Raspberry Mint Vodka is the perfect way to use up those bargain berries from the supermarket or making the best of the goodies in your garden. Make it now and save it for gifting at Christmas for a taste of summer sunshine.
Minted Pea Potato Scones
Last weekend I was fortunate enough to be asked by Marie Clare to do cooking demonstrations at the wonderful Gardening Scotland show near Edinburgh. I’ve done demos there before so jumped at the chance to get involved again. This time the food theatre was sponsored by Albert Bartlet Potatoes so all recipes had to be…
Raita Dip
Riata Dip is for me the perfect partnership with hot and spicy curries, or in fact anything remotely spicy. We need that cooling calmness to dance alongside the hip-hop heated jitterbug that is spice infused food. Very similar to the Greek Tzatziki Dip, Riata Dip is even simpler with a mere 6 ingredients to deal…
Spring Pea Hummus
I love the sweet fresh taste of newly podded peas, they are a spring time classic. A sign of warmer weather to come, longer days and happy thoughts. There are so many ways to use fresh peas in full on meal dishes, but I think this hummus is a great way to use them in…
Sugar Free Mint Jelly
With Easter coming up at the weekend my thoughts turn to fresh zingy mint and lamb, two old favourites that dance together on the palate in perfect step. This sugar free mint jelly recipe is one I have used for years. It is easy to make and really lifts any sort of lamb dish to…
Rosemary & Mint Vinegar
Sometimes you want to keep things simple and for me making flavoured oils and vinegars, salts and sugars is just that. It is easy and not too time consuming. It is using just a few simple ingredients and not really breaking a sweat in the effort department. Sometimes that is all you want to do….
Cucumber And Mint Ice-cream
I love ice cream, being brought up in Musselburgh the home of the famous Luca’s Ice-cream Parlour rather lends itself to a tendency to liking the sweet creamy confection. Ice-cream to me is synonymous with summer, holidays, beaches, smiles, sticky faces and fingers and childhood. Ice-cream makes me smile. Now when it comes to flavours…
Marvelous Mint Ice-cream
I used to love creme de menth ice cream when I was a little girl. We were really lucky in our hometown of Musselburgh as we had two wonderful ice cream shops. Where Luca’s was famous for its creamy vanilla and strawberry, the shop on the corner, de Rollo’s specialised in a whole variety of…
