It’s nice to have a delicate little cookie with a cup of tea. It’s also nice to have a bit of cookie with a soft pudding or crème dessert. This little bite of wonderfulness, is very simple, and quick to make.
Lemon Roasted Prawns
Preparing a lunch the other day for visiting friends, I was wrapped up in a gluten-free, vegetarian, lactose intolerant, garlic-free menu preparation. I really don’t mind being given parameters to cook from, as it simply narrows down the field of options. Which is not a bad thing as it helps me to be creative. Recently…
Three Cheese Macaroni
As a kid I found macaroni & cheese to be too bland. I could get through a serving if I had enough pickles. Apparently, though, I was a rarity. Macaroni & Cheese was part of pretty much any Children’s section on a menu, and presented frequently at Potlucks for “the kids”. I watched in horror…
What was served for Christmas dinner?
People assume that our Christmas table is laden with an assortment of complex dishes. Fortunately for me, that is just an assumption! My credo for Christmas has always been to serve a warm-hearted dinner of familiar dishes, with one or two new ones. This gives me time to be out of the kitchen, gathered in…
Wedge Salad Appetizers
Appetizers are a mainstay of holiday parties, lots of cheese, phyllo, puff pastry, tarts, crackers and meats. If we’re lucky there are bowls of olives & pickles, and some raw veg to balance things out. I think that adding a cold crisp salad is a perfect foil for the rest of the menu. Recently I…
farmhouse cook 