey from Milan Central Station. Garda Trentino covers the region at the top of the 51.6 km long lake; a collection of small towns and villages within a 15 …
Fresh strawberries and balsamic vinegar are a match made in heaven. These quick and easy strawberry shortcakes take no time to whip up and they taste utterly amazing! Perfect for a summer picnic! “Mum, do you know what I really, really want?” our youngest son (aged 8 and 1/4) asked recently. “What’s that?” I enquired. …
A barbecue recipe in collaboration with Simply Beef & Lamb. Last Autumn my husband took the notion that he’d like to go trout fishing next summer. So, for Christmas, I bought him a starter loch trout rod kit from our local fishing tackle shop. Come March I bought him a fishing license so he’s now …
Issue 24 of our bite-sized review series. It’s summertime! Time for picnics and beach bbqs, holidays, lounging around in the sun sipping and nibbling on delectable delights. We’ve been trying out a number of summer-inspired products over the last few weeks including a drinkable supermeal, iced tea, dukkah, sprouted wheat flours, Mexican salsas, wooden firelighters, …
