Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2008 | 28 Comments »
The nice thing about nettles is that one never has too look very far to find them. Woods, parks, river banks, pathways: they’re everywhere and, now that I’ve discovered they are very tasty indeed, that’s a really good thing. The nasty thing about nettles, of course, is that they have a rather effective defense mechanism [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
An explosion in the Scottish baby population is requiring me to embark on a whirlwind tour of Scotland this weekend.
Back sometime next week.
Have a great weekend. :)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | 14 Comments »
It’s raining. Hard. And I’m feeling rather ambivilant about it.
You see, on one hand I should be happy. My poor, poor garden has been without rain for weeks now. Weeks! That’s not very Scottish at all. Plants here expect copious amounts of moisture. In fact, I think it’s in their contract. I also don’t have anything outdoorsy planned for this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2008 | 32 Comments »
Regular readers of this blog will know how I feel about dogs. I love them. I mean, I really really really love them. They make me incredibly happy with their snuffling and padding, licking and pawing, stretching and bounding. Though I’ve been lucky to have lots of dogs in my life - Rosie, Rufus, Winston, Tammy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Exciting things are afoot and I’m unable to concentrate properly on anything much. Can’t think of a single thing to say about the below meal except that it consisted of Silvana Franco’s lamb and bulgar burgers (recipe here) and oven baked sweet potato chips; it’s far lower in fat and calories than your average burger and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | 27 Comments »
I’ve just finished eating the following dish and am now lounging on the sofa in a rather pleasant food coma. Rather greedily, I ate two when one would have been entirely sufficient. Feel like a slob. In my defence, I am (rather pathetically) still recovering from the weekend and feel in need of nourishment.
Plus, these were [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 12 Comments »
It’s the wedding weekend. I’ve pressed my dress, painted my nails and charged the batteries in my camera. Most importantly, I’ve made the cake. It’s sitting on the kitchen work surface as I type, anxiously awaiting Saturday afternoon and its fifteen minutes of fame and glory.
I will, of course, post photos of the finished cake once the day is over. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on April 19, 2008 | 14 Comments »
There were an astounding 1901 chickpeas in the jar!
Congratulations to Claire of Claire’s Cake Bake who guessed 1881.
And watch out for future competitions. This was great fun. :)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2008 | 49 Comments »
Three days on from my cake success and I’m still on a bit of a high. I’ll be sharing the recipe and techniques later in the week (when I have more time) but for the moment let’s celebrate with a silly competition.
On my visit to Skye last month I picked up the above cookbook and [...]
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