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I used liquorice powder to make these liquorice biscuits but do not worry if you don't have any. The flavour is easily replicated using fennel seeds. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Liquorice Biscuits ♥ *Screeeech* That is the sound of the brakes being deployed in my life. I had a plan to … Continue reading Liquorice Biscuits
November 2021 could not have ended on a worse note than it did. The month was spent sorting out our trip to Austria. And then making alternate plans if we went to Turkey. South Africa has amazing scientists and discovered a new variant of the Covid virus. By sharing this information (correctly) with the world, … Continue reading November 2021 Showcasing In My Kitchen
The recipe called for 1 teaspoon of the mixture to be used for each of the cheese muffins which did not make sense to me. I used slightly more and still ended up with 21 small muffins. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Cheese Muffins ♥ 16 years, 8 months and 2 weeks … Continue reading Cheese Muffins With Piquantè Cream Cheese
The Burning opening line: Monday. Nineteen hours in the dark. The dead man lived up the hill. We could have walked, if the world wasn't ending and we didn't have to bring him back. My blurb: Deputy Coroner Clay Edison is investigating the murder of a wealthy man. A man who collects many things, including … Continue reading The Burning, Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman
Make this chocolate fudge sauce to use as a secret weapon when serving plain ice cream for dessert. Or as a dipping sauce for meringues. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Chocolate Fudge Sauce ♥ I am on Genius Level 2 on booking.com which is a slight indication of how often I use … Continue reading Chocolate Fudge Sauce
Kyle Macaskill is the Head Chef at The Plettenberg, a member of The Liz McGrath Collection and Small Luxury Hotels of the World. Like him, I agree that knives should be expensive and last a lifetime. Who has been the most influential person in your life? I would have to say my mother, she has been the … Continue reading Kyle Macaskill Answers Questions For The Blog
I made this caper mint sauce to serve with a leg of lamb that was slow roasted. You want the lamb to shine and the sauce to merely enhance the flavours. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Caper Mint Sauce ♥ Starting a business is hard work. Not only does it take time, … Continue reading Caper Mint Sauce
Helpful Hannah Hippo opening line: The morning sunlight streamed down from a crisp, clear blue sky. My blurb: Hannah the Hippo and Ollie the Oxpecker set out to discover who a lost chick belongs to. Along the way they meet other birds and animals, including Red Dropwing, a dragonfly. Helpful Hannah Hippo “Does anyone know … Continue reading Helpful Hannah Hippo, Dino F. Martins
To make these Cocoa And Almond Meringues a little bit special I piped the meringue onto a turned over silicone mould. This created lovely meringue baskets which can be filled with anything you want. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Cocoa And Almond Meringues ♥ I really thought when I left the Cellular … Continue reading Cocoa And Almond Meringues
My Street Food Kitchen instantly appealed to me for so many reasons. Dave and I love travelling. And part of that means enjoying eating what the locals eat. Stumbling across a market in Gubbio remains one of my most vivid memories. There we ate porchetta on rolls and even though I have made this at … Continue reading My Street Food Kitchen, Jennifer Joyce
I love how simple a curd tart is to make. This one uses a mandarin curd but you can use any curd flavour you like. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Curd Tart ♥ So many things changed with regards to the pandemic from when I wrote about it, to when we travelled. … Continue reading Curd Tart
When Ben from Havoc In The Kitchen posted a recipe for lavender brownies I thought they would be perfect for me. However, when I got home I decided to change the recipe completely and make orange blossom brownies. This used up the last of the cordials I had received as my Christmas gift from the … Continue reading Orange Blossom Brownies
Odette Olivier is a chef after my own heart. She has a thing about items being labelled, and about being organized. That describes my pantry to a tee. Odette Olivier Answers Questions For The Blog Who has been the most influential person in your life? Chef Ian Bergh (Head Chef at De Grendel) What started … Continue reading Odette Olivier Answers Questions For The Blog
Making tart pastry needs to be simple and easy. To me, a tart is about the shortness of the crust and the richness of the filling. I used my pastry for a curd tart. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Tart Pastry ♥ It used to be that getting a Visa was simple. … Continue reading Tart Pastry For Set Tarts
I have made the most of winter fruit with quite a few different recipes this year. The mandarin curd was so delicious that I will be sure to repeat it next season. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Mandarin Curd ♥ Dealing with call centres has to be the most frustrating thing ever. … Continue reading Mandarin Curd
October 2021 was full of highs and lows. The highlight of the month was a visit to The Netherlands to see Mark. The low was just the rest of the month while I felt like I was swimming upstream. Despite all of that, I managed a fair amount of recipes for the month. Savoury dishes … Continue reading October 2021 Showcasing In My Kitchen
I made whipped feta and caper compound butter to serve with bagels and smoked salmon as a starter for a luncheon I hosted. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Whipped Feta ♥ When I first started blogging in 2009 I would post at least once a day if not more. When we went … Continue reading Whipped Feta
I made this pomegranate ice cream in summer when I had fresh pomegranates. I am so glad we have had a long cold winter as this was still sitting in the freezer. Dave and I enjoyed it as soon as it got warm again, with a little bit of ginger granola for crunch. Head straight … Continue reading Pomegranate Ice Cream
If you only bake one recipe from Nigella Lawson's latest recipe book then it has to be this chocolate and tahini banana bread. I used rather large chocolate chunks which I think made it ever so much better. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Chocolate And Tahini Banana Bread ♥ I wrote about … Continue reading Chocolate And Tahini Banana Bread
There is never a good time to discover that your backup has failed. I lost photographs for 16 recipes, which is really sad. But thankfully I can get some off instagram and others off my phone. And for my pickled red cabbage I could just head to the fridge and take new ones. Head straight … Continue reading Pickled Red Cabbage