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Aug 12, 2021

Rose Cake

The blog turned one this week! I've been playing around with the idea of making a rose cake for a while so I decided that now was a good...

Aug 1, 2021

First Forays into Cultured Cheese: Cream Cheese and Halloumi

Moving forward with my cheese making turned out to be something of a challenge. Despite Switzerland being a cheese-making country (like...

Jun 10, 2021

Chickpea Spring Salad and Ricotta Salata, attempt 1

Or something... I am not sure what to call it, but it was easy, delightful and based only on pantry ingredients, so Hubby insisted I...

Jun 8, 2021

Grapefruit and Prune Cookies

This started out as a trialled tweak of the Orange Date Cookies back in the autumn. In a taste test of the two, we liked the Orange Date...

Jun 3, 2021

Broccoli and Fennel Tart

I was looking for something hot for lunch, that would be satisfying but not heavy or overly caloric. With a head of broccoli in the...

May 25, 2021

Cinnamon and Honey Scones

I was invited this week to take part in a collaboration on Instagram for International Tea day on the 21st of May and to put together an...

May 23, 2021

Panna Cotta with a Lemon Rind Drizzle

I started out by trying to make candied lemon rind in the same way that I've been making candied orange peel. I used a little more sugar...

May 11, 2021

Pumpkin Lasagne

Going on shift for the next two days, I was looking for something to make that would provide plenty of leftovers to make things as easy...

May 4, 2021

Failed Crumpets

And then sometimes things fail. In all fairness, I knew that these weren't going to come out like true crumpets, but went with it anyway,...

Apr 22, 2021

Banana Bread

This is rather traditional, but it is always worth having a good recipe. I hadn't made it in a very long time, but then didn't want to go...

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