Every so often I get to London Bridge very early before work, and I simply can’t resist heading in to explore Borough Market before getting the bus to Aldwych. It starts the day off nicely, and I also get to catch up with some of the traders. I am honestly never happier than when I …
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Turkish Spinach Cake
Yes. Spinach. Now, before you go “Ugh!” or roll your eyes, just remember back to when carrot cake was seen as something weird and possibly icky. Cakes made with vegetables are really not new, and they can be incredibly tasty. Chocolate and beetroot, parsnip and walnut, courgette bread, sweet potato brownies and, of course, the …
A First – Plain Scone Round
DISCLAIMER: It’s MY scone, so I do it MY way. Jam or cream, they go on the way that I see fit. Ner. You all can argue about the right and wrong, I’ll be eating my scone. Anyway. I’ve never made scones. There. I’ve said it. I hate rubbing the fat into the flour, as …
French-ish Onion Soup with Cheese Sprinkles
Lordy I just have to write this recipe down before I forget it. I wanted soup. I’d baked a lot today, and didn't want anything heavy for dinner so soup seemed ideal. I just seem to have a thing lately for clear, hot stocks. Nothing claggy, no roux, just stock with interesting things in. This …
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Mutton, Spinach and Coconut Curry
I made this on Monday, and gave it a good four hours of cooking time. I will definitely be using mutton on the bone again. To be honest, you could make this without the mutton, and just use a vegetable stock cube. I'd probably add in chick peas if I did that.1.5 kilos cubed mutton, …
Rose and Cinnamon Tea Bread
I saw a post today by The Ginger Gourmand that got me all inspired. Tea loaf. TEA. I love tea, me. http://www.thegingergourmand.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/earl-grey-fruit-loaf-with-lemon.html I’m not a huge Earl Grey fan, and I didn’t have any, but what I did have was Twining's Rose Garden tea. That’ll do says I. So, as is my wont, the recipe …
The Merry Monk–Isleham
I have failed in my blogging duties. Yes, I know. And I’m sorry. We first ate at The Merry Monk in February of 2013. I was deep in the throes of job hunting at the time, and not really concentrating on anything else because PANIC, so the blog post didn’t get written up. Nothing but …
Bramley Apple Almond Tart
No, I do not know why this is called a tart. It’s my mother in law’s recipe and that’s what she calls it, so tart it is. It’s one of our favourite puddings, and we always hope that she’ll have made it when we have lunch at their house. It started being made because pa-in-law …
A Crisis of Confidence–and Breakfast
Yesterday I made Jack Monroe's recipe for Apple Crumble Granola. It was ok, but not great. Dry, with not much flavour. It certainly didn't inspire the OMG wow! reactions that I saw on her site. (I have NOTHING against Jack Monroe, by the way, just saying. I actually think she's ace.) I was disappointed that …
Comfort soups for cold days
Because of the tube strikes, I am working from home. Yesterday I tried to get in to work, but it took three hours to get nowhere, so I came home and made soup, because I was cold. I’d spied a jar of artichokes in the Co-op, and wanted to use those. 1 jar of marinated …
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