Yay it’s Daring Bakers time again! Not only was this month different because it’s the first savoury challenge I’ve completed as a Daring Baker but the challenge was also partly gluten free and vegan. It had been hosted by Natalie from Gluten A Go Go, and co-host Shel, of Musings From the Fishbowl neither of which are [...]
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Not so long back I waxed lyrical about the wondrous qualities of milk loaf. Well this is just a wee update to let you know I tried changing the recipe to include wholemeal flour (I used the original recipe just swapping the flour weight for half white and half wholemeal) and it was a complete success, really [...]
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Last nights dinner was so good, I just have to tell you all about it, especially as if you saw the recipe titles you may not be clamouring to get out the door, to the shops and back to the kitchen as soon as humanly possible but believe me you should be. So I can hear you [...]
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… Do we know about YeastSpotting? YeastSpotting is a great event run by the lovely Susan of Wild Yeast, a most fantastic blog, well about all things yeast be they simple breads, sweet items or whole meals based around a yeasted product. If you haven’t visited her blog before please do, you’re bound to find [...]
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Soup is the ultimate comfort food isn’t it – soothing, warming and easy to eat. It’s also a great way to use up leftovers and excess food too. So when feeling under the weather (a horrid chest infection) and having some left over vegetables, what else can one do but make and eat vast quantities [...]
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[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1534798298484263677&ei=TbrQSJvnPI_QiAL0jZXGAg&q=that%27s+amore] Well ok I’m not from Napoli but I am young, relatively speaking, and I did make pizza that if you ate with your eyes shut and a bit of imagination could give you a sense of being in bella Italia, living la dolce vita. After reading the lovely Brenda’s blog about the fabulous new book [...]
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I owe Minnie a big thank you, why? Simply because she picked the most delightful dish in the current Violets Pantry challenge. The Pantry members are cooking our way through Nigella Lawson’s Nigella Express, with a new recipe every fortnight until all have been cooked. I set the first challenge choosing Curry In A Hurry which is [...]
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“Eat your greens” is something we hear rather a lot during our lifetime, if it isn’t our parents during childhood, Government guidelines (e.g. 5 a day project), it’s nutritionists/medics via the media telling us how good they are for us and how we need to eat more. Sadly despite all this advice many people still [...]
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