Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
Khobz, alternatively transliterated as khoubz, khobez, khubez, or khubooz, is the usual word for “bread” in Standard Arabic and in many of the vernaculars. It is a staple of any Middle Eastern-inspired meal at my table. Prep Time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 4 minutes Difficulty: Easy The first time I learned of khobz was while …
I recently borrowed a copy of Sally Butcher’s Veggiestan: a vegetable lover’s tour of the middle east and fell in love with it. It’s full of so many amazing recipes I am going to have to buy a copy of my very own.
This month, for the food bloggers’ challenge Random Recipes, Dom from Belleau Kitchen has tasked us to randomly select and cook a recipe from a friend’s cookery book collection.
It wasn’t until I was in my very late teens/early 20s that I discovered the wonderful world of bagels. I was working in a small family-owned shop in Halifax, Nova Scotia and just down the road from the shop was a fabulously quaint coffee shop called Mr. Bean’s Cafe. They sold all sorts of specialty teas and …
New Years’ Resolution #1: I am not going to eat so many sweet, fattening things in 2013. I’m not.
There are times when one needs a proper rich, fat filled, carbohydrate packed feast. If the middle of a winter with very little daylight isn’t one of those times, I don’t know what is.
In a bid to save pennies I am very lovingly preparing packed lunches for the OH to take to work.
I recently went looking online for an all-natural post-workout protein snack that didn’t involve shop-bought protein powder. Something that could be frozen and taken out of the freezer to defrost while I was at the gym. Do you think I could find anything?
When I saw this recipe for red lentil soup by My Golden Pear yesterday I immediately bookmarked it. I liked the addition of the chilli and mustard seed and the fact it’s low fat and good for you, especially after the excesses of Christmas and New Year.
This month I am hosting Turquoise Lemons’ No Waste Food Challenge, where each month we’re asked to share recipes which use up leftovers in a bid to reduce food waste. I chose mashed potatoes, as I always make far too much.
It’s January, with the New Year bringing in new possibilities and opportunities. In Shetland it also means Up Helly Aa! Shetland is the home to Europe’s largest fire festival – the annual Up Helly Aa is held in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of January.
It was yet another cold, dark, dreary day here in Shetland on this, the last day of 2012. It was pouring down with rain and the children are on their school holidays and were desperately needing entertained. What to do?
Making your own soup stock is a simple, inexpensive process and the result is loaded with nutrients, unlike the MSG-laden supermarket varieties.
I’ve been wanting to make this recipe for a very long time, ever since I tore the recipe out of one of those supermarket magazine Christmas features years ago. I can’t tell you which supermarket it was because since I’ve lived on this island one supermarket in particular has changed hands four times, so it’s either a recipe by …
Making a gingerbread house has always been on my Christmas to-do list, but I’ve never mustered up the courage to try it until this year.
While browsing through my local wholefoods shop yesterday I noticed, packaged in a handy grinder, a Seaweed Sprinkle, sustainably produced from local seaweed by Böd Ayre Seaweed Products.
Regular visitors to my blog will notice that I am particularly fond of granola. I like to try out new varieties because who wants to have the same kind of cereal for breakfast every morning?
The OH fondly remembers these sweets from his childhood in Norway (when they didn’t have as politically correct a name!) We’re quite fond of them too and they whip up in no time at all. No cooking required.
This delicious fruit pizza is another one of the many recipes my father has shared with me. Simple to make and incredibly… mmmmm!
This super easy, incredibly moist and flavoursome cream cheese cherry pound cake is the perfect centrepiece for an afternoon tea or any celebration event. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 1 hour 20 min Difficulty: Easy A Cape Breton recipe This cream cheese cherry pound cake recipe comes all the way from Cape Breton Island …
