I have been on the most epic adventure over the last few weeks. Well I say few weeks, in truth this adventure started last year but it didn’t pan out, so I’ve chosen to completely gloss over it and pretend it didn’t happen. So last few weeks it is, and […]
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Traditional Scottish Tablet Recipe
Comments are DisabledTablet is a very, very, very, very, very sugary traditional Scottish sweet. Or as we say in Scotland, a sweetie. Every kid in Scotland grew up eating this stuff and it’s probably responsible for the appalling dental health of my generation and before. Before I go any further I want […]
Cheese muffin recipe – savoury treats that you will love
Comments are DisabledIf you are a regular follower of my blog, you’ll know that I am a complete muffin fiend. I can’t help it, I love eating fluffy muffins and I love baking them too. One of the things which always surprises me though is the lack of savoury muffins on offer […]
Growing and pickling your own gherkins
Comments are DisabledWe decided that as one of our experiments this year, we’d grow our own gherkins for pickling. Specifically cornichon de paris which I really enjoy on a sandwich. A bit of research on the interweb made it all sound so simple and there were lots of recipes to choose from for […]
Toad in the Hole recipe – perfect for St George’s day
Comments are DisabledHappy St George’s Day to all our Ar Bruadair readers who are celebrating! After the success of our St Patrick’s day and St David’s day posts, we knew we had to come up with something great for St George’s day but boy was it difficult to come up with a celebration […]
Traditional Welsh cake recipe
Comments are DisabledHappy St David’s Day folks, we hope all our readers in Wales have a brilliant, fun-filled day planned. For the rest of us, here is a lovely little Welsh treat you can cook up to join in the fun. Welsh Cakes! If you’ve never had Welsh Cakes before, oh you have […]
Even more fun with the pasta machine
Comments are DisabledWe did a couple of posts a while back about all the fun we were having with our pasta machine, making ravioli and Chinese dumplings. Last night the machine was dragged out again, this time to make tagliatelle. Fun with a pasta machine More fun with a pasta machine So if you […]
Traditional Scottish pancake recipe
Comments are DisabledAs a wee weekend treat, I like to make pancakes for breakfast and wake kate up with a big plate of pancakes, egg and sausage and a cup of coffee. We’ve been doing this for a few months and even created a youtube video showing you how to do this […]
Drying your own chillies
Comments are DisabledMuch like beetroot and tomatoes, when you grow your own chillies you get an awful lot of the little blighters and can’t always use them up so the solution is to dry them, that way you have loads of dried chilli flakes to use at will and they last. I […]
Bakewell tart but muffins
1 commentWe mentioned in a previous post that hygge is a Danish word meaning roughly to enjoy the pleasures life brings and be content. So here’s another recipe to help you bring on the hygge this winter. Today I’m taking a day off from studies to have a bit of a […]
