Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
Aimee Ryan is the incredibly talented food blogger over at Wallflower Girl and she absolutely loves coconut milk ice cream. I’ve been following her blog for at least a year now and every single one of her posts are beautifully photographed and positively mouthwatering. She’s one of those bloggers who just gets it right every …
I haven’t made doughnuts since 2009. I know this because there is a photo of them on my Facebook “food” photo album, where I used to put food photos until I began blogging in 2011. Five years is a very long time to go without having a decent doughnut (those stale supermarket ones just don’t …
This May and June thousands of people in the UK, USA and Canada are taking part in the Live Below The Line Challenge by the Global Poverty Project. This challenge asks people to spend £1 or less, per person, for food and drink every day for five days in a bid to help us understand …
When school started up again last year after the October holidays I finally gave in to the children’s requests to have packed lunches instead of school dinners. School dinners are expensive, working out to be approximately £100 per child per term. We have three children, so with all three having packed lunches that’s a whopping …
Well the wee man is another year older. Five years old means “big boy” and much closer to the wise old age of his big sister than the age of four was. She is seven and is held in great esteem with regards to her vast knowledge of the world.
The first time I’d ever had a Florentine happened because of a chance encounter with a stranger in a Scottish bakery. I was standing in the queue waiting to order my lunch when the tall, charming gentleman with a posh English accent ahead of me turned to me and asked if I’d ever tried a …
Some months ago a friend asked me, in response to a conversation about hiding vegetables in chocolate cakes (namely my chocolate courgette cake), if I’d ever tried black bean brownies. I’d never even heard of such a thing and immediately had to investigate.
I love chocolate fudge, especially this remarkably simple chocolate truffle fudge recipe. I love it a little bit too much so I usually only make it once a year around Christmas time, or else I’d eat it all and be the size of a house!
This idea has been filed away in my head for several months now. I’ve been wanting to make home made Oreo cookies for some time and I bookmarked a few recipes which looked interesting and had some really positive comments. When my daughter said she’d like a Coraline themed birthday party this year I …
It’s National Cupcake Week! Well, it’s the last day of National Cupcake Week, but better late than never, right?
The fantastic chocolatey food blogging challenge, We Should Cocoa, hosted by Choclette over at Chocolate Log Blog and co-created by Chele from The Chocolate Teapot (who has sadly retired from blogging) is three years old this month!
When I was a very little girl in Canada I remember my grandmother reaching into her freezer and pulling out a container of her home made chocolates.
This week saw another birthday celebration in Elizabeth’s Kitchen. I wanted to make something a little extra special for my significant other
Just imagine you are ten years old. You wake up in the morning and unzip your sleeping bag. The sun is streaming through the window and you can hear birds chirping outside.
I have a terrible weakness for cookies… and cakes, and ice cream, and all things sweet… but mostly cookies.
Some years I discovered the magic that is banana ‘ice cream’.
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!
Chocolate and black pepper work marvellously well together.
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.
