cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
Aimee Ryan is the incredibly talented food blogger over at Wallflower Girl and she absolutely loves coconut milk ice cream. I’ve been following her blog for at least a year now and every single one of her posts are beautifully photographed and positively mouthwatering. She’s one of those bloggers who just gets it right every …
I’ve always been a big fan of rhubarb. We had a giant rhubarb patch in our garden growing up and my great-grandmother used to grow a miniature variety which I used to eat raw. I loved it so very much. I’ve been fortunate that nearly every house I’ve lived in as an adult has come …
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!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
The first time I’d ever had a Florentine happened because of a chance encounter with a stranger in a Scottish bakery. I was standing in the queue waiting to order my lunch when the tall, charming gentleman with a posh English accent ahead of me turned to me and asked if I’d ever tried a …
Some months ago a friend asked me, in response to a conversation about hiding vegetables in chocolate cakes (namely my chocolate courgette cake), if I’d ever tried black bean brownies. I’d never even heard of such a thing and immediately had to investigate.
Pound cake always reminds me of being a child. When I used to have a little extra pocket money (usually after selling picked wild berries to the neighbours) I’d head to our little village shop and buy a pound cake.
I love chocolate fudge, especially this remarkably simple chocolate truffle fudge recipe. I love it a little bit too much so I usually only make it once a year around Christmas time, or else I’d eat it all and be the size of a house!
Get ready for the holiday season with whipped shortbread cookies. Learn how to make these delicious treats from scratch. These delicious, melt-in-the-mouth whipped shortbread cookies are topped with little dollops of frosting and a tiny glace cherry. They’re super easy to make, too. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 12 minutes Difficulty: Easy One of …
I go ballroom dancing every week. I’ve been dancing on and off now for around ten years and I love it very, very much. It’s such a wonderful feeling to be gliding across the floor in a swirly dress dancing the Glen Roy foxtrot.
Looking for a fun and unique treat for a Coraline-themed birthday party? Try these homemade button-shaped Oreo cookies! Recipe makes 18 x 2.5 inch cookies. Prep Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Difficulty: Easy This idea has been filed away in my head for several months now. I’ve wanted to make homemade Oreo cookies …
My daughter has inherited my tastes for all things quirky and odd. She’s as fond of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline (2002) (made into a film by Henry Selick in 2009) as I am, so when I asked if she might like a Coraline themed birthday cake this year I was delighted when she said yes.
Nearly twenty years ago I sat at my grandmother’s dining room table in rural Eastern Canada scoffing slabs of home made pumpkin bread thick with butter and chatting about this, that and the other thing, as granddaughters are wont to do with their grandmothers.
Halloween was A Big Thing where I grew up in rural Canada. During the entire month of October village gardens and windows would be adorned with Halloween and Autumn themed decorations.
Soft spiced molasses cookies; ideal for when you’re going on an adventure! When I was a girl growing up in rural Canada I used to bake an old fashioned soft molasses cookie recipe. I don’t know where the original recipe came from, being handed down from somewhere, but these cookies were one of my favourites.
It’s National Cupcake Week! Well, it’s the last day of National Cupcake Week, but better late than never, right?
The fantastic chocolatey food blogging challenge, We Should Cocoa, hosted by Choclette over at Chocolate Log Blog and co-created by Chele from The Chocolate Teapot (who has sadly retired from blogging) is three years old this month!
