Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
fuelling that adventure
Use up some of that end-of-summer courgette glut with these light and fluffy spiced courgette cupcakes featuring the superior taste of Kerrygold butter. This post has been sponsored by Kerrygold. All thoughts and opinions are our own.
and a Sunday walk around the southern tip of West Burra, Shetland. What a beautiful summer we’ve been having! This summer has honestly been one of the best summer’s weather-wise, we’ve had in a very long time. The BBC news reported recently that it’s been sunnier up here in Shetland than it has in Cornwall, …
I’ve got a stinking cold. I should have anticipated this and batch cooked some comfort food in advance. When the kids go back to school after every single holiday break they always bring home some new viruses from their peers; viruses picked up on holiday, new variants to our remote little island. Variants none of …
Courgettes are reproducing at pace in my vegetable crisper. Seriously. Every year the same thing happens. You see, I get this fantastic locally grown weekly organic box filled with all sorts of wonderful goodies – kohlrabi, fresh peas, tomatoes, spicy Chinese greens (my favourite!), last week an Indian Kheera cucumber…. and courgettes, among many other …
A delicious creamy green soup showcasing the humble broad bean! The first time I’d ever tried broad beans was in a Moroccan inspired chicken tagine recipe some years ago. The only broad beans I could find at the time were frozen ones – and they were awful; tough, rubbery, inedible. These supermarket brand frozen broad …
aka Cocoa Zucchini Bread depending on what side of the pond you’re on! It’s veg box season! Each week we get a gorgeous surprise selection of whatever happens to be ready to pick. I’m not fussy with what I get; I’ll work with whatever is in season, but I have to confess that courgettes are …
a quick midweek supper of spaghetti and grated courgettes in a cheesy white sauce Have you been over run with courgettes too? Three or four courgettes have been appearing in our weekly veg box for the last month or so. That’s a whole lot of courgettes to get through, especially as they aren’t something I …
Deliciously dark chocolates with a secret ingredient, or two! You should make these and sell them at the shop! – two veggie phobic boys, age 6 & 8
