No Burns Feast can be complete without Cranachan. I made this using some raspberries I picked during the summer (and froze!) from Stuart’s Dad’s garden near Stirling, so these are truly Scottish Raspberries! Cranachan requires whisky so a choice needs to be made about which one to use. As with the Whisky Sauce, this is…
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Burns Night Whisky Sauce
I hope everyone got into the swing of Rabbie Burns and feasted well on haggis and whisky! Whilst haggis is consumed in this household at any point in the year, Burns Night always sees us tucking into the full shebang of haggis, neeps and tatties (real for him, veggie for me!) and this year I…
Huevos Rancheros
The first time I had Huevos Rancheros was about 5 years ago in Los Angeles, which is not exactly the place where the dish originated, but not too far away, and I fell in love with them! (I know a bit over dramatic there!). The straight forward combination of tomatoes, eggs, cheese, chilli and garlic…
Dark Island Chutney
Back in May we visited Orkney, and more importantly the Orkney Brewery where we picked up a jar of Dark Island Chutney, made with Orkney Brewery’s Dark Island Ale. Needless to say it was tasty and disappeared fast! Luckily the quantities of each ingredient were attached to the jar, so I attempted to recreate it…
Homemade Blackcurrant Jam
Over the summer I managed to pick a lot of berries which I ended up freezing as I didn’t have the chance to do anything with them. Yesterday I eventually got some free time and set about making Blackcurrant Jam with some tasty Blackcurrants I picked from Stuarts Dad’s garden. Blackcurrant Jam (Makes about 7…
Slow Roast Hog
I am not a fan of pork. But I often look through magazines and cookbooks and basically drool over tasty looking dishes, especially slow roast pork. So I decided to try cooking it for once and see if I can be converted! I turned to my well used Jamie’s America book, one I have used…
Lime and Tequila Sorbet
This evening has been quite ‘balmy’ or at least it has been in my household. Maybe its just down to the volume of this tasty, zesty and a little boozy sorbet we have been eating to try and cool down! By coincidence its National Tequila Day! So to keep cool or celebrate, try this easy…
Homemade Burgers – My Way!
I do like a burger from time to time. Not one of those processed, contains 1% real meat types, but a nice, freshly made with actual beef one. Last night I fancied a burger – I actually wanted a BBQ’d burger, but that’s not practical in a first floor flat! So I rustled up these…
Indoor Picnic!
With Saturday’s weather being so sunny, and me actually thinking that it may be sunny on Sunday as well, I went into full on picnic planning mode, with the idea we would be having a picnic in the park for lunch. I did a quick dash round the supermarket and picked up a few things…
Banana and Walnut Yoghurt Pot
In an (other) attempt at being healthy I decided to give the ‘trendy’ 5:2 diet a go. To be honest I did spend months being sceptical of it. However, the more I thought about it the more I realised that it might actually be worth a shot! The publicity round the book would make it…