Easy Peasy Cheesy
I made this recipe a wee while ago when friends came round for dinner, and the praise it received seemed totally disproportionate to the the effort involved ...
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Sticky Crispie Goodness
Well life has been getting in the way of updating again - it’s been a hectic spell of Borders Exploration Group meetings, training and Duke of Edinburgh’s Aw...
Healthy Brownies
Chocolate brownies are amazing, but sadly not one of life’s superfoods :o(So I decided to try to make ‘healthy’ brownies, which were both a success and failu...
Salad Series Part 3 - Smoked Mackerel and Apple
So life got a bit busy again. And that’s meant I’ve not had a lot of time for posting recipes or pics. I have done quite a lot of baking and cooking, and eve...
Salad Series Part 2 - Plum Salsa
OK - well this one had an identifiable source of inspiration - here at the Zested blog. But my big problem with salsa is that it always has coriander in it, ...
Salad Series Part 1 - Fennel, Chickpea & Chilli
We had folks round for tea on Sunday, and I made 7 salads and a puff pastry tart…. of which I managed to take a grand total of 3 pictures, all of ‘in-progres...
Lekvar - Hungarian Style Fruit Butter
Well due to general hectic-ness, I’ve not posted anything for ages. But I’m back :o) The other week as I was tidying out some kitchen cupboards, I came acros...
Sweetie Sushi
I have a really good friend who is a Brownie guider (Hi Em if you’re reading!). And she asked me if I’d come along and do something makey or cakey with her B...
Cake Heaven in Brighton
At the weekend just past, I had a lovely time down in Brighton catching up with friends from uni who have left the frozen wastes of Scotland and are now base...
Biszkopt z Galaretka - or Polish Jelly Cake
A few years ago I spent the summer working in an office in Warsaw, and during that time, every arrival, departure or celebratory occasion in the office was c...