Embarking on sourdough baking can seem like a pretty daunting task. From the making of the starter to knowing when it’s ready to use. Stretching, folding and proving! Well, here’s s a very straight forward recipe for sourdough breadsticks if you’re a beginner. Simply combine the ingredients, work the dough and prove for several hours….
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Swedish Gluten-free Seeded Crispbread
This recipe for Swedish seeded crispbread has been on my to-do-list to post for some time. It was one of my best sellers at Marlow’s Artisan food market. Packed full of healthy seeds, oats and gluten-free too so suitable for coeliacs. These hard crispbreads (frökex or fröknäcke) are incredibly popular in Sweden, with most households…
Plaited Pesto Bread
Looking for the perfect bread to serve with soup or salad ? Or make this plaited white loaf to serve at barbecues, picnics and at family gatherings. It’s most definitely a crowd pleaser. You can vary the pesto ingredients to suit your taste and what’s in your fridge and larder. * Best eaten on the…
Muhammara Dip with Pitta Bread
I just like something really tasty to eat. Actually, I like it if I’m offered three or four small delicious plates from which I can choose. The way we eat has changed dramatically, far more appealing than the strict, formal, starter, main course and side dish. Relaxed dining with multiple dishes in the centre of…
Raw Almond Butter Cups
Sometimes you just need a quick chocolate fix, a healthy one would be ideal right? Well here you have the answer and I guarantee you’ll love these chocolate treats. Incredibly delicious and moorish, they are a combination of oats, almonds, creamy almond butter, dates and cacao. Few ingredients and less than 20 minutes to make….
Sumac Spiced Courgette Dip
It’s virtually impossible to grow courgettes without getting a glut? They grow so very easily and rapidly and virtually pest free. So what to do with them? Well I wanted to share this recipe with you as although it’s not the prettiest dish, it’s packed full of flavour and utilises a fair amount of the…
Sri Lankan Dhal and Chapatis
With beautiful golden beaches lined with palm trees, tea plantations nestled on misty mountain tops, bustling traffic packed cities, tuk-tuks, elephants, bananas and coconuts. Sri Lanka has so much to offer. We visited the cultural triangle between Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Dambulla, it has a profusion of wildlife, exotic plants and World Heritage Sites. The palace…
Blissful Lemon Energy Bites
I’m often asked what I like to snack on, believe it or not I don’t have an exceptionally sweet tooth (I know this is hard to believe as I make an inordinate amount of cakes but they are not for me!) but I do crave a little something in the afternoon when I’m reaching for the…
Healthy Green Vegetable Frittata
The festive season is firmly behind us, my sons have returned to their homes and I have been left with some, (not much) leftovers in my fridge. I don’t know about you but I hate to throw any food away, I have to do something with the odds and ends in my fridge. I catered…
Autumn Bounty Muffins
I’m always trying to find ways to reduce waste so when I have apples in the fruit bowl that are a little too ripe or my generous neighbour gives me windfall apples from her tree I have to use them. It’s been an especially busy few weeks here in my kitchen with lots of assignments…
