Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary
cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
With a delicious, rich, creamy peanut butter filling, a crunchy double chocolate biscuit base and a milk chocolate ganache topping with a white chocolate spider web, this peanut butter cheesecake will be sure to impress at your Halloween dessert table! Prep Time: 15 minutes Chilling Time: 6 hours Difficulty: Easy Halloween – my favourite time …
Super quick and easy to make, and with under 200 calories per serving, this dessert will satisfy that sweet tooth craving without blowing any New Year’s diet resolutions. Prep Time: 10 minutes Chilling Time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy Happy New Year! I’m super excited to share this decadent, guilt-free, sweet dessert recipe with you this …
The traditional sticky toffee pudding recipe is given an autumnal twist with some freshly cooked pumpkin and some warming pumpkin spice. This recipe has been created in collaboration with Panasonic, using their new combination microwave oven. I am a big fan of sticky toffee pudding. This time of year, when the days get shorter and …
This quick and easy recipe makes for a perfect last-minute edible Christmas gift for a foodie! Make a batch and gift to a friend with a bottle of Provence Rosé to have with a cheese board. In collaboration with @ProvenceWinesUK. Are you looking for a last minute Christmas gift idea? You’ve got that foodie to …
A recipe from the cookery book East by West by Jasmine Hemsley. Cookbooks are such a wonderful creation, aren’t they? I mean, I know the internet is filled with creative recipe ideas and you simply need to search for a few ingredients to come up with recipes to make, but there’s something very satisfying with …
The perfect Canadian recipe to celebrate Canada Day! Today is Canada’s 150th birthday! To help celebrate, here’s a recipe from my handwritten notebook, a recipe I brought with me when I immigrated from Canada to Scotland in 1999. I have no idea where the original recipe came from, and, if I am to be honest, …
When I was around the age of 12 I first opened a cookery book and discovered the wonderful world of cooking. I am by no means professionally trained; bar a few summers working as an assistant cook at a children’s camp in Canada what I know comes from years of trial and error. I’ve only …
Once you get the hang of it, making your own fruit drop travel sweets is remarkably easy. You can colour and flavour these treats with your favourite flavourings or just leave them plain. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy One key component of a road trip is that little tin of …
This vanilla protein cheesecake features a nutty base of almonds, cashews, and cacao, complemented by a creamy filling of double cream, cream cheese, and vanilla protein powder. Topped with dark chocolate and fresh raspberries, it’s a decadent yet nutritious dessert option. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 6 hours Difficulty: Easy This vanilla protein cheesecake …
Fresh strawberries and home grown rhubarb can be very versatile! Well you’ve gone and done it. You’ve used up a glut of strawberries (known, these days, as buying a whole lot of them at the supermarket on special offer because they’re on their best before date), and you’ve ransacked the freezer for the remains of …
Authentic flavours at your fingertips! Go on. Go check the expiry dates of the spices on your spice rack. If you’ve got some cardamom pods there, how long ago did they go out of date? No really – go check! I thought I used cardamom pods regularly. Clearly I don’t. February 2010!
Do you have an abundance of dandelions in your garden? Turn them into this tasty dandelion honey! It has an unusual but pleasant taste and it’s great on waffles, scones, pancakes, ice cream, or whatever your heart desires. Prep Time: 12 hours Cooking Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Easy One woman’s weeds, another woman’s ingredient The …
