These blueberry cupcakes are, without any competition, the prettiest naturally coloured cupcakes I have ever baked. And who would have thought that getting colours like this doesn't take a single drop of food colouring! A violet sponge, extra moist and light, with a richly pink frosting — a total fiesta of colour and looks that will surprise even the fussiest. The most important ingredient in these cupcakes is freeze-dried blueberries —
Wonderful cheeses, wonderful buttery shortcrust pastry and a fantastic spring vegetable! This three cheese and asparagus tart is a great evening snack and a very elegant way to squeeze an extra portion of green vegetables into your diet. This tart… Read more... »
My beloved brownie cookies with a cream cheese filling – wonderfully chocolatey, with a super soft brownie texture, sandwiched with a fluffy cream cheese frosting. Every bite simply melts in your mouth! These cookies have had my heart and my… Read more... »
Once you have tried every kind of marinated chicken the shop has to offer, it is time to create something new and undiscovered. I admit it, I am guilty – I am often too lazy to get my hands dirty… Read more... »
Fluffy. Light. Not too sweet. Sometimes you really want to bake cupcakes or a little cake, but everything grinds to a halt over the choice of frosting. 🙈 This one is too heavy… That one is too light… That one… Read more... »
Knocking at the windows a little harder with its sunbeams every day, spring keeps reminding us it is here, encouraging us to use more colour, lighter and fresher ingredients and more greens in the kitchen. The calendar isn't dozing either,… Read more... »
It is enormously useful to keep a few reliable, quick and creative solutions in your arsenal of ideas and recipes for feeding a crowd of guests at parties or ordinary get-togethers at home. One of the solutions that has served… Read more... »
As it does every September, his majesty the pumpkin returns to my house, mercilessly shoving a large proportion of the other vegetables out of the fridge and off the cupboard shelves. That wonderful orange colour paints most of my dishes… Read more... »
When the shrimp-fried-in-butter-and-garlic recipe everybody knows by heart stops thrilling you, it is time to paint it in new colours and flavours — and these wonderful shrimp in a delicious creamy sauce of garlic, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach and Parmesan are… Read more... »
Although Valentine's Day is still a whole two weeks away, I am already racking my brains over how to surprise my love this year.💕 It struck me that this lockdown is a great chance to try something completely new –… Read more... »
Wonderful Halloween is coming and my fingers are itching so badly that I cannot sit still! A million ideas for decorating cakes, little cakes and other treats are going round my head.🎃 And I have no fewer ideas for the… Read more... »
Egg fried rice with vegetables is, for me personally, almost the key criterion for judging a Chinese restaurant's menu. If the egg fried rice with vegetables is excellent – the rest of the dishes usually turn out to be great… Read more... »
Well then, I have given in to the coffee bean cookie mania too…😁 The rapidly growing interest in coffee bean cookies is slowly catching up with the cinnamon buns that all but earned the title of the lockdown bake. It… Read more... »
Quick. Nourishing. Easy. SINFULLY GOOD. This sweet potato and chickpea curry is hands down one of the simplest, fastest and least washing-up-heavy vegetarian dishes I have ever made in my kitchen. And the flavour is wildly out of proportion to… Read more... »
With a fair amount of experience in bakes, cakes and pies behind me, I can say with some confidence that banana cream pie is one of the tastiest things almost anyone can bake! It is also one of those pies… Read more... »
Well then, that time of year is upon us again, when every trip into town multiplies the chances of bringing home a cold, a cough or a sore throat.🤧 Since I very rarely fall ill, neither public transport nor shops… Read more... »
This is my best recipe for juicy, tender, fall-off-the-bone ribs! It also gathers every tip and secret for getting the same wonderful result every time using different spices and sauces, because the single most important thing in achieving heavenly ribs… Read more... »
My house doesn't often smell of pancakes, but when it does, it really does. 😂 And these Nutella-stuffed pancakes illustrate that perfectly! I don't know whether it is just me, but often, wandering round the shop and caught by an… Read more... »
Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins!🎃 Wherever you look in my fridge, there are pumpkins… In the freezer – all 4 drawers filled with cubed pumpkin, on a fridge shelf – pumpkin pie, the shelf above – pumpkin soup, and in the side… Read more... »
