Regardless of whether you are a professional or novice baker you should always have a few baking staples tucked away in your repertoire. Yes of course play around with different recipes and have fun experimenting but there are times when you need a fool proof staple to fall back on. My staples are those which […]
Recipes
Winter hoarding: Spiced Apple Chutney
I don’t know about anybody else but I get a great deal of pleasure from stocking up my larder at this time of year. OK, perhaps larder isn’t accurate. Its more like stocking up my tiny kitchen cupboard and the space I have left in the Ikea unit which forms our drinks cabinet / additional […]
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 […]
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. […]