Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
On this tiny Caribbean Island measuring only 20 miles long and 6 miles at its widest point, you’ll find over 250 different restaurants to choose from – Aruba is a foodie’s paradise! In collaboration with Aruba Tourism. Aruba currently boasts 96 different registered nationalities living on the island, resulting in a very diverse culinary scene. …
A simple yet delicious slow-cooked lamb shanks recipe with vegetables and gravy. Serve with creamy mashed potatoes for the ultimate cold-weather comfort food. This reader-favourite recipe includes both slow-cooked oven version and crockpot slow cooker recipe instructions. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy Slow-cooked lamb shanks – an easy Sunday dinner …
If you follow food bloggers like I do you’ll have seen plenty of Christmas Gift Guides for foodies coming out over the last few weeks. I am afraid I’m appallingly late at publishing mine (would you believe I still haven’t started my own Christmas shopping yet?!), but nonetheless, here are a few reasonably priced gifts …
I can hardly believe it’s nearly Christmas, again! It seems like only yesterday we were taking down the decorations from the last festive season. I confess I haven’t even started Christmas shopping yet for this year. I’m going to need to take a trip into town this week and get stuck in! In the meantime, …
Leftover roast turkey is a remarkably versatile ingredient. If you can’t face another turkey meal this season, freeze your leftover turkey for later and then why not try one of these 96 delicious recipes. 96 tasty recipes to use up leftover turkey I can’t believe we’re just a few short weeks away from Christmas …
In collaboration with Aruba Tourism. Succulent pieces of stewed beef swimming in a spiced creole sauce with prunes, cashews, and olives all smothered with Dutch cheese. What more could one ask for on these bitterly cold Winter evenings? This is the ultimate bowl of Dutch Caribbean-inspired comfort food.
I have been incredibly fortunate this Autumn to have been on two press trips to the Caribbean thanks to Aruba Tourism and Celebrity Cruises UK. I’m likely going to spend much of this cold, dark Shetland winter reliving the adventures I had there through a series of blog posts. I can still imagine the warmth …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. This recipe was originally supposed to be a marinade for a lamb leg steak BBQ. I purchased all the ingredients and waited for the Shetland weather to give us a good barbecue day in August, and it never did happen. Typical British weather! So, I ended up with some …
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 …
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 …
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 #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 …
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 …
A cookbook review & giveaway worth £14.95 Jamie Oliver has stated that up to 50% of our household food will get thrown away every week, untouched. In a world where we have more food choices at our fingertips than ever before, the amount we throw away is at an all-time high. Are we really being as …
In collaboration with Tasty, Easy Lamb. Brazil is a fusion of many different cultures. During the colonial period the original indigenous people met and mixed with migrants from Lebanon, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany and Ukraine, to mention a few, and components of their food culture were adopted into the cuisine we know now in the …
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 …
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 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. I have a confession to make: I have never meal planned before. Ever. In fact, I’ve previously scoffed at the idea because, well, I like to think I’m a bit too spontaneous for such organization and attention to detail. What if, three days after I’ve planned and shopped …
A Redmond Multicooker recipe. I’m a big fan of French Toast. That slightly crisper outside encasing a creamy custardy interior and the whole thing sprinkled with icing sugar and drizzled with maple syrup. Sugar overload, I know, but for a lazy Sunday morning brunch, this ranks pretty highly. Last weekend I treated my family to …
