Today I’m sharing my Christmas Soda Bread! December is such a busy time and what with my birthday, a wedding, my daughter’s numerous school performances, my son’s various exams and his trip to the Cologne Christmas markets, I’m afraid my Christmas recipe offerings have had to stay as ideas in my head until now. (Note…
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Houmous with Peanut Butter
Houmous with Peanut Butter – a great alternative to traditional houmous and for those times when you don’t have any tahini paste Houmous, there seem to be an infinite number of ways of spelling it (hummus, hommus etc) and many more ways of preparing it! This Houmous with Peanut Butter came about after I stumbled…
Roasted Tomato, Red Pepper and Chorizo Soup
Roasted Tomato, Red Pepper and Chorizo Soup is an intensely flavoursome soup. Made with roasted tomatoes, peppers, fried chorizo, and basil with a sweet sharp edge courtesy of lemon juice and brown sugar. Yesterday I found myself with a glut of vine tomatoes, peppers, and a pack of chorizo. Knowing that I had to go…
Egg & Prawn Open Sandwich with Lemon Mayonnaise
Being half Danish I regularly put together Danish open sandwiches (smørrebrød) on traditional wholegrain rye bread but am aware it’s not to everyone’s taste. So when my mother told me about this particular Egg and Prawn open sandwich that she makes all the time, I thought it would be ideal to share during British Sandwich…
Chilled Picante Summer Soup
Chilled Picante Summer Soup I was very excited to be invited to take part in a Virtual Blogger Come Dine With Me organised by Russell Hobbs in which I could use any of their Illumina range of products to make my course. I was allocated the starter and after unpacking all 5 of my new…
Lemon & Raisin Scotch Pancakes
My favourite shop bought pancakes are fluffy Lemon & Raisin Scotch Pancakes so I thought I’d set about making my own for Pancake Day aka Shrove Tuesday. It’s the day before Ash Wednesday which is the 1st day of lent – traditionally a time for fasting and penance in the Christian calendar. So the idea…
Apple, Grape and Kiwi Quencher
Apple, Grape and Kiwi Quencher is a totally delicious and nutritious juice made with an electric juicing machine. A totally delicious and nutritious juice made with apples, red grapes and kiwi bursting with vitamin C – sure to become a favourite! After hearing that the third week of January was the time that most people…
Warm Chicken, Bacon and Tarragon Salad
Warm Chicken, Bacon and Tarragon Salad with an olive oil and lemon dressing that tastes sublime! My mum seems to be a never ending resource of recipes and one will just pop into my head from time to time and a quick phone call later I have the bones of one of her old dishes…
Treacle Tart – “How to Feed Your Family for £5 a Day” by Bernadine Lawrence
This Treacle Tart with a wholemeal pastry base is both thrifty and delicious. I made this Treacle Tart as part of my review of “How to Feed your Family for £5 a Day” by Bernadine Lawrence. For book review click here. This Treacle Tart is encased in a beautifully short sweet shortcrust pastry and was…