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Baking for dummies
I’ll be the first to admit that baking isn’t my forte. While I thrive at cooking – inventing recipes and adapting old favourites to come up with something new and exciting – baking bores me. With...
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The sweet taste of home
A Scot exiled (albeit voluntarily) in England, I have to admit to missing Scottish food more than my family. Sorry mum. You can get Scotch Eggs (not really Scottish) almost anywhere, and haggis has...
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Festive cookies
This weekend I decided to embrace silly season full on with some festive cooking; starting with these ginger spiced cookies. I’m not a huge lover of cookies if truth be told, but my husband most...
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Boozy rum and pear trifles
The original recipe describes these lovely little trifles as ‘the perfect post-Christmas meal dessert; light, creamy and fruity and just a little bit boozy’. Well they may have been a ‘little bit...
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Bacon and egg puff pasty pie
Not the healthiest meal you’ll ever have I grant you, but blooming tasty. Even better cold the next day. This one serves six. Ingredients 400g puff pastry 60 ml butter 250g bacon, cubed 3 leeks,...
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Bacon and dark chocolate muffins
Pic courtesy of www.bbc.co.uk/food Oh yes you heard correctly. Muffins, with chocolate. And bacon. It sounds a bit, well, wrong really. And I’m not going to lie to you, these are an aquired taste. I...
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Black Forest Trifle
There are very few puddings I enjoy, so when planning a three course meal I more often than not let the husband pick something ready made that tickles his fancy. He then proceeds to eat said pudding...
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Salted caramel and peanut butter ice cream
A few weeks ago, when it looked like Spring was on its way (ha!), the husband and I went to the local Sunday market to pick up some grub. Always a treat, we were doubly delighted to see the...
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I am nothing if not a stereotype of myself. A passionate believer in independence for Scotland, I have Taggart as my ringtone, and more tartan scarves than Supergran. I even dye my hair ginger to look...
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