I miss my mother every day; I especially miss her when I make this soup, since we both bonded over accidentally developing it together many moons ago. My wee mum was never the best cook, and a self-admitted terrible baker; she was too busy and distracted by kicking a$$ in the corporate world most of…
Category: Recipes
Recipe Post: Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
The title of this recipe is quite a mouthful on the best of days, but if you take the GF and DF out of the name it’s still a yummy quickbread that also makes delicious and substantial muffins. This recipe can also easily be made using dairy and regular flour and oats, but it’s nice…
Recipe Post: Roasted Cauliflower-Carrot Soup
I’m so glad it’s finally spring; I’ve definitely had enough of winter this year, as I’m sure many of you may agree. However, while I believe that winter is the best time for soup, it’s also an economical choice for lunches year-round, both financially and time-wise. Making up a batch of soup on the weekend…
Recipe Post: Puff Pastry Garlic Cheddar Spirals
As I mentioned in a post last week, I do not make my own puff pastry. There’s really no need these days unless you’re doing it as some sort of flex, or you’re staging for a job in a bakery (and that would be super-mean of the potential employer to do to you). There’s some…
Recipe Post: Mincemeat Muffins
There are few more traditionally historical British Christmastime recipes as a mincemeat (“mince”) pie or tart; but outside of the British Isles, they’re not as well-known. In a nutshell, traditional mincemeat pie was a savoury pastry, and did contain actual meat; the pies were originally quite a good size, filled with a mixture of finely…
Recipe Post: Air Fryer Rotisserie-Style Whole Chicken
I’ve had my air fryer for a few years now; I’ll admit I haven’t used it as much as I had originally intended to when I first received it, but a lot of recipes were either for larger portions than my family could eat, or primarily meat-based. This recipe is both of those things (haha),…
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