But it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end…

By lucie Posted in Entertaining, Recipes Tagged ,

Recently I have been thinking a lot more about how important sharing food is. Whether you are cooking normally or completely From Scratch the time it takes to prepare each meal often means sharing it makes it all feel worth while. I am not saying I haven’t enjoyed meals alone because I have and whilst it is lovely to take the time to make something delicious for yourself it can be even nicer to share your creation with others. As they say sharing is caring, corny I know, but it rhymes and its true so why not hey?

With this in mind I have been in entertaining mode. And what better meal to share than Brunch!
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Going to the chapel….

By lucie Posted in Recipes Tagged

No… not me silly. It’s my sisters wedding of course. Meaning I have taken on my biggest challenge yet. Make a wedding cake for 120 people. From Scratch, no instructions!

As I am not one to turn down a challenge or make it easy for myself, I naively started planning an elaborate tiered cake with many different flavours, decorations and general wedding flair.
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New Domestic Bliss..

By lucie Posted in Uncategorized

Sorry I have been a bit off the radar recently. The truth is the From Scratch Kitchen has been closed for refurbishment for the last few weeks. So I haven’t had anything to write about as I doubt anybody wants to here again about toast, the odd stir fry and cookies.

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A pot of magic beans

By lucie Posted in Recipes Tagged ,

So as I have already said I am trying to be a bit healthier for lent. This didn’t stop me eyeing up a ice cream shop on my way back home this afternoon. Luckily for my stomach and wallet, it was closed, so no harm done.

Healthy food can sometimes take a bit of a beating from the old taste bud police, because lets face it everything tastes better with butter and salt. It just does.

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40 days and 40 Nights of Normalcy

By lucie Posted in Recipes Tagged

So after my ode to pancakes last week, I thought it was time to put hands to computer and discuss the other side of pancake day – Lent. Regardless of whether you are religious, the next few weeks up to Easter offer a great motivational opportunity to try out a new habit that you have been attempting to pick up.

People try all sorts of things from exercise to new hobbies. Nonetheless more often than not people choose something to do with food.
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Suppers From Scratch Challenge Week: Day One

By lucie Posted in Recipes Tagged

So here we are on the first day of the Suppers From Scratch Challenge week. So exciting!

I am not going to write an epic on how great the week will be, how nice the food will be, how it doesn’t matter that it takes a bit longer because the satisfaction is so much greater once you have done it.

That’s all true.

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From Scratch Challenge

By lucie Posted in Recipes Tagged

Well I know this post is a bit later than promised but my New Year started with a bang and not the nicest one. So I am only getting my head together now and realise that I never shared my mouth watering meal with you.

Despite this set back I know this year is going to be an exciting one. There are still loads of recipes to master, cheeses to make and chocolate to perfect. And of course now the challenge is spreading.

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Thats all Folks…

By lucie Posted in Recipes

So here we are. The last day of my From Scratch Challenge.

I can’t believe we are here already. It doesn’t seem very long ago since I started back in January with the Flu. But when you look back a lot has happened this year.
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Yog Me Mama

By lucie Posted in Basics, Recipes Tagged

After my recent dairy failures it was with great trepidation I attempted yoghurt. Yogurt is apparently ‘really easy’ so if I couldn’t get this right then I think my career in attempting to make dairy From Scratch would be well and truly over.

But determined/stupid as ever I was convinced I could at least get this one right.
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