and just tuck in
I never used to like mince pies (yes I’m strange I know), and now that I do like them I only really like home made ones. However the other day I tried some shop bought ones made with puff pastry and I liked them, so thought I would give it a go at making them myself and then hopefully I would really really like them!
My first attempt at a quiche- I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to try it. I was inspired after having been watching episodes of the British Bake Off and wanted to force myself to try recipes that I’ve never tried.
So I went in search of a good recipe and adapted it to my own tastes. And I have to say it turned out pretty well. Mary Berry would have been pleased as I didn’t have a soggy bottom!
Courgettes are one of my favourite vegetables, but I don’t really do much with them apart from stir fry and just chucking them in with other ingredients. I was looking through one of my recipe books for inspiration and came across this one. It’s nice and easy but tastes good and looks pretty good too!
Pumpkin Season is upon us, and squashes of all kinds are currently in our supermarkets and local green grocers.
So what do you do with all those left over pumpkins after Halloween? And the seeds and insides you had to scoop out to make your ghoulish face? My new housemate Tim makes a delicious pumpkin soup, and we christened our new flat by making this soup together.
My cousin gave me some hand-picked apples when I went to visit her last week- she had two large bins full of cooking apples picked from a friends orchard. I carried as many as I could on the train, and decided that I should make something with them. I love a crumble- a classic dish and so yummy.
I love using ingredients fresh from the garden, or someone elses garden, and while sitting eating in my garden one day I smelt our lavender bush. I then decided that I had to try making lavender cakes. I’ve seen sugar with the lavender already mixed in with it, but it is often quite expensive, and probably not as nice as the fresh stuff.
I used a basic sponge recipe but when I added the sugar I also added a handful of lavender buds.
Abandon Spoon! 