Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
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This easy spicy lamb fajitas kebab recipe for a crowd is perfect if you’re entertaining guests. Part Mexican fajita, part Middle Eastern kebab and part over the top extravagant, this recipe, in collaboration with Try Lamb, Love Lamb, can be ready in just three hours! Introducing… the spicy lamb fajitas kebab! What comes to mind …
The BBQ season is officially upon us! Lamb is an incredibly versatile bbq meat, and in this post, I’m sharing three super quick and easy Asian-inspired lamb marinades for lamb steaks, chops and kebabs. This recipe post has been made in collaboration with Try Lamb. Why you should choose lamb for your next BBQ I …
This BBQ kebabs recipe is super easy to whip up for any last minute BBQs you might be hosting this summer. Cubes of squeaky Halloumi cheese marinaded in chilli, parsley, cumin and coriander are threaded onto skewers with red onion, green pepper and sizzling SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham. This recipe has been made in …
Scottish stovies are the ultimate comfort food. Made with the leftovers from Sunday’s roast dinner, it’s a super easy Monday meal to make. Serve with oatcakes and sliced beetroot for the perfect Sunday leftovers meal. This recipe has been made in collaboration with Try Lamb.
This lazy chicken traybake takes five minutes to prep and uses just five ingredients! It’s a complete meal in one sheet pan, and so there’s only one pan to wash up afterwards!
In this epic Feast for Kings, we host a Game of Thrones-inspired banquet with a show-stopping triple crown roast of lamb and all the trimmings. This post has been created in collaboration with Try Lamb. A Game of Thrones-inspired Triple Crown Roast of Lamb with Lamb & Chestnut Stuffing I confess, like many others, I …
Lamb Jerky is an incredibly tasty and nutritious snack, and it’s very easy to make at home! Shetland butcher Chris Wright shows us just how easy it is with his recipe. This post has been created in collaboration with Try Lamb. Lamb Jerky I am a big fan of jerky. It’s low calorie, …
Leftover slow cooker shredded harissa lamb is added to a rich, spiced shakshuka for the perfect Valentine’s Day breakfast for two. In collaboration with Lamb, Try It, Love It. This post also contains Amazon affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Shakshuka is, by far, my most favourite breakfast ever. It’s a North …
This leftover roast lamb soup is ready in just under half an hour if you use a pressure cooker. It makes for a perfect packed lunch to fill you up with plenty of vegetables, pearled spelt and green split peas. This recipe is in collaboration with Lamb, Try It, Love It. This post also …
Perfect for Burns Night celebrations, this haggis stuffed lamb meatloaf recipe is very easy to make. Serve with tatties, neeps & whisky sauce. This recipe has been made in collaboration with Lamb, Try It, Love It. I am a seriously big fan of haggis. The first time I ever tried it, I was in a …
Cooking a turkey doesn’t need to take as long as you think it does if you follow these simple cooking tips. This blog post was filmed/photographed at a KellyBronze turkey masterclass at Jamie Oliver’s HQ and there’s a special appearance by Jamie himself! Note: KellyBronze turkeys are available in both the UK and the USA. …
This delicious Saint Agur and walnut butter is perfect served with grilled flatiron steak, plus there’s enough to keep in the freezer for another day. Recipe created by Saint Agur chefs for Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary. I confess blue cheese has never been on the top of my list of cheese I like to eat. In …
A festive alternative, this boneless rolled lamb shoulder is stuffed with a pistachio and orange stuffing and slow roasted until tender. Serve with jewelled couscous and flatbreads, or with roast potatoes and veg. A recipe in collaboration with Lamb, Try It, Love It. It’s that time of year when friends and family are coming …
Tender pieces of succulent lamb with chunky vegetables and rich gravy swimming in a bread “cauldron”. A perfect Halloween lamb stew recipe for your witches and wizards! This easy recipe in collaboration with Try Lamb includes pressure cooker, stove top and slow cooker instructions. I am so excited to share this recipe with you! I may have …
Super easy to make, and finger-licking good, these Peking-Style pork ribs take no time to prep and can be served at the table straight from the Crock-Pot® Lift & Serve Slow Cooker bowl! A recipe in collaboration with Crock-Pot®. Sticky, Peking-style pork ribs are one of our family favourite meals, and they’re super easy to make …
Perfect for a kids’ Halloween feast, this spooky stir-fry whips up in no time! Think peanut satay sauce coated wiggly worm noodles with spooky “bones” poking out. This recipe is in collaboration with SPAM® Chopped Pork and Ham and SKIPPY® Peanut Butter. I absolutely love Halloween! It’s my favourite time of the year when we’re …
A simple, yet incredibly rich and delicious oxtail soup recipe made extra easy by slow-cooking it in the new Crock-Pot®Express Multi-Cooker. This recipe is brought to you in collaboration with CrockPot®. It’s officially Autumn, up here in Shetland, with the days growing noticeably colder, shorter and windier. Our diet is switching from light summer salads …
Don’t let those chicken bones go to waste after you’ve roasted a whole chicken – make a nourishing bone broth to sip from a mug, or to use in soups and stews for later. I have been making my own homemade chicken stock for years. In fact, chicken stock was one of the first recipes …
Ready in under 20 minutes, this is a deliciously quick & easy midweek dinner recipe. The original recipe comes from the home economics department in the Anderson High School, Shetland Islands and was demonstrated on stage by my teenage son at the Shetland Food Fair. I was tidying up the kitchen the other day, organizing …
Hearty and filling, this traditional soup from the wild and remote Shetland Islands is made from reestit mutton, a salted and brined preserved mutton unique to the islands. Come this Spring I’ll have called Shetland home for twenty years. Seven of those I’ve have been tinkering away at this food blog. I can not believe, …
