Hello my lovelies! I’ve been hunting for perfect bread tins. I almost had a lurgy but dodged it. I found an amazing new bakery nearby. And I am experimenting with homemade versions of my new favourite snack.
Life: Dough + Beans
Year: 2017
Cranberry Maple + Walnut Oatmeal Cookies
Prep Time : 15 + 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 15 Minutes | Total Time : 3 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! Every now and then we better have a simple cookie recipe. Melt and mix. Chill and bake. Done. I made sure they were chock full of oats, dried fruits and nuts though. Delicious and…
Roasted Pumpkin + Sesame Rolls
Prep Time : 5 + 30 Minutes | Cook Time : 40 + 20 Minutes | Total Time : 4 hours | Difficulty : Bread Hello my lovelies! In case you were not convinced that my love of vegetables knows no bounds, here is a recipe for bread rolls that are packed with golden winter pumpkin. Moist and tender, these…
Life: Happy Solstice
Hello my lovelies! My new books have started arriving. I made a solstice feast of nordic vegetables for some friends. I failed to document any of it. And I’ve been trying to run up hills.
Apricot + Pistachio Ma’amoul
Prep Time : 15 + 60 Minutes | Cook Time : 25 Minutes | Total Time : 2 hours | Difficulty : Fiddly Hello my lovelies! A friend of mine introduced me to ma’amoul just last week. I was captivated immediately. There’s so much to love. Ma’amoul go by various names across the middle east and have a variety of…
Smoky Roasted Carrot + Cumin Dip
Prep Time : 10 + 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 30 Minutes | Total Time : 90 Minutes | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! This recipe is the result of two things. My love of snacking. And I accidentally bought double carrots when I ordered groceries. I have had fabulous carrot dips before at restaurants. A bit of…
Life: Little Things
Hello my lovelies! This week just slipped by. Sometimes life as a blogger and freelancer isn’t that exciting. There’s work to be done. Meetings to be held Dinner to be made. Epiphanies don’t come every week. Minutiae will have to do. I bought new jeans. I’m obsessively checking my letterbox. I’m planning a mid-winter scandi feast.
Brown Butter + Cinnamon Kugelhupf
Prep Time : 30 Minutes | Cook Time : 25 Minutes | Total Time : 4 hours | Difficulty : Fiddly Hello my lovelies! I’ve been going on about it enough. So here is a delicious buttery, spicy version of my new favourite thing. I am here to help you get over a fear of yeast. And show you it…
Honey, Raspberry + Thyme Gastrique
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 15 Minutes | Total Time : 30 Minutes | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! Gastrique. Sounds pretentious. But you should totally get in on the action. Quick and simple to prepare. Packed with balanced flavour. Ready for your salad, grilled meats, roasted meats. Your everything. Shake up with a little…
Life: Bye bye baby
Hello my lovelies! I fell off my low-ish sugar wagon this week. And learned from it. I have been perfecting my kugelhupf. I used baker’s ammonia for the first time. I have been working on breads. Sourdough and otherwise. I’m going cross-eyed looking at fonts. And I got my first paycheck since leaving my full time job.