Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
Healthy vegetarian heritage recipes from India. Indian food is an internationally popular cuisine, yet, unfairly, it is often considered to be heavy, rich and indulgent. With more people than ever before turning to healthy home cooking there has never been a better time for a fresh and lighter take on Indian food – one that …
Perfect picnic food in collaboration with Brioche Pasquier. One of the (many!) perks about working from home includes the freedom to nip out for a coastal picnic office lunch when the weather clears. My husband and I did just that recently; taking a much-needed break away from our current projects (he was editing a soup …
Post sponsored by Volkswagen. There is something intensely satisfying about cooking outdoors over an open wood campfire. The experience of cooking the meal is almost, if not more, pleasurable than the experience of eating it, in my humble opinion. A few summers ago we took the children south to the mainland for the very first time. …
from subterranean late-night taverns to fine restaurant dining. When visiting a new city it can often be difficult to choose from the wide variety of venues available for a bite to eat or something to drink. Usually, when I visit Aberdeen, on the east coast of Scotland, my choices are limited to what the children …
There are some finer things in life that I like to treat myself to. Good food, good wine and good books being three of them. When I first moved to Scotland in the Spring of ’99 with nothing but an Army Surplus rucksack on my back I found myself rebuilding a book collection I’d sold …
Sweet inspiration from the Hunza Valley to the Arabian Sea. Following on from her acclaimed debut Summers Under the Tamarind Tree, food writer and cookery teacher Sumayya Usmani continues her journey of discovery through the exotic cuisine of her native Pakistan, sharing the secrets of her home country’s incredible and varied desserts and sweets. Mountain …
In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. This week, why not get into the habit of making the most out of leftover ingredients, because waste not, want not, as they say! This blog post is the final instalment in our #GiveUpBinningFood series in collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste and it’s is all about re-purposing …
Issue 21 of our bite-sized review series. As a foodie I love trying out the latest products available in the food and drink market. Over the last few weeks we’ve tried out some rather delicious review samples from gluten free snack crackers to craft cider, Italian antipasti, smoked Mexican chilli and some rather fine chocolate, …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. As a foodie, I spend a lot of time browsing recipes online looking for new dishes and flavour combinations to try out. Earlier on this month saw the annual Rio Carnival in Brazil, and so my Facebook timeline was filled with all sorts of fabulous Brazillian recipes and photos (wouldn’t …
The perfect muesli flapjack recipe to fuel your outdoor (or indoor!) adventures. It’s not too sweet, not too buttery and holds together perfectly – just right! A recipe in collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. I wanted to like bircher muesli. I really did. I tried my best, but do you know what? No matter …
A delicious Hotel Chocolat giveaway worth £29! I’m delighted to be able to offer one of my UK readers one of these rather fantastic extra thick Easter eggs from Hotel Chocolat! Perfect for the chocolate fan in your life these 390 gram half 85% dark Saint Lucia, half 65% Supermilk Colombia Easter egg come filled …
In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. Did you know that in 2015 in the UK alone we threw away 7.3 million tonnes of perfectly edible food? That’s £13 billion gone straight into our landfill! In addition to the environmental and social impacts of this waste, we are literally throwing money away! According to Love …
…plus an Italian meat & wine giveaway worth over £25. It’s not very often that I take a day off. I mean, a real, proper day off. With family life, work and fitness goals I am on the go all of the time. I took a day off on Mother’s Day. I spent the early …
In collaboration with Breville and the #BlendActiveDiary Challenge. Regular readers will know that I like to keep active. I’m a keen cyclist (weather permitting) and I like to spend time outdoors trekking, exploring the local hills and coastline. I also like to daydream of far off adventures. In fact, first thing this morning I finished …
The Scottish city of Aberdeen, to me, has always been a place you pass through en route to more interesting holiday destinations, or the place you reach and heave a sigh a relief after you’ve been away adventuring because you are nearly home. You start recognising Shetland faces in the crowd as you make your …
In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. Hand’s up, who else is terrible at gauging how much pasta to cook, how many potatoes will feed the family and how much rice is needed? Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve been cooking regularly since I was 12, and I am still rubbish at measuring out these …
In collaboration with We Bake, the community that rewards you for baking. When I was a little girl growing up in rural Canada we had a small village shop that sold just about anything you could ever need. There was a meat counter where you watch them cut thick slices of bologna for your dinner …
We test out the latest in wireless technology from FeelTech, plus a giveaway worth £64.98! As a blogger, my entire business is run online. Social media plays a vital role in what I do, and as such, I rely quite heavily on my phone. It rarely leaves my side, if I’m to be honest, although …
A French-inspired recipe in collaboration with Scottish Salmon. This week Scottish Salmon celebrates 25 years of holding the French Government’s Label Rouge award. This honour is given only to products of superior taste and quality. Scottish salmon producers are incredibly proud that their salmon was the first non-French food and only Scottish food to join …
In collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste. It’s already week three of the Love Food Hate Waste #GiveUpBinningFood campaign, where is the time going?! This six-week long food waste prevention campaign running throughout Lent is broken down into weekly themes to help make reducing food waste at home a more attainable goal.
