Buongiorno a tutti! I must first apologise and explain my recent hiatus from the blogger-sphere. It was spent on a much needed 2 week holiday on 2 very different islands: Barra to visit my grandparents & attend a music festival with friends which inevitably turned into a giant booze fest and Venice, a much needed birthday trip. I can assure […]
Author: Theweeg Kitche
A to Z of ingredients
A = Almonds There are a few staple ingredients I keep stocked up in my baking cupboard (i.e. the smallest cupboard in the kitchen which releases a cloud of flour every time I open it) however almonds is something I rarely run out of. Regardless of the fact that I can’t think of a single […]
Breakfast at Mairi’s: Eggs
You may notice a trend in these Breakfast sections: Eggs. I make sure I always buy a box over the weekend because I know that if at least have eggs in the house I can whip up a decent weekend breakfast or brunch – because lets face it I’m hardly up early enough on a Saturday to legitimately call […]
Chicken Chorizo Gumbo
With hectic schedules and time constraints its really only the weekend before I can get stuck into cooking something a little more special. I save those 10min ‘fridge to plate’ stir fries, pastas & fajitas for weekday cooking and at the weekend I can happily potter in & out the kitchen taking my time. Cooking […]
A cake. Just coz
I challenge anyone to resist home baking. There is something about it that makes me feel very nostalgic even though my mum didn’t bake when I was younger (that was Granny MacDonald’s job) and I came to it later in life. I also challenge anyone who says they cant bake. You can. Sorry to be blunt about it but you can. […]