Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
We spent last Friday and Saturday confined indoors due to Storm Abigail, the first UK storm to be named under the Met Office’s Name Our Storms project. Schools were cancelled on the Friday because the risk of the high winds blowing the school buses over, and so duvet days were had with much lounging and …
Supporting local producers one recipe at a time. The #ShopLocalChallenge is two years old this month! Where does the time fly? A great big thank you to everyone who has supported their local producers and shared their stories with this blogging challenge over the last few years. I believe there is more awareness these days …
The Shop Local Food Blogging Challenge round up. The Shop Local food blogging challenge was developed by myself in August 2013 as a place for food bloggers to showcase the wealth of produce available to them, locally, and to emphasize the importance of supporting local food producers and what they do, where ever local may …
Supporting local producers. Welcome to the latest Shop Local Food Blogging Challenge round up! For the month of December food bloggers around the globe have been busy cooking and baking with locally sourced ingredients. Find out what they’ve been doing below with these eight tempting recipes…
Highlighting local food producers. Shop Local is a food blogging challenge developed for food bloggers to show case the wonderful wealth of local food producers where ever they may live in the world. I love that all ten entries this month match each other in theme and colour – from all over the world, California …
Shop Local is a food blogging challenge designed to showcase produce local to where ever you live and to share the recipes you’ve made using this local produce. This last month we’ve had sixteen gorgeous entries from all over the world including Australia, America, the UK and India. A great big thank you to all …
Local is a subjective term. Where ever you happen to live would definitely be considered local, but how wide this local circumference extends depends on your geography. I live on a remote island in the middle of the North Sea, 80 miles from tip to tip and 35 miles wide. I consider everything in this …
supporting your local food producers and markets The Shop Local food blogging challenge was set up by myself one year ago as a way for food bloggers around the world to share what they are doing with their locally produced ingredients – to showcase the wide variety of produce available to them and highlight small …
1. Vegan gin and gooseberry jelly by Family, Friends, Food. A delicious way to serve up locally grown seasonal gooseberries! 2. Courgette & Cherry Cupcakes (gluten free) with Cherry Cream Cheese Frosting by Kate, the Gluten Free Alchemist. Oh… my… goodness… how can gluten free veggie filled cupcakes look so gosh darn amazing!! The cherries for this delectable …
Shop Local is a food blogging challenge designed to showcase the wealth of local produce available to foodies all over the world. This month we have quite a selection of delicious home cooked dishes from around the UK, North America and Italy featuring ingredients such as tumbleweed, scapes and succulent seasonal strawberries and tomatoes. I …
Welcome to the May 2014 Shop Local food blogging challenge round up! We’ve got some fantastic recipes to share with you this month from all across the UK and as far away as the USA, Australia and Italy! So get cosy with your cuppa and enjoy your read! First up we have Choclette over at …
Shop Local is a food blogging challenge created to help food bloggers showcase the wonderful local produce available to them, where ever they are, world wide. This is the eighth round up of this challenge, and I am delighted with each and every entry which has been shared with it so far. The food stories …
Welcome to the seventh Shop Local food blogging challenge! What a fantastic collection of recipes we have to share with you this month, from chocolate roulades to hearty stews and even a recipe for home-cured pancetta!
Shop Local is a food blogging challenge designed to encourage foodies to seek out, explore, eat and share produce local to them, where ever they are in the world.
A big thank you to everyone who shared recipes in December’s Shop Local #4 challenge. This round up has eleven delicious recipes for your viewing pleasure, some of them from new-to-me bloggers; I hope you enjoy them!
This Shop Local #3 round-up features recipes using ingredients from as far away as Pennsylvania, Australia, France, Scotland, England and back to America again in the Union Square Farmer’s Market. Thank you to everyone who shared recipes and posts featuring produce local to your region and to those of you who highlighted the importance of …
Food bloggers have been very creative with their locally sourced ingredients throughout the month of October. This #ShopLocal challenge has had 19 superb entries from all over the world! Recipes come from America, India, Italy and throughout Scotland and England. I do hope you are tempted by some of these culinary delights! If you too …
I am overwhelmed by the positive response from my fellow food bloggers on the launch of my own food blogging challenge #ShopLocal. Thank you for a wonderful variety of recipes showcasing ingredients local to where you live, from as far away the #ShopLocal origins in Shetland, a remote island in the North Sea, throughout Scotland …
Shop Local Food Blogging Challenge The world has certainly grown smaller over the last few decades. Our food, especially in the West, is shipped to us from all over the place. For example, a trip to my local supermarket in Shetland presents soft fruits from Spain, fresh herbs from Israel, lemons from Argentina and lamb …
