And so the Christmas festivities are over. The few days of gluttony have passed and it’s onto New Year preparations and planning what resolutions we won’t be keeping! For us, this Christmas was about celebrations, spending time with friends, family and each other, and generally enjoying having almost 2 weeks off work to do guilt…
Category: Food
Jamie’s Golden Chicken
It seems that we are the only people on the planet not to own a copy of Jamie’s 30 minute meals, or at least within our circle of friends! and therefore I have felt a little left out! So when he brought out 15 minute meals I made sure I got my copy! Christmas dinner…
Beef Bourguignon a la Delia
For Boxing Day Stuarts family joined us and I wanted to make something that wouldn’t involve me spending hours in the kitchen but could feed 8 of us! I turned to Delia, the queen of cooking and of Christmas! This is her recipe for Beef Bourguignon, and it was mighty tasty with minimal leftovers! Boeuf…
From Farm to Jar
Last weekend we eventually visited Craigies Farm in South Queensferry. We have been talking about it for years and now I eventually have collected enough old jam jars, so it was time to go! We had a spot of lunch there to build up the energy to go fruit picking. A lovely bowl of homemade…
Chorizo Omelette
Our fridge was a little bare this evening, with little to inspire on first glance. But with a closer look I spotted more eggs than two people would ever need and 3 little tiny new potatoes. Suddenly I was inspired – a Spanish Tortilla especially since there was also an aging Chorizo buried at the…
Sunny Treat
Its warm. I think this may be our summer. When its this hot you need a summery sunny treat. Delicious local strawberries from Earthy Foods in Canonmills Plus A tasty and light strawberry Meringue, also from Earthy Foods Plus Mackie’s Vanilla Ice Cream Equals Yum
Supper with Joanna Blythman
Last Tuesday during a quiet moment at work – lets say lunchtime… I had a wee flick through twitter to see what was going on in the world, when I noticed someone had re-tweeted Taste Communications tweet about a 2 course supper with Joanna Blythman who has just launched her new book – What to…
The Bakery, Dunbar
At the weekend I dragged poor Stuart half way round the country for various bits and bobs, one of the many stops we had on our travels was at Dunbar. Some of the Edinburgh Cake Ladies have teased us on twitter with photos of the delicious cakes from The Bakery, Dunbar, so I had to…
Walkers, the Shortbread People
This is the Walkers Shortbread shop in Aberlour, its not the most obvious. If you didn’t know it was there you would miss it. It is a haven of shortbready goodness. Seconds of course, though some in better condition than what I have bought in the shops in the past!. There are also Oatcakes and…
Voluptuous Aubergine Parmigiana
I have loads of cookbooks, some barely opened. Stuart likes to complain about how many I have and how they just seem to sit looking pretty on the shelf. So, to prove to him that all the cookbooks are great and essential, I have set myself a challenge to cook at least one dish from…
Queen of Everything 