Easy real food recipes and preserves from the heart of the home
Come on, we all know Pesto is Italian so how can we have this Easy Great British Pesto Recipe. Simple my friends, we use traditionally British ingredients to make our own version of this Italian classic sauce. Easy Great British Pesto Recipe The word ‘pesto’ is Italian for ‘to pound’. By pounding we mean to…
It’s International Carrot Day tomorrow and it is Spring so let’s celebrate that favourite of Bugs Bunny and make a carrot and thyme tart, super easy and a great veggie lunch or light supper dish. Carrot and Thyme Tart Carrots love thyme, it’s a herb that brings out the best of their wonderful flavour. I…
The Fife bannock is a traditional bread of Scotland. I like to think of it as Scottish soda bread. This is the perfect wee recipe for quick and easy bread that requires no yeast or rising time, contains basic pantry ingredients and kids can make it with you. Scottish Soda Bread Bread may well be…
I’m using up bits and pieces in the fridge with this curried cauliflower potato and kale soup. It’s a fridge foraging and store cupboard recipe. Just what we all need just now, make do with what we have in the house. Curried Cauliflower Potato and Kale Soup I know it’s March and we should be…
Don’t get caught short without the basic ingredients to make a good meal. This list of 50 Homemade Pantry Staples will soon have you making your own pasta, bread, sauces, yogurt, muesli and so much more. 50 Homemade Pantry Staples In these uncertain times only one thing is for certain – we still need to…
Here we are with another rhubarb recipe. But this is a recipe to use up the left over rhubarb from out rhubarb and ginger gin. And make rhubarb and ginger gin jam. Now who wouldn’t embrace a recipe that contains gin, even if it does mean you have been living la vida rhubarb for what…
There is something just so very comforting about a good risotto. Maybe it’s the whole childhood memories of rice pudding thing. The creaminess of the rice. I don’t know and to be honest I don’t care. I just know that this chorizo and tomato risotto is the perfect comfort food. Chorizo and Tomato Risotto The…
