There was really only one thing I could do with the other half can of coconut milk I had in the fridge and that was to make a beautiful cake! It gave me the opportunity to try some of the dried pineapple chunks I got and then I spied the pistachios in the cupboard just […]
How to spend a Saturday morning in Edinburgh, mmmm let me think, usually I’d have a nice long lie in, then maybe head to Princes Street for some shopping, a leisurely lunch and let the day unfold. Well, during my trip to home this summer I decided to change it up a bit. I woke […]
I’m getting so used to seeing the spaghetti in my pasta photos that I thought I would mix it up a bit with some cheeky tricolor spiral pasta. It made a nice change and held the pesto nicely too in the little ridges to capture that great flavour. You could use whatever pasta you have […]
I bought a brand new frying pan the other day, a beautiful non stick whopper to replace my tired 9 year old pan, which I have placed in semi retirement. I can’t throw it out as it’s served me well and can still be used for everything else that doesn’t require non stick. However, the […]
I could eat chickpeas all day long, they are such a wonderfully versatile legume, whether you’re adding it to a salad, curry, burgers or blitzing it up into some wonderful hummus or roasting them for a quick snack, you can do pretty much anything with them. So it’s not surprising that we use them in […]
ah, my favourite time… dessert. I do have to hold my hands up and say I love to bake… cookies, cupcakes, tarts and cheesecakes and when you get it just right, it’s like the clouds have parted and the sun is shining right on your face… (I have actually been sitting in the sun trying […]