This spinach soup recipe is based on a recipe from my Bulgarian Mother-in-law. She often makes it when we visit and it’s delicious and so filling. Plus it definitely has a good chunk of your five a day in it. I like to use fresh spinach, the dirty kind you get from the market with the stalks still on it, but you can substitute for baby spinach if you prefer. Continue reading
April 29, 2020
Spinach soup
April 28, 2020
Veggie lentil nuggets
People who know me know that I’m not a fan of lentils, beans or pulses. Which can make finding new recipes tricky, but I’m always willing to try something new. I was looking for recipes for my son to get him eating something different to plain pasta and ham, when I came across this recipe on My fussy eater’s website.
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September 22, 2017
Casa Del Sol, Sozopol
I was walking along the sea front in the new town of Sozopol looking for something to eat, I had thought I wanted a takeaway but then I came across the menu of this restaurant. I saw that they had fish soup and I immediately wanted it, I had to have it. I figured they wouldn’t be able to give me takeaway so I sat in, on the terrace looking out onto the sand below.
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June 23, 2017
Haberdashery, Crouch End
With my maternity leave I’m making the most of midweek brunching and generally hanging out in cafes drinking tea and eating cake.
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April 30, 2017
Granger & Co.
This year my life was turned upside down with the arrival of my beautiful baby boy (I’m biased of course but he really is beautiful). While I was pregnant, and no longer able to drink tequila and stay up past 9pm without yawning profusely, I had to find another way to enjoy myself. Shockingly that pleasure became food! This time however in the form of brunch.
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August 25, 2016
My Old Dutch
When craving pancakes the logical solution is to head down to My Old Dutch. Not only do they have a wide range of sweet and savoury pancakes, but they are big and amazing!
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December 23, 2014
Fish Stew
I love eating seafood but rarely ever make any for myself at home, partly as I’m always a little unsure of the best way to cook fish. My mum bought me a book on how to prepare and cook fish to help me overcome this! Although this particular recipe is not from that book- it did help to inspire me.
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September 2, 2014
Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Quiche
So I’ve been a bit quiet on here for a while, but over the summer I have had some more free time and have been a busy little bee experimenting with some new recipes.
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July 12, 2014
Rocky Road
I used a Nigella recipe for these rocky road beauties, but there are many other similar recipes out there. I liked this one as it was simple and easy to follow.
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February 4, 2014
Passion Fruit Cupcakes
Passion fruit is one of my favourite fruits and I think always tastes amazing in deserts, so I thought I would experiment by putting them into a cupcake. I used a basic cupcake recipe and scooped out the passionfruit pulp as well as using the juice. I then made a coconut buttercream icing to give it that extra exotic feel.
Ingredients
3 Passion Fruit
1 Egg
4 oz caster sugar
4 oz Butter
4 oz Self raising flour
1 tsp Vanilla essence
Icing Sugar
desiccated coconut
Method
1. Cream together the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl
2. Slice the passion fruits in half and scoop out the insides.
3. Add the passion fruit pulp and juice to the mixture along with the vanilla essence.
4. Mix in the flour and baking powder.
5. Bake until brown in the oven at 180 C
6. For the icing beat the butter until creamy, then add the icing sugar and coconut.
7. Once the cupcakes have cooled, spread the icing onto the cakes.
You may not wish to have the seeds in your cakes, if so put the pulp into a strainer so that you still get all of the lovely flavour. Personally I like it as it adds an interesting texture to the bite.
Abandon Spoon! 