First published on Eat the Olympics on Thursday 22nd March Sour cream Kolacky (Slovenia) Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour 1/2 cup cold unsalted butter 40g sour cream Jam (or your own choice) for filling Icing sugar, to dust Method: 1. In a large bowl, rub butter and flour together until it resembled crumbs. Stir in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recipe’
Royal wedding lemon curd cake
Posted in Afternoon tea, Cakes, Sweet recipes, tagged afternoon tea, baking, burford brown eggs, lemon curd cake, recipe, royal wedding cake, sponge cake, victoria sponge on May 2, 2011 | 6 Comments »
So, the Royal Wedding. I have to say that I wasn’t overly excited and I didn’t have any plans until a couple of days before. I still wanted to watch it though – mostly to see what Kate would be wearing! I switched the TV on and something odd happened. As soon as I saw [...]
Sticky Black Gingerbread
Posted in Afternoon tea, Cakes, Sweet recipes, tagged afternoon tea, baking, easy baking, leiths baking bible, recipe, sticky black gingerbread, sweet treat on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another day, another recipe. A girl that I used to work with made a fantastic batch of gingerbread for a Macmillan coffee morning competition that we held in the office last year. She took the recipe from the Leiths School Baking Bible and won the competition hands down. Her prize was a delightful bottle of [...]
Two ways with Hummus – recipe
Posted in Cuisine, Dinner, Lebanese, Recipes (cooking), Salad, Savoury recipes, Vegetarian, tagged baby plum tomato, cheap meal, cucumber, dinner, flat bread, hummus, lunch, quick supper, recipe, versatile dish on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I just LOVE hummus. The humble chick pea is one of my favourite legumes because it is so versatile and tasty! I mostly add them to stews, my favourite being a curried chickpea and spinach stew. I haven’t made it for a while but it is sure to make an appearance on here soon. My [...]
Roast tomato, buffalo mozzarella and puy lentil salad
Posted in British, Cuisine, Dinner, European, Recipes (cooking), Salad, Savoury recipes, Vegetarian, tagged lunch, salad, dinner, healthy dinner, recipe, puy lentils, roasted tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, dried pulses on February 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I had never cooked Puy Lentils until I made this salad. We have recently just moved into a new kitchen and the dried pulses now stand proud in kilner jars so that I can actually see them! The Puy Lentils sat neglected at the back of the cupboard in our old kitchen for so long [...]
Crayfish and Mushroom Risotto recipe
Posted in British, Cuisine, Dinner, Fish, Recipes (cooking), Savoury recipes, tagged crayfish and mushroom risotto, dinner, lunch, recipe on February 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I bought a tub of Crayfish tails when I was trying to do my 6 weeks without sugar. I was going to use them for a salad but after giving up (let’s face it I only lasted 6 days!), salads weren’t high on the agenda anymore. So I decided to cook a Crayfish and Mushroom [...]
Beer battered Squid and Baby Octopus
Posted in Australia, Australian, British, Cuisine, Dinner, European, Fish, Savoury recipes, tagged baby octopus, beer battered octopus, beer battered squid, deep fried fish, dinner, recipe, sea food, squid, supper on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When we were wandering around Leederville in Perth, we stumbled upon a fantastic fishmonger called Kailis Bros. We stepped inside and saw a wide variety of fish on sale that had been caught that day. We bought a few Red Snapper to BBQ but the Squid and Baby Octopus caught my eye. We got enough [...]
Pan Fried Sea Bass with Spinach and Tenderstem Broccoli
Posted in British, Dinner, Fish, Recipes (cooking), Savoury recipes, tagged cheap dinner, healthy dinner, pan fried sea bass, recipe, spinach, tender stem broccoli on January 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Before I went on holiday, I was told that they key to solving a problem that I’ve had with my stomach for a couple of years was to cut out sugar for 6 weeks. What I didn’t realise was that this meant cutting out most carbs (except Brown Rice, Sourdough Bread and a few Pulses), [...]



