Prep Time : 20 + 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 20 Minutes | Total Time : 3 hours | Difficulty : Moderate Hello my lovelies! Another day of homemade sunshine! This time in bread form. And ya’ll know how I love breads. I also love the amazing traditional breads of different cultures. I have a haul of saffron (3…
Hello my lovelies! Spring is definitely around the corner. A lot of the plants and trees around here seem to think it’s already arrived even if it keeps raining. There were a lot of daffodils on my run this morning. And buds on trees. Even my thyme is flowering. This week has been a mixed bag. I spent a day…
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 45 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! Apologies to the Kiwis this one is perfectly timed for the northern hemisphere. Or people who stash peaches in their freezer like me. Put it in your back pocket for later – summer will be here…
Prep Time : 15 + 30 Minutes | Cook Time : 12 Minutes | Total Time : 2 1/2 hours | Difficulty : Fiddly Hello my lovelies! This recipe is a team effort. A while back Nicholas from Blogtastic Food asked a bunch of us if we would develop recipes using his delicious Smoky & Spicy Pulled Pork. I had…
Hello my lovelies! The days are getting longer and the nights are getting warmer. This week we watched the DOTA2 World Champs. A super saffron haul arrived in the mail. And I made doughnuts for the first time. A good mix of things.
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 15 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I firmly believe that you can never have too many recipes for crackers. And if those crackers already contain cheese then so much the better. The flavour is cheesy and nutty and has a wee hint…
Prep Time : 20 + 20 Minutes | Cook Time : 30 Minutes | Total Time : 3 hours | Difficulty : Moderate Hello my lovelies! So many of my favourite things come together in this loaf. Honey. Poppy seeds. Bread. European and Middle Eastern flavour notes. A touch of lemon. Contrasting textures. It’s a fabulous sweet and sticky bread…
Hello my lovelies! This week I went to a book fair. I had a friend over for dinner. I realised I have drifted a bit far back towards sugar. And I added some new babies to my herb collection.
Prep Time : 10 Minutes | Cook Time : 10 Minutes | Total Time : 2 hours | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! I know I’m mostly doing lower sugar recipes these days. But sometimes… You just really need a chocolate punch to the face. And so long as you share them around it’s like it never happened. These…
Prep Time : 15 Minutes | Cook Time : 20 Minutes | Total Time : 1 hour | Difficulty : Easy Hello my lovelies! It’s time to warm ourselves with a little ginger. Sweetened with pears. Topped with streusel. Streusel makes everything better. These muffins are a warm hug on a winter’s day. I am always hopeful that the each…