Bread Machine Na’an Bread Recipe
We live out in the country where there are no takeaways. If we were to get a takeaway we’d have to drive for at least half an hour to town and back
We live out in the country where there are no takeaways. If we were to get a takeaway we’d have to drive for at least half an hour to town and back
I simply adore garlic, onions and roast chicken and this French-inspired recipe is a most delicious way to combine all three ingredients.
Be warned. This recipe is far too tasty. It’s so good that I’m not going to check the calorie content because I don’t want to be put off making/eating it!
Springtime means rhubarb! When those little tender ruby stalks force themselves out of the cold winter earth you know the weather has finally turned and Spring has arrived.
There are very few trees on Shetland.
Chocolate and black pepper work marvellously well together.
This is my Canadian grandmother’s sweet and sour meatballs recipe. She used to make a big batch of these for us for Christmas Eve dinner back in the 80s and 90s and I don’t believe there were ever any leftovers.
There’s nothing better than a hearty, warming vegetable soup when the wind is howling outside.
It’s the beginning of a new month. This means that all the new themes for food blogging challenges are announced. I love this time of month; I find it inspiring. What am I going to be challenged to make this month? Is it something new?
A great big thank you to everyone who has submitted a recipe to this month’s very successful No Waste Food Challenge where the theme was to use up fresh fruit. There are a lot of really fantastic ideas and delicious looking photographs this month, so well done to you all! Do pop on over and …
For breakfast I usually love my plain, natural yogurt with fruit and homemade granola, but sometimes I like something different.
Bere (pronounced ‘bear’) is a form of six-row barley which has been grown in Orkney for thousands of years.
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.
Some time ago a fellow food blogger wrote about using avocado in chocolate frosting instead of butter. I like avocado, but I was sceptical – wouldn’t you be able to taste the avocado? HHrrmmm.. I dunno. I filed the idea away in my brain as something to try at a later date.
The OH is one of those skinny people: an ectomorph. You know, one of those people who can eat and eat and eat and not put on a single ounce.
Our eldest turned thirteen the other day. I am officially the mother of a teenager – how did that happen? I’m not old enough to have a teenage child!
The first time I’ve ever tasted a traditional fruity tea loaf was, surprisingly, just last month at the National Theatre of Scotland Ignition finale.
For March’s No Waste Food Challenge I challenged you to make and share recipes using up eggs, and I’d like to thank all the bloggers who did so. You’ve come up with a fantastic and delicious selection of egg recipes.
The dancers – en pas de deux inside a sky lit by a moon, where white meets stars & indigo. by Nat Hall
What do you get when you take a large willow branch that didn’t survive the winter gales, some white spray primer paint, plenty of scraps of ribbon collected off boxes of chocolates, some painted rocks and an old plant pot?