Strawberries from the garden with lemon and sugar
Last year we grew the sum total of about 6 strawberries with one ripening each week. Needless to say there weren’t many recipes on my blog which called for strawberries! So you can imagine my delight yesterday evening when I returned home after a week away to find this booty of strawberries nestling amongst the … Read more
Hot Cross Bun Bread – Not just for Easter
Last Easter I made Hot Cross Buns for the first time as they are one of my favourite Easter treats that I miss now that I live in Italy, home to the equally delicious but, not quite the same, Easter Colomba (think Panettone but with candied fruit). Having painstakingly rolled out 20 or so buns last year it … Read more
Pâte Sablée Mince pies
You can’t beat a home made mincemeat pie with crumbly pastry and that buttery goodness that shop bought pies quite simply don’t have. Last year I laboured over home made puff pastry with its many folds and turns but this year I’ve elected for the easier “Pâte Sablée” which is a more delicate pastry that … Read more
Ready steady pancakes….preparing for Shrove Tuesday
As Pancake day, aka Shrove Tuesday, comes round once again I have decided it is high time I find out a little more about the history of Shrove Tuesday and not just indulge in the eating of pancakes, although I’ll obviously be doing some of that too! In modern times the wheels of marketing have … Read more
Feeling Fruity? Mix it up with these great summer smoothies!
Fruit – love it or loathe it there is no denying that the summer months are fruit-a-plenty and there are lots of ways to incorporate it in your diet. My husband is what I like to call “fruit shy” and so, like a child, I have to entice him with bite sized fruity nibbles or … Read more
