I like food. I like eating food; I like sharing food; and I like cooking food: for myself, for my family and friends, for anyone who will come share it with me. I like cooking new foods and recipes; I like cooking old familiar favourites; and I like putting new twists on old recipes and finding new things to do with known ingredients. This is a record of some experiments and experiences. Enjoy!

2 days ago

Butternut Squash Sauce

We didn't use all of the butternut purée that we had prepared for our Rainbow Lasagna the other day, so when in need of a quick easy...

Nov 17

Rainbow Lasagne

Littler Bit has arrived, spelling the end of a rather tough pregnancy. My body and energy levels are bouncing back, but not so my sleep...

Oct 27

Port and Apricot Jam

So I'm a little late in posting this, but we get spectacular apricots here in the summer, so while they were in season I decided to make...

Oct 24

Apple and Cheese Soufflé

I do love a soufflé, and since our time in South Africa when we got into making both sweet and savoury soufflés on a regular basis, they...

Oct 16

Clotted cream

I first encountered clotted cream on a trip to Cornwall with my dad when I was 8, and I loved it. Living in Switzerland, it is...

Oct 13

Pumpkin Muffins

With pumpkins very briefly in season and available here, I am trying to take advantage. Some I am cooking with now, for tasty, warming...

Oct 13

Cauliflower Carbonara

This is one of those recipes that wasn't planned beyond "We need food. What's in the fridge?" It developed based on the ingredients on...

Oct 9

Miso Sweet Potato with Eggs

I'm not sure exactly where this one came from. Perhaps from my cookbook Eggs by Michel Roux which features poached egg on creamy mashed...

Oct 4

Sesame Cookies

I've always really liked peanut butter cookies. When working in Greece, I entered into a bit of a relationship with tahini. Hence the...

Oct 2

Rosehip and Apple Muffins

And we're back. Again, maybe, sort of. It's been a busy summer, with a move, visitors and Little Bit starting daycare. And the pregnancy...

Jun 12

Veggie Scotch Eggs

I love Scotch eggs, preferably the good kind, rather than the petrol station kind. Living in Scotland, they were ubiquitous and an easy...

Mar 20

Variations on Tomato Pasta - 3 Ways -

For our next Variations on a Theme collaboration with my sister and our friend Hibiscus Kook, the prompt was Tomato Pasta. Check out...

Mar 1

Variations on Pancakes - 3 recipes for Pancake Day -

For the next challenge with my sister and my friend, Hibiscus Kook, to make a dish three different ways, and each of us trying something...

Feb 24

Stuffed Mushrooms on a Risotto Bed

Hubby used most of a chicken making pho this weekend, which naturally generated rather a lot of nice, rich chicken stock. What else to do...

Feb 20

Bean and Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Sweet potatoes are still inexpensive, which will only last another little while, so I managed to buy up rather a lot of them and then...

Feb 15

Variations on a Brownie Theme - Brownies 3 Ways -

Late last year, my sister, a friend and I agreed to start on a new project with the new year, making different recipes in 3 different...

Feb 6

Tomato and Cheese Savoury Bread Pudding (of sorts) or Pizza Bread

We went up to my parents' for the weekend last week, and neither Hubby nor I managed to remember to bring the bread from the bread box....

Feb 1

Cabbage and Sweet Potato Rösti

I know, I know. Not another Rösti recipe! We've already had two (the Non-Traditional 6 Veg Rösti from way back, and the Courgette and...

Jan 23

Veggie Curry Couscous

This one isn't anything particularly spectacular, but it was quick and easy for a week night dinner and very tasty, so I thought it maybe...

Jan 13

Cinnamon Stars: Re-revisited (again)

So, it isn't like we needed more cookies just before New Year, but for Science, it was necessary to make a control batch of these using...

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