Alphabet Pasta
When I was little my mother used to make mince and tatties for dinner. Her mince involved browned beef, a chopped onion and a tin of Heinz alphabet soup and it was absolutely the Best Thing Ever. I could never get enough of it.
Oatmeal Raisin Spice Cookies & A Rope Swing
The sun came out in Shetland the other day. This means one thing: screens get switched off, the housework gets abandoned and we head outdoors for some proper exploring adventures. After all, it could be weeks before we see the sun again!
Apple & Sage Chicken Nuggets
I had a friend ask me the other day if I ever just eat junk for dinner. I do! It’s not unknown for me to pop a frozen pizza in the oven, or serve oven chips with baked beans, sausages and a poached egg. One of my favourite quick meals just now is a poached …
Boston Creme Doughnuts
I haven’t made doughnuts since 2009. I know this because there is a photo of them on my Facebook “food” photo album, where I used to put food photos until I began blogging in 2011. Five years is a very long time to go without having a decent doughnut (those stale supermarket ones just don’t …
Poached Egg with Spiced Puy Lentils & Asparagus Kale
I am absolutely addicted to this dish. Every time I do a supermarket shop I pick up a packet of Merchant Gourmet ready-to-eat puy lentils (two if they are on offer). They’re one of my store cupboard essentials along with tinned tomatoes, kalamata olives and baking chocolate.
£1 Devil’s Food Cake with Blackcurrant Purée
This May and June thousands of people in the UK, USA and Canada are taking part in the Live Below The Line Challenge by the Global Poverty Project. This challenge asks people to spend £1 or less, per person, for food and drink every day for five days in a bid to help us understand …
Honeycat Cookies
I have the honour and privilege of sharing a guest post and giveaway by the wonderful Lucy from Honeycat Cookies.
Bruschetta with St. Ninians Soft Cheese & Smoked Sea Salt
I recently had the pleasure of attending a Cheesemaking Day at the premises of the most northerly UK cheese producer – Shetland Cheese Ltd. on the west side of Shetland. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience which you can read all about on my Taste of Shetland post.
Moving from Blogger to WordPress
I lost my blogging mojo a little bit since the New Year. Things have been incredibly busy of late, with me often working on several different projects at the the same time in between juggling home and child-rearing responsibilities (oh, and getting married!)
A Mediaeval Horsebread Recipe
A replica Middle Ages peasant horsebread recipe made with heritage wheat and legumes inspired by Ken Follett’s novel Pillars of the Earth. I have a very active imagination. A significant portion of my day is spent daydreaming of things other than what I am supposed to be doing. I can be a bit like the …
An Adventure to Plymouth, England
Let me tell you a little story. Last summer Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a stop motion animation kit for review. We had a lot of fun with that kit, and as a family we made a short animation of our staycation summer holiday in Unst, the most northerly UK inhabited island.
Westerwick, Shetland
Our youngest has a thing for maps at the moment. He absolutely loves them. So when the sun came out in Shetland for the third day in a row yesterday we decided that when our youngest had finished nursery we’d get him to find a place on the Ordinance Survey map 467 for us to …
Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies
When school started up again last year after the October holidays I finally gave in to the children’s requests to have packed lunches instead of school dinners. School dinners are expensive, working out to be approximately £100 per child per term. We have three children, so with all three having packed lunches that’s a whopping …
Beef & Broccoli Pasta
When I was growing up one of my favourite dishes was something my called “Goulash”. This Americanised version of the traditional Hungarian dish was simple, involving elbow macaroni, browned beef mince and a tin of tomato soup.
Sandsound, Shetland
Contrary to what opinion you may have formed of Shetland after watching last night’s BBC 1 adaptation of Anne Cleeves Raven Black, Shetland is not always dreary, sombre and misty. When the sun shines on Shetland it transforms, like a blossoming flower, into a place of magic and beauty.
Transformers Birthday Cake & Giveaway
Well the wee man is another year older. Five years old means “big boy” and much closer to the wise old age of his big sister than the age of four was. She is seven and is held in great esteem with regards to her vast knowledge of the world.
Waas Up Helly Aa
Up Helly Aa is an annual fire festival celebrated here in Shetland, marking the end of the Yule season and the return of the light after the long, dark winter.
World Book Day – Printable Colour-in Book by Eggnogg
We’re a family of avid readers. From a very young age I was eagerly devouring the contents of my mother’s book shelf and I am delighted to have passed this trait onto my own children. We can never get enough!
40 Pencil Stubs…
Many, many years ago I remember sitting in a pub in Shetland hearing about a friend of a friend who had just graduated from The Open University with a First-class Honours degree in Physics. I was chuffed for her as I’ve always had a respect for those who could understand the incomprehensible, bizarre world of …
Slow Cooker Rolled Brisket with Red Wine & Thyme
This simple but flavoursome slow cooker rolled brisket with red wine and thyme recipe was my first ever commissioned recipe post, and for years, it was the most popular recipe on my blog. It’s got sentimental value. This post was originally published in 2014 in collaboration with Lea & Perrins for the grand sum of …