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cooking up a storm at the edge of the world

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Review

Cartwright & Butler - The Harrogate Luxury Christmas Hamper

Review: Cartwright & Butler’s Harrogate Hamper

December 8, 2016 by Elizabeth

Available exclusively from Harrods. Christmas has come early to our house. A few days ago (on my 40th birthday, in fact!) I took delivery of the most posh collection of festive foodstuffs to ever cross the threshold of our house. When this arrived I truly felt I’d made it in the world of a professional …

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Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary - Review of our weekly top five picks

Review: Our Weekly Top Five Picks

November 30, 2016 by Elizabeth

Issue 14 of our weekly bite-sized review series. This week we’ve been taste testing all sorts of wonderful things – from a subscription box that sends you all the spices needed to make restaurant quality meals at home in under 20 minutes, the finest in Italian food and chocolate, a date night subscription box and …

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Personalised Marmite Jar - Elizabeth

Review + Giveaway! Our Weekly Top Five Picks

November 23, 2016 by Elizabeth

Issue 13 of our weekly bite sized review series. This week we’re sharing the opportunity to personalise a jar of Marmite with your own text, we’ve got a brand new cast iron casserole dish, a personalised mixing bowl, chalk markers (with an exclusive discount code) and a children’s advent calendar craft kit plus a Christmas …

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Our weekly top five picks review series

Review: Our Weekly Top Five Picks

November 16, 2016 by Elizabeth

Issue #12 of our weekly bite-sized review series. This week we threw an epic children’s birthday party and made a showstopper three tiered cake in a silicone cake mould for it. We also tried out some new botanical mixers, read a few new books and now own a rather lovely new personalised wooden chopping board. 

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Our weekly top five picks #11

Review: Our Weekly Top Five Picks

November 9, 2016 by Elizabeth

Our weekly bite-sized review series. This week in our kitchen we’ve been trying some rather fantastic gravy granules, smoked cheese, a four course Italian meal and I bought myself a new piece of hand crafted pottery. Oh, there’s also a link to a new marketplace platform for social influencers to check out!

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The Shetland Food Fair logo

Our Weekly Top Five Picks #10: Shetland Food Fair

November 4, 2016 by Elizabeth

Our weekly bite sized review series. Last weekend saw our annual Shetland Food Fair attract over 3000 visitors to taste test and shop the wealth of quality food and drink produced on our remote North Sea island. You can read my account of it on the Shetland News website and see a selection of photographs …

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Jord Wood Watch: Frankie - Dark Sandalwood and Emerald

Review: Dark Sandalwood & Emerald Wooden Watch

October 27, 2016 by Elizabeth

A watch review in collaboration with Jord Wood Watches. I confess that when it comes to fashion and all things clothing and accessories I’m usually not interested. I don’t even wear a watch! I’ll wear the same pair of jeans until they fall to bits and then lament about the whole unpleasant shopping experience of …

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Pea, Potato & Lovage Soup - perfect for summer.

Pea, Potato & Lovage Soup

August 1, 2016 by Elizabeth

Try our delicious lovage soup recipe, featuring fresh peas and the unique flavour of the lovage herb. It’s a perfect dish for a cool day! Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy It’s the time of year when our diet is largely dictated by what appears in our weekly organic CSA veg …

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P&O Ferries: Pride of Hull

Review: P&O Ferries – Pride of Hull

July 25, 2016 by Elizabeth

In collaboration with P&O Ferries. First experience on a P&O Ferry My first ever experience on a P&O Ferry was in the Spring of 1999. I’d landed in Glasgow a few days beforehand via Iceland, with an Army Surplus rucksack on my back containing all my worldly possessions and just shy of £200 in traveller’s …

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Our Family Favourite Potato Salad Recipe

June 4, 2016 by Elizabeth

. Get ready for your next barbecue with our classic family favourite potato salad recipe. Perfect for sharing with friends and family. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Difficulty: Easy There’s something intensely satisfying about a table filled with food, a table so full that there’s no room to sit – you all …

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Strawberry Balsamic Jam - recipe made in the Ball Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker

