Pancake Round-up for Pancake Day
Last updated on 3 March 2025. It's Pancake Day tomorrow! Are you prepared? If you are still on the look out for the perfect recipe, check out our pancake favourites below
Tatty Scones
Hope everyone had a good Burns Night. We celebrated last night with a Burns Supper - classic haggis, neeps (mashed turnips) and tatties (mashed potatoes). As always, we made way too much of the mashed potatoes, so my husband has
Haggis Pakora
With only ten days to go until Burns Night - the day Scotland celebrates its national bard - I thought it would be perfect time to share my husband's haggis pakora recipe with you. These little nuggets are really more-ish,
Apfelpunsch Spice Mix
I love giving hand made gifts. This 'Apfelpunsch' (Apple Punch) Spice Mix is quick to throw together, and makes a cute gift. You can pair it with a bottle of nice apple juice to make the gift a bit more
Creamy Beef Sauce with Pasta Shells
I recently found some gluten free pasta shells at the supermarket, which I was super excited about. The recipe I had in mind for it was a creamy beef sauce. I couldn't find a recipe that I liked, so I
Strawberry Pancakes
Catch the last of the summer strawberry season, with these delicious strawberry pancakes. The taste ist quite subtle, but it definitely comes through. This is a great recipe for using up strawberries that are past their best, or for example
Quick homemade strawberry lemonade
Strawberries are one of my favourite things about summer. This quick strawberry lemonade recipe is super refreshing, and short cuts the need to make and cool down a lemonade sirup first - just blitz everything together and top up with
Creamy Tuscan Butter Beans
Today I have another quick recipe to share with you, that's great for mid-week meals. A 'tuscan sauce' includes cream, garlic, Parmesan, and the all important ingredients - sun dried tomatoes. A classic is to serve it with chicken, but
Summer Salad: Black Beans, Red Peppers, Avocado & Pineapple
It was too hot today. Nobody felt like cooking. A quick but filling salad to throw together is just what we needed. This one is bursting full of summer flavours, and was a big hit with all the family. Serves
Spiced Cauliflower Burgers
Yesterday, I picked up a cauliflower for next to nothing in the reduced food section of our local supermarket. I fancied trying something new with it, so we experimented with some cauliflower burgers. My 9 yr old was quite enthusiastic
Roasted Vegetable Tray Bake with Tzatziki
I am lucky to have two children that love vegetables, even if one of them does prefer many of them raw), so these big plates of roasted potatoes with vegetables always go down a treat (with some adjustments for the
Apple & Elderflower Jelly
We're in the middle of elderflower season, one of my favourite things about early summer. I just love the scent. We already made a big batch of elderflower cordial earlier this month, and I've run out of bottles and space