I have a beautiful cookbook. It is a treasure trove of stunningly written baking recipes, and they all utilise the wonderful abundance of vegetables. Now, before anyone turns up their nose, can we all remember a time when carrot cake was thought of as weird and not-quite-wonderful? I know I can, but now it is …
Tag: experiments
Low Carb Bread
I got this recipe from my friend Mel, and, because it's me and I can't leave anything alone, I tweaked it.I admit that it does seem like a bit of a faff initially, with all the different ingredients, but it is worth it. I keep all the stuff in stock now, so I can make …
Pork Belly, good for what ails ya.
I am a great fan of pork belly. There is something so very satisfying about it, so ultimately savoury and luscious. I love the contrast between the tender meat, the slippery fat and the salted crunch of the crackling. The treat of eating the flavourful meat from off the bones is also a very satisfying …
That’s the leftovers done with.
Rice and gammon bake. That's what I had in mind.Now. I have learned a lesson here and that is that brown rice takes AN AGE to cook and far more water than white rice does.I have cooked brown rice before, and never had any such trouble but my word, I must have had what a …
Slocombes.
Those of you who are old enough will remember the colours of Mrs Slocombe's hair in Are You Being Served. I am old enough for this.Today's recipe was inspired in part by my friend Mark making a white chocolate version of Nutella Cheesecake Brownies (which we christened Blondies), and a Gizzi Erskine recipe from a …
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