I have just come back from a place where dates grow – no, not the Middle East but the Californian dessert. Dates are a big deal over there and you get them at all the markets and they feature in some dishes – and even milkshakes! I had the tastiest date milkshake at the Hadley Fruit […]
As I’m off on holiday tomorrow, I should probably be packing right now rather than blogging but I got a new receipe yesterday that I wanted to try out straight away. I have been after for a while as it’s one of my favourite treats at a Swedish Café that I go to a lot […]
The simple blueberry muffin. Everyone should have a receipe for it in their repertoire. They don’t take long to make and are easy to make. Unless you over mix the ingredients you can’t really go much wrong with such a straight forward receipe. And, as you can make them with fresh or frozen blueberries, you […]
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas…and it’s about time! So how about some last minute Christmas cookie baking?! You have still got time for it – pretty much a whole weekend – and you wouldn’t have wanted to make these cookies much before anyway, as they are best eaten within a few days, […]
It’s October now and I couldn’t decide if this post should therefore feature apples or pumpkins… until I realized that together they would make a perfect autumn cake! The markets are full with huge varieties of both at the moment, which is a lovely sight – pink, red and green apples next to yellow, orange […]
The Sweetest Brunch 