Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
An overnight oats recipe in collaboration with Nutri-Brex 5 Ways Gluten Free Granola. They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. My absolute favourite, number one go-to breakfast is a serving of granola on some plain, natural yoghurt, with plenty of fresh fruit. It’s quick, easy and nutritious, especially if it’s a …
Highlights of our visit to the first Unst Viking Festival. I’ve always had a fascination with Viking history, ever since I was a young girl and first heard stories of their possible exploration of the east coast of Canada; my childhood home. We did a school project on Vikings once, and I created a very …
This is the easiest slow-roasted Peking-spare ribs recipe ever! Simply mix, pour, coat and roast! Five minutes of prep and no chopping involved. Enjoy! Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy The easiest Peking spare ribs ever! You know when you make a recipe and it’s so amazingly good that you have …
A recipe by Ren Behan from her book Wild Honey & Rye. Pierogi were the first Polish food I ever tasted. I was living in an apartment building shared with a few flatmates back in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when I discovered a fairly inexpensive bag of cheese and onion dumplings in the freezer section our …
What’s new and tasty in our kitchen! Where has the summer gone? It’s been a while since I last posted a bite-sized review due, mainly, from spending so much of the summer months travelling, working on recipe commissions and just having a jolly good time with the kids while they’ve been home for their school holidays. …
Modern Polish recipes by British food writer Ren Behan. A love of good food and pride in her Polish heritage are the two things that inspired Ren Behan to write Wild Honey & Rye, her debut cookery book. After a bold leap from the courtroom as a criminal lawyer into the family kitchen as a …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. I’ve just come back from an early morning bike ride. There’s a definite air of Autumn in the wind I cycled into on my way back home. It’s this time of year where I start craving hearty comfort food – casseroles, slow cooked dishes, carbohydrates… too many carbohydrates! To …
In collaboration with the Garda Trentino S.p.A. Tourism Board. I watched the landscape change while on the train from Milan to Lake Garda a few months ago, during my first ever visit to the Italian mainland. I found the apartment buildings on the outskirts of Milan hugely fascinating, their tall, earthy hued walls dotted with …
A no-fuss family favourite meal. Fresh dill appeared in last week’s veg box and I was inspired by both that, and the colder Autumnal temperatures of late, to make one of my hearty, creamy, family favourite fish pies. For years making fish pies used to be a laborious task, taking absolutely forever what with poaching …
A creative lunch box ideas post in collaboration with Brioche Pasquier. If, like me, you’re suddenly faced with the daunting prospect of making packed lunches again after the kids have returned to school after the summer holidays, you might be looking for some new packed school lunch box ideas. Kids (and some grown ups too!) …
A £50 giveaway in collaboration with Red Tractor. Red Tractor Week 2017 (11th – 17th September) will celebrate great food, great farming and quality food you can trust. Supported by BBC Countryfile presenter and Red Tractor farmer Adam Henson, the week hopes to encourage people to cook their own recipes using Red Tractor products and …
A #LoveLambWeek recipe in collaboration with Tasty, Easy, Lamb How is it September already?! Where has the time gone? This summer seems to have flown by, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this, no? The first week of September sees the third year of #LoveLambWeek, a week created to unite all …
Plus 25 other recipes to use up a glut of courgettes! It’s that time of year again when 3 or four courgettes appear in my veg box every week. I don’t grow my own as our coastal garden is far too exposed to the moods of the North Sea, but my veg box providers do …
In collaboration with Berocca. Where do my children get all their energy from? Seriously, if I had half as much energy as my children do I’d be definitely getting a lot more done in a day than I usually do, especially during the school holidays. Me, I usually have to rely on external sources. I …
Starring the sputnik of the vegetable kingdom. So you’ve got this strange sputnik-type vegetable in your veg box. A kohlrabi, it’s called, you find out after asking the Twittersphere. Ok, that was me. I’d never seen a kohlrabi until one appeared in my veg box a few years ago and I really did snap a …
A review & giveaway in collaboration with Domu. I’ve got a brand new kitchen appliance to tell you all about! I confess I have been without a food processor for a good few years now since my old one packed it in. My husband did his best to repair the old one, but it was …
A 30-minute recipe in collaboration with ADHB Pork. It was my mother-in-law who originally sold me on the idea of cooking with pork medallions. Every time she comes to visit she buys a pork tenderloin fillet, slices it into medallions and whips up a quick and easy delicious family meal for us. Pork medallions are …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. So how’s your summer going? I can hardly believe that the kids have gone back to school this week – where did the summer holidays go? We tried one last camping barbecue last weekend, but alas, most of the time was spent hiding in the tent (more on our …
Afternoon Tea wouldn’t be complete without a selection of sandwiches. Here are three easy to make varieties perfect with a cuppa. In collaboration with Portmeirion Group & Spode Blue Italian.
Plus a £50 German Riesling giveaway in collaboration with Wines of Germany. Riesling is a light-skinned aromatic grape grown throughout Germany and, according to many of the world’s top wine critics, it is one of the best grape varieties for making the best quality wine. We’ve just finished taste testing a variety of German Rieslings, …
