Goats Cheese and Olive Bread
This ‘easy to make bread’ is delicious when served with a warming winter soup or in the summer with a crisp salad at a barbeque. 1lb of strong plain flour or a speciality bread flour, such as…
Millionaire’s Shortbread
This is a fully calorie loaded slice of utter deliciousness! Really easy to make and for the caramel and chocolate people in your life….a real winner. Ingredients for the shortbread base 250g Plain Flour 75g Caster Sugar…
Slimming Breakfast Quiches
This is a super recipe if you are on a diet. If, like me, you prefer a savoury breakfast and can’t stand porridge these little quiches are super. You can heat them in the morning or have…
Macaroon Bars
Being Scottish, one of my childhood delights was eating a macaroon bar. If you have never eaten one you are really missing something delicious. You would never believe that something so sweet and yummy is based on…
Lemon Sugar Biscuits
Lemon sugar biscuits are simple and very yummy. I’ve pressed my cookie dough into a mould which gives the lovely square shape and the pretty pattern but you can just as easily roll into little balls and…
Chicken, Leek & Potato Pie with Cheese Crust.
This pie is really very easy to make and tastes absolutely delicious. I find it a great meal to use up some left over cooked chicken or turkey. Prepare the filling. Peel 3 medium sized potatoes and…
Curried Parsnip Soup
This is a lovely warming winter soup with a real tang of curry. I find it’s so good to make after Christmas as the one thing I have plenty of in leftovers are parsnips. It’s very easy…
Lainy’s Lamb Tagine
This is traditionally a Moroccan slow cooked lamb dish with deep flavours and a hint of sweetness. I make my own version of this so it’s not authentic but it is delicious. You can cook it in…
Scrambled Egg with Smoked Salmon on toast.
Scrambled egg is something that is so easy to go wrong, in my opinion there is nothing worse that a congealed lump of scrambled egg on a plate. I have stayed in hotels where they actually slice…