Strawberry Balsamic Jam

May 15, 2016 by Elizabeth

A recipe, review & giveaway in collaboration with Ball Preserves. I made jam!!! For the first time in my adult life I have successfully managed to make jam! Ok, if I’m going to be completely honest here, I successfully put all the ingredients into my new swish Ball® FreshTech Automatic Jam & Jelly Maker, pressed the button …

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Easy Chicken Pasta Bake with Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

February 19, 2016 by Elizabeth

Get ready to enjoy a steaming hot bowl of indulgent carbohydrates with this easy leftover roast chicken pasta bake recipe with roasted cherry tomato sauce. Quick, easy, and full of flavour. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 45 minutes Difficulty: Easy Pasta has got to be one of those ultimate comfort foods, wouldn’t you agree? …

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3 Ingredient 100 Calorie Chocolate Fudgsicle

3 Ingredient Chocolate Banana Ice Cream Bar

February 7, 2016 by Elizabeth

Satisfy your chocolate cravings without breaking your healthy eating plan with this delicious chocolate banana ice cream bar recipe. When you have those chocolate cravings and don’t want to break the healthy eating plan! Prep Time: 5 minutes Freezing Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy I’m not on a diet. I don’t even like the word …

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S'mores Granola Clusters

S’mores Granola Clusters

January 16, 2016 by Elizabeth

x My husband likes granola with his yogurt in the morning. We’d run out of the coconut almond granola clusters with blueberries I made last week. The conversation went something like this: “Do we have any granola?” he asks. <rummaging sounds emerge from the pantry> “No, it’s all gone,” I reply. <two minutes later> “Is …

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Coconut & Almond Granola Clusters with Blueberries

Coconut and Almond Granola Clusters with Blueberries

January 9, 2016 by Elizabeth

I’m not a boxed dry cereal with milk for breakfast kind of gal. I used to be. When I was a child I loved my Alphabits, Froot Loops and Cornflakes (sprinkled liberally with sugar – ah the things we did in the 80s!), but as an adult… I’m not. I’m not sure when that transition …

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Raw Chocolate and Clementine Cheesecake with a Chocolate Hazelnut Crust

Raw Chocolate and Clementine Mini Cheesecakes

December 20, 2015 by Elizabeth

The idea for these raw chocolate and clementine mini cheesecakes with a chocolate hazelnut crust has been bumping around inside my head for quite some time now, ever since I tried The Rawtarian’s raw cheesecake recipe a few months ago and was really impressed with how light and creamy the cashew based filling was after blending …

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Baharat - A Middle Eastern Spice Blend

Baharat – A Middle Eastern Spice Blend

November 13, 2015 by Elizabeth

 A recipe, review and giveaway in collaboration with Cole & Mason. Once you start cooking with whole freshly toasted and ground spices you can never go back to the ready ground variety. The difference it makes to the flavour of a dish is astounding. As soon as you grind spices they begin to lose their …

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Amina's Home Cooking

Cookbook Review: Amina’s Home Cooking

October 29, 2015 by Elizabeth

The best of Korean and Egyptian Cuisines by Amina Elshafei. Amina Elshafei was born in Saudi Arabia from a Korean mother and an Egyptian father, so the cultural influences behind her cooking are rather inventive and unique. She moved to Australia at the age of four, and in 2012 she was selected out of 7,500 …

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Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Fried Sage and White Truffle Oil

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Fried Sage and White Truffle Oil

October 25, 2015 by Elizabeth

Fried sage and white truffle-infused olive oil transform this soup into something really special. I’m not a big fan of dried sage. There’s something stale and unpalatable about the herb, I feel, so I tend not to cook with it. That was until fresh sage leaves began appearing in my veg box and I discovered …

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Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake

Chocolate Hazelnut Layer Cake

October 17, 2015 by Elizabeth

aka how to salvage a failed attempt at making chocolate hazelnut spread. I like experimenting in my kitchen, I really do. Sometimes (quite a lot of the time, if I am to be honest!) it doesn’t quite go according to plan. I had a notion to make some homemade chocolate hazelnut spread recently. Ok, if …

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