Foraged Apple & Bramble Crumble
For the past couple of years, we've visited a 'pick your own' farm in Autumn to go apple picking. This year, with everything needing booked in advance and a long bus ride with masks not sounding very appealing, a family
Fossil Cookies
We have a really fun cooking challenge for you this week. My 5 yr old and I made these fossil cookies together a couple of weeks ago, and it was really fun - and yummy too! As before – and I
Bratkartoffeln mit Spiegelei
Okay, so ‘Brakartoffeln mit Spiegelei’ is basically just fried potatoes with fried eggs, but it sounds so much better in German. It’s a fairly popular dish in Germany, and can either be made fresh or as ‘Restessen’ (leftovers) to use
Frozen Fruit Pops
We’ve had some quite mixed weather in Edinburgh over the last couple of weeks, including a few scorchers (well, be Scottish standards) so we made some tasty frozen fruit pops to cool everyone down. This recipe is suitable for: gluten free,
Easy Sweetcorn Nachos with Guacamole
For this week's summer camp cooking session we have another savoury dish that's popular in our house. And since there's no sharp knives or hot pans involved, until it goes in the oven at the end, it's a great recipe
Kiwi & Banana Smoothie
For this week's summer camp cooking session we're going to be making smoothies. It was actually my 5 yr old who wanted to make these, and he chose the ingredients to go in it. We first made these last summer,
“Kaiserschmarren” – Austrian Shredded Pancakes
For this week's summer camp cooking session, I have a yummy recipe that is popular in Austria and Southern Germany. Kaiserschmarren are sweet, fluffy shredded pancakes that take their name from Kaiser Franz Joseph I who allegedly loved this dish. As
Multi-Coloured Rice Salad
Planning a picnic this summer? This rice salad is a perfect dish to eat at a picnic, alongside boiled eggs, rustic bread and chunks of cheese. Just pack it up in a tupper-box, and don’t forget to bring forks to
Peanut Butter Banana Bread
Banana bread seems to have been a popular bake during lockdown. Today I'm going to share one of our favourite variations with you - peanut butter banana bread! If you can't eat nuts, I also have another, nut free, recipe
Mini Flatbread Pizzas
Today is our first day of Summer Camp cooking, and we are going to be making mini flatbread pizza. These are really easy to make - no special flour needed, no faffing around with yeast. The recipe makes six small
Easy Chicken Curry
The boys have been wanting to get a lot more involved with cooking during the lockdown. So Oskar helped me make this easy mild chicken curry. In fact, apart from cutting up the chicken, he pretty much made all of
Orange Flavoured Potato Cake
Like half of the rest of the country, we've been baking a lot during lockdown and trying out new recipes. I've always wanted to try out using mashed potato in gluten free baking, so I experimented by mixing and matching