Firstly, I’m visiting out and about on the web today: I’m with Taige Crenshaw and have a post and contest. I have an interview and contest with Kate Hill. And I have a writer craft post over at Savvy Authors. During the weekend I experimented with two different...
This is a new to me recipe from Robyn Martin’s book called Bake. Ingredients: 150 grams butter (5 oz) 1/4 cup golden syrup 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup coconut 1 1/2 cups wholegrain oats (that’s oatmeal to Americans) 1/2 cup wholemeal flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking...
I used to make cinnamon scones a long time ago, and after a couple of moves, I managed to lose the recipe. This recipe below is very similar and once I saw it arrive in my inbox as part of the Columbus Coffee newsletter, I had to make them straight away. They’re quick...
Our lemon tree is laden this year. There is so much fruit, the tree is looking sick, and we picked most of it before our tree decided to give up and die. One can drink only so many lemon drinks, and since it’s winter the idea of lemonade isn’t very appealing. After...
With the current wintery blast through New Zealand, I checked my recipe books and decided to try a new recipe, one that would cook in the crockpot while I worked on my writing. I came up with this recipe for Polenta and Vegetable Hotpot from One Pot, a book published...
This photo of a stall selling tomatoes was taken in Barcelona. I loved the colors and all the different shaped tomatoes. The sight certainly put me in a cooking mood. There is nothing tastier than a freshly made tomato sandwich, garnished with basil. Today I’m...
This is a new recipe I made to use up some chickpeas. It’s simple and easy to make and tasty too. I’ll definitely make this again. Note the cute bread roll, shaped like a small loaf of bread. We purchased a new tin in the weekend. Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1...
With the arrival of cooler weather, I decided to make soup the other night. I wanted to make a soup in the crockpot and chose this recipe for carrot and lentil soup from Joan bishop’s New Zealand Crockpot and Slow Cooker Cookbook. Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped into...
Pumpkin Salad Ingredients · pumpkin, diced in bite-size cubes · cumin seeds · cooking oil · feta cheese · chopped red onion · olives, black or green · can of cooked chickpeas · green beans, sliced · vinaigrette dressing [balsamic is really good] Directions 1. Sprinkle...
