I was recently asked by the lovely Nikki at Butterfly Lane to write a guest post for her blog, now this is all new to me and I had no clue where to start or how to do it, but felt very honoured to be asked and once I had…
Rhubarb Crumble & My New Kitchen
As promised, here are a few photo’s of my new place of work, sorry they are not great but they are the best I could manage on my iPhone and it gives you an idea of how it looks. We have now been in the house for 2 months, I…
Wild Garlic Pesto
I love this time of the year, its the start of the foraging season, during the Spring and the Summer months the great outdoors presents us with a wonderful array of delicious free food and in Spring I think it is at its most potent, its full of energy, everywhere…
Rhubarb & Vanilla Jam
Well it has been another busy week, but I have found time to bake and to make some jam, feeling rather pleased with myself as I have made the jam with my first batch of rhubarb from my garden, its going mad, so I have made muffins, jam and in…
Italian Easter Bread
This weekend Luca has been at home with us and so I thought it would be nice to do some traditional Italian Easter baking together. When we were in Tuscany for Easter a couple of years a go we made some lovely Italian Easter Biscuits which I also hope to…
Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons One ha’ penny, Two ha’ penny, Hot Cross Buns! Its only 6 weeks until Easter, 4 weeks until the clocks change, the sun has been…
Cinnamon Rolls
Now these are fairly tricky, rather time consuming little suckers to make, but boy are they worth it. They are light, fluffy and very, very moreish, you have been warned! They would be a great complement to a nice morning coffee and ideal for sharing, so invite the girls round, pull…
Elderflower Champagne
Today is Father’s Day and the sun has disappeared, I think we all need a little something to brighten the day, something to celebrate with and something that truly sums up the true taste of Summer and what could be better than Elderflower Champagne. This is my first attempt…
Elderflower Cordial
On the last day of half-term, a glorious barmy hot summers day, Luca and I decided to go for a walk and collect some Elderflowers to make Elderflower Cordial. As you can see from the photo above Luca was an expert Elderflower picker and we had such a lovely afternoon…
