Lazy Caesar salad
Lazy Caesar salad
A lovely evening meal for spring and summer which takes less than 30 minutes. Read more
Dishes for using up ingredients – Chicken and Leek Bake
Using up recipes: Chicken and Leek Bake
Ingredients:
White Sauce (100g butter, 100g plain flour, 1.2litres milk and seasoning.)
Chicken – great for left over chicken from the Sunday roast.
Bread crumbs (Or you can also finish with potato if you prefer)
1 Leeks
Parmesan Read more
Plastic Swaps: A few favourites
Plastic Swaps: A few favourites
It is Plastic Free July this month, so we thought we would share a few of our favourite plastic swaps. It is important not to stress with plastic swaps. Find things that fit into life, and enjoy making the positive changes. Here are a few we love. Read more
Chocolate biscuits
Moorish Chocolate Biscuits
Easy to make and easy to eat. (Far too easy to eat!). These chocolate biscuits are great with a cup of tea or hot chocolate. And easy enough to make with children. We made them with dark chocolate powder, but if you want them a little lighter, you can use different, milk chocolate powder or dip them in white or milk chocolate. Read more
Apricot Brioche Buns
Apricot brioche buns
A beautiful sweet bread that tastes delicious eaten as a sweet treat or wrapped around a savoury burger (meat of vegan depending on your preference) This is a basic brioche recipe which can be adjusted on how you want to use it.
Once the dough has been proved and re-kneaded, this is when you can ‘customise’ it.
Decide on the shape you want it. You can make it into bread bun shapes or put it in a tin (or do what we have done and pop them in cake tins or case like we have (we used silicon muffin cases).
Decide if you want them plain or with added ingredients. We added chopped apricots, but you can add chocolate chips or anything else as long as you don’t add to much and the pieces aren’t too bad. Read more
Chocolate Brioche Twist – Bake
Chocolate Brioche Twist
Our take on Babka bread. It is great comfort food, but not the easiest recipe we have shared. Good luck and find us on Instagram if you want help. Read more
Baking up a Treat
Things to Bake:
The nights are drawing in and Christmas is coming. A lovely time to bake and make treats. So here are a few ideas that make great snacks for when people visit. Or great gifts for people for Christmas. Read more
A few of our favourite gins…
We have recently found some wonderful new gins, so we thought we would share a few of our favourites. So here are a few of our favourite gins… And how we like to enjoy them.
Bake | How To Make a Beautiful But Simple Real Flower Cake
We have all seen the stunning cakes with real flowers on this summer, including at the royal wedding. Here is a really simple cake: Read more
Coastal Rooms | Interior Blog
Inspiration
Inspiration for a coastal interior can come from a variety of places and resources. Magazines such as Coast Magazine , a trip to the coast, or something you have seen on social media. We have come up with a few ways to add a coastal feel to your home: Read more