{Scotland} Pumpkin Picking at Kilduff Farm
Is it even Autumn if you haven't visited a pumpkin patch? Actually, we'd only ever been pumpkin picking once before, and that was last year when we had actually gone apple picking only to discover the farm in question also
Roast Sweet Potato & Carrot Soup
Have I mentioned before how much we love soup season? I just can't stop blitzing any vegetables in sight in to soup. It's cheap and it's simple. The most easy and straight forward way is to just chop the veg
Autumn Wish List
Have I mentioned yet how much I love Autumn? Every year, I have a long list of things I want to do with the kids during Autumn, and every year we get to the end of Autumn and have forgotten
Autumn Leaf Art
Autumn is in full swing here in Edinburgh, and this past weekend we did our first round of Autumn crafting. Earlier last week, during a visit to our local park, we collected pockets full of colourful leaves which we then
10 Picture Books to Welcome Autumn
It's the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. Autumn is just around the corner! One of our favourite things on a blustery Autumn day is to snuggle down with a big pile of books, so I've put
Easy-Peasy DIY Cheese Box Lantern
It's only a few days to go until the festival of St Martin. Not a festival that is celebrated in Scotland, but it's very popular in Germany and luckily the German Church in Edinburgh commemorates it every year, so the
Guising & Turnip Lanterns – Scottish Hallowe’en
I love Hallowe’en! As you can probably tell, from the blog and my Instagram over the last couple of weeks. In Germany, Hallowe’en is not traditionally celebrated. When I went to high school there, is was virtually unknown, though in
Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Cupcakes
So, I hope you liked my Hallowe'en pumpkin soup recipe from earlier in the week! The second recipe I want to share with you this week, are my mouth watering pumpkin spice chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting! Ingredients (gluten free) For the
Family Recipe: Mama’s Apfelkuchen (GF)
In case you've all been wondering what we did with the remainder of the apples we picked at Craigie's Farm a couple of weeks ago, I have one more, magnificent apple recipe for you! Although most of the credit for
Parsnip & Apple Soup
At the risk of this turning in to a 'soup of the week' feature, I wanted to share another soup recipe with you. Parnsip and apple is one of my favourite flavour combinations for soup. In the past I've made
A Simple & Yummy Apple Crumble
Earlier this week, I posted about our apple picking trip to Craigie's Farm near Edinburgh, and I promised to share my apple crumble recipe with you. Well, here it is. It's very simple - no faffing about - but super
{Edinburgh} Pick Your Own at Craigie’s Farm
Every year, I have been looking on with a little envy at the pictures of apple picking and pumpkin patch outings filling up my social media streams. Last year, we visited the US during October and got within reach of