Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
Issue 14 of our weekly bite-sized review series. This week we’ve been taste testing all sorts of wonderful things – from a subscription box that sends you all the spices needed to make restaurant quality meals at home in under 20 minutes, the finest in Italian food and chocolate, a date night subscription box and …
In collaboration with Simply Beef & Lamb. This time of year all I want to do is sit curled up on the couch with my favourite patchwork blanket, candles lit, fireplace belting out heat, and spend time with my family. The Shetland Islands, where I live, lie at the same latitude as the southern tip …
An epic bikepacking adventure through Scotland to the summit of Ben Nevis: Part 2 In June of 2016 I set off, with a friend, on an epic bikepacking fundraising cycle from Britain’s most northerly RNLI lifeboat station in Aith, on the west side of Shetland. Our destination: the summit of Ben Nevis. You can read …
In collaboration with Lamb. Tasty, Easy, Fun. Winter is most definitely here in Shetland. We had a really mild October; an unseasonably warm month with plenty of sunshine. I’m pretty sure there was more sun in October than there was through the whole summer! All of a sudden, it felt, we were hit by an …
Issue 13 of our weekly bite sized review series. This week we’re sharing the opportunity to personalise a jar of Marmite with your own text, we’ve got a brand new cast iron casserole dish, a personalised mixing bowl, chalk markers (with an exclusive discount code) and a children’s advent calendar craft kit plus a Christmas …
In collaboration with Feel Good Drinks Co. It’s that time of year when the parties begin! They don’t really seem to stop until after New Year, do they, and even then here in Shetland there’s Up Helly Aa, Europe’s largest fire festival, to look forward to after the festivities have finished. I’m not going to …
In collaboration with Butterkist. Crunchy, chewy, sweet and salty – this really is the ultimate Friday night movie night sharing snack. It’s so quick and easy to make that even the kids can help! We’ve teamed up with Butterkist, the nation’s favourite popcorn brand, to jazz up a bag of their delicious Sweet Cinema Style …
In collaboration with We Bake, the community that rewards you for baking. When it comes to birthday parties it has been known for me, on occasion, to go completely over the top. I absolutely love baking birthday cakes and will spend days carefully crafting sugar paste decorations for my own children’s celebration cakes. Regular readers …
Issue #12 of our weekly bite-sized review series. This week we threw an epic children’s birthday party and made a showstopper three tiered cake in a silicone cake mould for it. We also tried out some new botanical mixers, read a few new books and now own a rather lovely new personalised wooden chopping board.
Our family favourite comfort food recipe – this macaroni & cheese recipe is quick and easy to make and comes with an optional crispy topping. In collaboration with Scottish Widows. Making the best of your time What could you do in an hour? Lately I am finding that there just doesn’t seem to be enough …
Win £30 worth of Christmas themed chocolate from Hotel Chocolat. Hotel Chocolat has become a household name ever since it opened its chocolatier doors for the first time in London in 2004. Now, with over 80 stores across the UK as well as a number of cafes and restaurants, they continue to create delicious seasonal …
Our weekly bite-sized review series. This week in our kitchen we’ve been trying some rather fantastic gravy granules, smoked cheese, a four course Italian meal and I bought myself a new piece of hand crafted pottery. Oh, there’s also a link to a new marketplace platform for social influencers to check out!
In collaboration with Siemens Home Appliances. We live in a futuristic world. The advent of refrigeration, worldwide transport links and ever increasing advances in agriculture and technology have changed the way we, as consumers, shop for, prepare and eat our food. Siemens, one of the world’s leading innovative technology brands in the household appliance market, …
A deliciously spiced apple cake recipe slightly adapted from a recipe found in Signe Johansen’s Scandinavian cookery book Scandilicious. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 35 minutes Difficulty: Easy Dreaming of apple cake I dreamt about apple cake last night. True story. This is likely because I had set aside today, Sunday, to deal with …
In collaboration with Visit Eastbourne. Eastbourne is a large town, seaside resort and borough on the south coast of England in the county of East Sussex, a stone’s throw from Worthing where my maternal grandmother was born and raised. Dubbed ‘the watering-hole of the south’ it is a popular tourist destination boasting a wealth of …
Our weekly bite sized review series. Last weekend saw our annual Shetland Food Fair attract over 3000 visitors to taste test and shop the wealth of quality food and drink produced on our remote North Sea island. You can read my account of it on the Shetland News website and see a selection of photographs …
In collaboration with British Sausage Week. I make no pains to hide the fact I am a meat eater. I love meat, but only good, proper, quality meat that has been locally reared to a high standard, and treated well right until it gets to my fork. This week (from the 31st October – 6th …
A homemade donair recipe for all you homesick Nova Scotians out there. I am a long ways away from Pizza Corner. Pizza Corner, for those of you who haven’t had the privilege of experiencing it, is a downtown city corner in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. There’s a ritual that happens …
A watch review in collaboration with Jord Wood Watches. I confess that when it comes to fashion and all things clothing and accessories I’m usually not interested. I don’t even wear a watch! I’ll wear the same pair of jeans until they fall to bits and then lament about the whole unpleasant shopping experience of …
A #MiniRoast recipe in collaboration with Simply Beef & Lamb. Lamb is something I never tried until I moved to the UK. For some reason lamb just wasn’t part of our rural Canadian diet, in fact, we rarely saw fields of sheep – cattle, yes, but not sheep. Now, lamb is a regular part of …
