Home-made Crab Apple Jelly
We're been foraging for apples at our local community orchard again this year, and this time as well as the other apples we also brought home a bag full of crab apples to make crab apple jelly out of. It's
Pflaumenkuchen – German Plum Crumble Cake
Hands up if you love plums! Seriously one of the best things about early Autumn. Even better baked in to 'Pflaumenkuchen' - delicious German plumb crumble cake. Read on for how to bake your own
Homemade Elderflower Cordial
Elderflower is in bloom right now, so we made some elderflower cordial at the weekend. If you have an elder tree in your garden that’s quite handy, otherwise you can forage for elderflowers but avoid trees next to busy roads.
Foraged Nettle Pesto
Foraging for food, and then cooking with your foraged bounty, is one of the great joys of life. A real back to nature experience. Living in the city, we are a bit limited but there are still options around us,
Rhubarb & Mint Lemonade
When we lived in Berlin, a popular refreshing drink that was served in cafes all across town was rhubarb lemonade. You could buy bottles of it in supermarkets too. We have missed drinking it, and with rhubarb in season right
Mini Eggs Easter Bark
Today I've got a super simple Easter treat for you, that you can make with just two or three ingredients: chocolate, and mini eggs. Sure, you could just eat them separately, but it just makes it feel that little bit
Dreikönigskuchen – Three Kings’ Cake (GF)
Happy Epiphany! Or 'Three Kings Day' as we call it in Germany (though the Bible doesn't actually mention there were three of them, just that they brought three gifts!) It's a feast day which in Western Christianity commemorates the visit
Gluten Free Gingerbread-Lebkuchen Horses
There's this German audio drama series called 'Bibi & Tina' about two friends - one of whom is a witch from the city, the other lives at a riding school in the country - and the adventures they have. My
Halloween Eyeball Mocktails
Since guising (as we call trick-or-treating here in Scotland) is off the cards this year, I've promised the kids a spooky Halloween dinner instead, and we're going to make some Halloween mocktails. These eyeball mocktails are not as creepy as
Marshmallow Ghost Cookies
I've got a really easy Halloween cookie recipe to share with you today. In fact, it's so easy, does it even deserve to be called a recipe? Consider it more of a Halloween cookie inspiration - they just require a
Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie
The first pumpkins have started appearing in the shops, which means an excuse to bake pumpkin pie! This is actually a recipe I have shared before on my previous blog, but it's so good I thought it needed sharing again.