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…
Lavender Sugar
I promised lots of Summer recipes and here is another one, even though this is so simple and self explanatory, I thought it may be helpful to have some idea of measurements. You can collect fresh Lavender for this recipe or use dried if making this during the winter…
Lemon & Lavender Madeira Cake
I made a promise to myself that now my Blog is one year old, I would try to make it more seasonal. I want to find recipes that relate to the time of the year and even though we can buy pretty much everything in our stores, anytime of the…
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…
Green Tomato Chutney
Hubby and I decided to grow tomatoes this is year, it didn’t go quite to plan as we went away to Tuscany and forgot to ask Sam who was looking after the house & cat to water them. By the time we came back they were a little stunted to…
Blackberry Schnapps
Summer has returned, just in time for the Children to return to School, but Luca and I have been making the most of the sunshine and the last week of the holidays to get out and about and do some blackberry picking. Even with the return of the beautiful sunshine…
Blackberry Muffins
It’s the last week of the Summer Holidays and the sunshine is back, so Luca & I are enjoying a rare day alone and decided to go Blackberry picking. We returned with a fair sized haul, covered in scratches and a few nettle stings and with purple fingers and mouths…
Tunisia August 2010 – Mint Tea
Hubby & I have just returned from a week in Tunisia, not my choice I will add, I wanted to go to a lovely little Greek Island, but it was a good deal and we just wanted some sunshine, to be able to relax and no cooking for a whole…
