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 […]
Holiday Pappa El Pomodoro
For the second of my Venetian recreations I turn to tomato soup.I admit, its not traditionally Venetian (Tuscan I believe) but at my birthday dinner at Bistrot de Venise I ate a chilled tomato soup served with melon & basil and haven’t stopped raving about it since then. Chilled soup is wonderful for a hot sunny day however it really does benefit […]
Gnocchetti
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 […]
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. […]