I’ve been blogging for almost 2 years now. While I still consider myself a newbie in terms of blog growth and what I still need to learn, the amount I have learned is extraordinary. No one teaches you how to blog, you literally throw yourself in at the deep end & figure it out as you go. This means […]
Pimms Iced Tea
Lets slow things down a bit. It’s summer after all and really, who can be bothered with cooking? In those heady summery nights when I’m wearing linen trousers, watering my mini garden and bopping along to Len’s ‘Steal My Sunshine’ I struggle to find the motivation to cook. Heck I sometimes struggle to find the motivation to […]
Energy Granola Bars
Over here at Weegie Kitchen headquarters I’m chuffed to bits to bring an honorary Weegie into the fold. Everyone wave hullo to the lovely Lisa Palompo Dixon from Palompo PR! Lisa is a Mum of two, a keen cook and a Scottish PR who helps brilliant brands grow. You can also catch up on her […]
Homemade Pizza
Last week in my What’s Hot & What’s Not post I waxed lyrical about the perceived hassle a home-made pizza brings to your life. I was wrong. So wrong in fact I tried it again at the weekend with relative ease. However if you want to remove the hassle from cooking you also have to relinquish […]
A to Z of Ingredients: Maldon Salt – Rapeseed Oil
Take a sneak peek inside my Weegie kitchen with the continued A-Z of my favourite ingredients. Previous posts include: Ginger to Lemons & Limes and Almonds to Fresh Pasta. M = Maldon Salt You would be forgiven for overlooking the importance of salt when it comes to cooking or indeed appreciating the variation on […]
Salmon & Watercress Tart
The changing of the seasons can always be forecast in my kitchen with the introduction of seafood and greens at teatime. This, of course, is not the kind of food I want during autumn and winter because that is the time for gorging on stews, pies, soups and crumbles with the same determination as a […]
A Weegie in Northern Ireland
I’m lucky enough to have 2 Irish pals in my life. Lets call them Irish Pal #1 and Irish Pal #2. Now I don’t like to resort to stereotypes when describing them but they do fit them so well. For example, they support and fully advocate a diet of spuds, they have accents which grow stronger […]
A Stateside Pavlova
When it comes to spring and summer puddings there are very few which have such great impact, with such little input, as the Pavlova. It’s crisp exterior and chewy marshmallow inside topped with whipped cream and tart fruit is a killer combo but is still light enough to serve after a heavy meal. To me […]
Spring into Easter: Crown Roast & Trimmings
When it comes to family dinners or Sunday lunches, a roasted hunk of meat has got to be the main feature. Depending on what slab of animal you opt for it will stand up to feeding a hungry crowd. That said, the main reason I opt for the classic roasted joint is because its the […]
From The Weegie Bookshelf: ‘Three Sisters Bake’ & Courgette Lime Cake
I am an out and proud cookbook collector and I suspect most people who enjoy baking, cooking or write their own blog are as well. However I not only collect cookbooks, I read them like I would a regular book. In fact, there are certain cookbooks I actually prefer to read rather than cook from. […]