Pagan life, with just a hint of fairy dust, of a UK Witch
On Christmas morning, I was in the kitchen with my younger son, who desperately wanted to help with the cooking. As we’re vegetarian, and not really into the whole Christmas thing, dinner was nontraditional (enchilladas) followed by a very English-style pudding. I had the dinner under control, so I supervised the cake making and I did [...]
I think the name is a bit misleading as these cakes are more like big cookies but really when we’re talking about sweet things who cares? I was sold when I noticed it used rose water – I love rose! This is an old recipe, probably back to the middle ages and made for religious [...]
Normally when I think of a crumble my mind automatically takes me to apple crumble served with a generous helping of hot vanilla custard. This is a crumble for dinner…. I know, it seems wrong not being a pudding but it’s quite good. Even my picky eater younger son asked for seconds so it really [...]
I’ve had a few comments from my sons lately about how much they enjoy toad in the hole but as dinner is now strictly vegetarian toad was off the menu. This is a meat free version which uses mushrooms instead of sausages hence my rather cheesy title. I served with roast potatoes, green beans and [...]
Bread and butter pudding is a traditional British dessert (not to be confused with bread pudding which is more like a cake) . It’s baked slices of buttered bread with dried fruit and spices – quite delicious, especially when you serve it with custard. But then, I think most things are delicious with custard. I [...]
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