Category Food
Quick Pea and Mint Soup
I have a bad habit of seeing random ingredients at the supermarket and buying them. A month or so ago it was the turn of some Green Pea Flour that I saw at Milk Pail Market. I can’t deny that part of the reason for buying it was so I could say to Mr M that […]
Cheesey Cauliflower and Pasta Pie…. with an optional little “Slap”
It’s been a while, but I thought I would take a brief break from the sewing posts, and do a little experimental cooking. A friend of mine swears by a little bit of Slap Ya Mama to add a little spicy kick to everything. I saw some the other day, so decided to buy some […]
Exciting book news, an interview with Miss South, and some (almost) Trinidadian Banana Bread.
Nope, not mine, but a new recipe book I was involved in testing a couple of recipes for way back when, is now finally out in print! (Or actually, was out in print on the 22nd May, but I had to wait for mine to cross oceans and continents to get to me 🙂 ) […]
Baking for guests: Gluten-Free Banana (and Chocolate Chip) Cake.
This weekend I had the last of our visitors for a while, two of our awesome friends from Bristol, one of whom I used to work with, and who we had a reciprocal cat-sitting arrangement with. I think they were just as excited (if not more so) to see our cats as they were to […]
Cherries and Cherry and Almond Pie
Each time we drive to Tahoe, we go past all these fruit stands by the side of the road. The benefits of living in Northern California I guess! GIVE ME TASTY FRUIT! Anyhow, this time around on the way back we actually stopped off and bought some stuff from the Dixon Fruit Market. Oh. My. […]
Apricot and Ginger Upside-down Cake
I am a collector. A collector of souvenirs. Some of my souvenirs are small, like fridge magnets and those little snowglobes, but I also collect recipe books. A whole load of recipe books. I have the more practical recipe books, like my beloved Delia, but my souvenir books tend to be a little on the […]
Double Chocolate and Coconut Chunk “Icecream”
It feels weird calling this icecream when it doesn’t involve any cream. It’s more like Chocolate and Coconut frozen coconut milk dessert with chunks of chocolate and coconut. But that doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue now does it? The desire to make icecream, and the subsequent creation of this dish of joy arose from […]
Chickpea and Spinach Pie
My old job was located right in Bristol city centre. Close proximity to all kinds of tasty foodstuffs, including the joy of Pieminister Mothership Tuesdays, Pippin doughnut Fridays, and a little place called Royce Rolls, which was just inside St Nick’s Market, and sold super tasty flapjacks sarnies and bits of pastry. This is my […]
Happy Pi(e) Day!
I made some Homity Pie again, using the recipe from Pieminister . I miss you Mothership Tuesdays! Oooooh check it! I made the edges all fancy and everything! …and then I made mini ones from the leftover pastry and filling using my new toy from Lakeland. Yum! (also a Lemon Meringue Pi(e), because it is my […]
Mushroom and Rosemary Risotto
I’m going to level with you. I don’t really like Mushroom risotto. Or at least, I don’t usually like Mushroom risotto. It is just too…… Mushroomy. But I had some lurking in the refrigerator and fancied some risotto, so gave it a whirl. The addition of the rosemary lifts it from being just another mushroom […]
Baking, Making, and Crafting 