March 25, 2013

The Easter Countdown – Easter Nests

By lucie ¶ Posted in Recipes

Spring is on its way and whether the sun deigns to show its face is of little consequence. As of today I am counting down to Easter, so I can only conclude one thing it is spring. No arguments.

As a result I am slowly filling my house with daffodils and the tastes of Easter.

Easter is one of the funnest baking times. I know you can cook other dishes at Easter but let’s face it why bother with that when there is chocolate. Amazing,wonderful, delicious chocolate, the best food source ever invented e.g. if you could live of chocolate I would. Did I tell you I love chocolate? Well I do. So in homage to the greatest food in the world I wanted to start my Easter countdown properly. There was no doubt in my mind where I was going… Easter Nests!

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March 22, 2013

Food in Technicolour

By lucie ¶ Posted in From Scratch Recipes

I have landed … in grey England. In my head I had expected to get back to Spring time, warmer weather, sunshine and the start of colour. Instead I felt like I was doing a dorothy in reverse, going from Technicolour to black and white.

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March 10, 2013

Paradise and Cupcakes

By lucie ¶ Posted in From Scratch Recipes

So you might have guessed from the lack of posts over the last few weeks that I am not in my usual routine. Well if you did, you were right. I am in fact on Holiday! (hurray!) So for the next week or so it might be a bit quiet.

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February 22, 2013

Ginger Biscuit Goodness

By lucie ¶ Posted in From Scratch Recipes

Now I know that everyone is after healthy recipes to keep that New Year, New You goodness going. But this week I could resist making a batch of ginger and oatmeal cookies. I don’t feel to bad about this because they are part of my whole spread the love through little things campaign that I am currently working on. And I only ate one. The rest were devoured by others. See I am practically a saint. So if you are trying to be healthy, why not make these as a treat for someone else, or just treat yourself because it is so darn cold and quite frankly they go down mighty well with a cup of tea.

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February 13, 2013

Lemon Sherbet Loving

By lucie ¶ Posted in From Scratch Recipes

What a great food week, Pancake day and Valentines all shoved into one gloriously spectacular food week. Last night after munching down on some chorizo, pepper and mozzarella pancakes I started to ponder the joy of food. Not only the fun of making it but also the joy of giving it as a gift.

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February 8, 2013

Weekend Ideas: How to celebrate the Year of the Snake

By lucie ¶ Posted in From Scratch Recipes

Every year I always look forward to Chinese New Year. Firstly I love Chinese food and what better reason to feast on Chinese, secondly it’s a great opportunity to invite friends over and share a delicious meal.

So this year I thought I would give you a few ideas for your own Chinese new celebrations.

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February 1, 2013

Weekend Treat: The way the Cookie Crumbles…

By lucie ¶ Posted in Recipes ¶ Tagged Baking

So I am lucky enough to be going on holiday at the end of this month, the sort of holiday that requires a bikini. Why am I telling you this? Not to make you insanely jealous or to rub in your face how great my life is – so don’t hate me for it, but it is part of the story. The story of …why the hell am I making cookies when I should be in hardcore health mode.

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January 29, 2013

Simple Suppers: Cauliflower and Spinach Curry

By lucie ¶ Posted in Recipes ¶ Tagged Healthy, Supper

I think with the cold setting in quite strongly here I have been craving warm and comforting food. But for some reason instead of my tastebuds yearning for soups and stews, pasta bakes and pie, I have been hankering after a good curry.

So in the last week I have cooked three. One: Cauliflower and Spinach, Two: Chicken Reendang , Three: Chicken, Aubergine and Mango
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January 22, 2013

Simple Suppers: Tuna Burgers

By lucie ¶ Posted in Recipes ¶ Tagged Healthy, Supper

You might remember that back in November when I went to the states I wrote about an incredible Tuna Burger I had. I have been itching to have a go at it ever since I got back and this week was the week.
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January 18, 2013

Five things to try this weekend

By lucie ¶ Posted in Recipes ¶ Tagged Recipe Ideas

Hurray it’s the weekend – or soon to be!

I hope you have all had good weeks, mine has been fairly busy and very sociable – which is great, because often when it gets cold I tend to go into hibernation mode and want to stay wrapped on the sofa in a blanket! However this week I bucked the trend and had lots of friends over for dinner. In my mind it’s the best way to be sociable in the colder months and it also means you get to try out new things. I have recently discovered a great Mediterranean Deli 5 mins walk from my house, and last night went and explored the shelves. I came back with Wasabi Peas, Turkish Delight and actual proper Bon Maman Fig Jam (which you can’t seem to get anywhere in this country). Suffice to say I was very happy.

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