These are amazing, easy and yummy. Good with soup! Or just with butter. Or with both 🙂 I adapted this recipe http://tinandthyme.uk/2016/04/wild-garlic-cheese-scones/ 4oz plain white flour 4oz spelt flour 1oz unsalted butter 1/2 tsp bicarb 125 mls of buttermilk 1 egg large handful of wild garlic 2 oz cheddar cheese pinch of salt and pepper …
2017: My year to (again) try to reduce food waste
Every year I make the same resolution: waste less food, spend less money on food. Every year this resolution dips in and out of my life, and I usually end up wasting food. It’s not easy when you are cooking for one – most good comes in such large quantities, it’s too much for one…
Baked crispy chicken
I made butter yesterday and was left with some buttermilk. Having also defrosted some chicken thighs I figured the two could go together. I am using up the last of my supermarket chicken. Despite it being from Waitrose and their free range chicken, it’s still not great. I am moving myself to mostly vegetarian days…
Salted Caramel Cheesecake #vegan #gf
As ever I think necessity is the best way of inventing food. Using up leftovers, or things which are on the turn. If I ever did Masterchef, then the scraps challenge would be my favourite. I noticed I had some tofu which was a few days past its date. It keeps for an age, but…
A 38p cauliflower
After moving to a new flat, I am adjusting to the gas oven. No absolute disasters so far, but some overcooked food! There’s a big Tesco nearby and it has a lot of fruit and veg reduced at the end of the day. They clearly over order the fresh fruit and vegetables. The food is…
Slow cooker bread and butter pudding
This recipe emerged from necessity. I had bread to use up and can’t find my casserole dish – it is probably still packed (I hope!). So I thought I would give the slow cooker a try. Here’s what I did. Buttered 5 slices of bread – I would suggest brown wholemeal bread as it gives…
Floppity Hoppity Stew
My non-vegetarian food adventures continue, although I do wonder if the vegetarian components of a meal aren’t the tastiest. Roast potatoes, yorkshire puddings etc. Anyway, I am making my way through my freezer and the wild game box I bought a while ago. Today’s experiment was a partial success – rabbit stew. I’ve never eaten…
Cleaning with cats
As anyone who follows me on twitter will know, I have two feline flatmates. They recently entered my life and have been a great joy – not least as they have helped me cope with a bereavement. However, there have been some unexpected adjustments to my life. I love essential oils, and enjoy the range…
In praise of dirty food
Clean eating – it’s something I have avoided learning too much about. A bit like Paleo diets and other similar food fashions, it struck me as the obsession of those with more time and money than most. Reading about clean eating – there is much to be lauded. Trying to eat food which comes from…
My first non-vegetarian recipe
As of just before Christmas, I am not currently vegetarian. I can’t really explain what moved me away from a practice which felt like it was so much part of who I am. I had dreamt of eating meat, and had missed fish. For years I had thought I was allergic to fish, but it…
Making butter
My 2016 treat to myself was a KitchenAid standmixer – refurbished from KitchenAid and raspberry pink. I tried making bread in it, which didn’t work at all. Today I tried making butter. There are a lot of recipes on how to do this, some more complicated than others. I ended up combining the processes of…
Chicago food adventures
I’ve not written here for a while. Last semester left me quite tired and my cooking and eating was generally limited to the familiar. Last week I was very lucky to be able to visit Chicago, where my friend Danielle lives. Most of my time in the States has been in New York, so it…
Cooking and eating 