Seasonally Inspired Recipes & Writing
This week something new and something blue arrived in my kitchen for a coffee challenge. My task was to use this DeLonghi coffee machine – called the Vintage Icona Bar Pump Espresso Machine to create a coffee-inspired recipe. So, with a cup of freshly-brewed coffee to hand, I set about creating a perfect afternoon treat and came up with a traybake with a [...]
Hooray – Simple and in Season is two year’s old! It’s amazing to think that the very first recipe link-up was in May 2011. Thank you so much to everyone who has joined in and taken part – I’ve really enjoyed building a seasonally inspired like-minded food community through the event – long may it continue! Thank you [...]
If you’re in the UK, I hope you enjoyed the unusually lovely long and gloriously warm British Bank Holiday weekend – I’m still in shock! Elsewhere in the world I hope it’s sunny and warm, too! Thank you for all your April entries into Simple and in Season – a monthly community blog event that brings us all together to [...]
The British asparagus season has begun – it was officially marked by St George’s Day on 23rd April and by signs of the first few spears of British asparagus for sale. I’ve found some already at my favourite local Italian deli, Buongiorno Italia in St Albans, grown on Barfoot Farms on the South Coast. I’ve already raved about it [...]
It’s always a treat when staying near, or on the coast, to pop into a local fishmonger to pick up some of the freshest fish that you can get your hands on. We spent the second week of our Easter holidays staying near the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales. On our last day, we fancied picking up some fresh [...]
It’s exciting that spring seems to have finally arrived in England. Usually, in April, I’d be on the look out for British asparagus. The traditional date for the start of the asparagus season is 23rd April, which is Saint George’s Day – so we might get a couple of recipes into April but you might be more likely to [...]
I’m re-visiting this post from last Easter. It’s time to get baking again! Not that there really are ever any ‘leftover’ mini eggs…but just in case you have a bag or two around this Easter, I hope you find time to make these.
One of our favourite one-pot meals, by far, is a lamb hotpot. It is so easy to throw together and is incredibly warming and comforting. I am desperately willing for it to be brighter and warmer, but we’ve still got frost and grey skies – so an ‘almost Spring’ hotpot is called for. You could make this in [...]
I think this might be the first ever mention of a takeaway on my blog, but I was recently set an interesting challenge. I was asked to match a bottle of Chablis wine with some takeaway food of my choice. Perhaps somewhat oddly, my thoughts immediately turned to our local, Indian restaurant, the Koh-i-Noor. This is because, in our [...]
It’s Valentine’s Day and the sweetest cakes that I saw whilst out and about this morning were simple chocolate cupcakes with a single gold-sprayed Rolo on top. I didn’t have time to make anything fancy and I haven’t baked cupcakes in a little while now, so I’m a little out of practice. However, baking always relaxes me and I am reminded [...]
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