Traditional Soul Cakes - Lavender and Lovage
Traditional Soul Cakes - These little cakes are a cross between a biscuit and a scone and are traditionally made for All Soul's Day.| Lavender and Lovage
Autumn Recipes for All Hallow’s Eve and Bonfire Night – A selection of seasonal and traditional British recipes – both new and old. It’s now nearly the end of October – and goodness me, how this month has flown by – it seems like only yesterday we were celebrating St Michaelmas Day. I seem to say that every year, as we approach Christmas and all of the autumn and winter feasts and festivals, the last three months of the year seem to go by in a flash. Continue reading Autumn Recipe...| Lavender and Lovage
Tips for Seasoned Travellers and Beginners. Whether you’ve been around the globe already, or are just beginning to explore the world around you. Whether you have been acround the globe seevral times, or are just beginning to explore the world around you, some tips to help everyone, from the seasoned traveller to the beginner – for a better experience on your next trip. Determine Transportation Logistics Before Leaving Home When you are out and about, you will probabaly be relying on trans...| Lavender and Lovage
This recipe for Northumbrian Harvest Tea Loaf, is an adaptation from Elizabeth David and her wonderful book, English Bread and Yeast Cookery An Old Recipe for Harvest and Mell Suppers This recipe for Northumbrian Harvest Tea Loaf, is an adaptation from Elizabeth David and her wonderful book, English Bread and Yeast Cookery. The book covers yeast cookery of all kinds, with old-fashioned spiced breads, buns, pancakes and muffins, among others, which are all described with her unrivall...| Lavender and Lovage
Traditional Soul Cakes - These little cakes are a cross between a biscuit and a scone and are traditionally made for All Soul's Day.| Lavender and Lovage
A really delectable Autumnal pudding for the colder months, using local, seasonal apples, Salted Caramel Apple Bread & Butter Pudding. With Apple Sauce Recipe and Air Fryer Baking Method A really delectable Autumnal pudding for today, using local, seasonal apples, Salted Caramel Apple Bread & Butter Pudding. This is a very decadent version of the classic British dessert, which was borne of frugality and thrifty cooks, by using up stale bread. Continue reading Salted Caramel Apple Bread & ...| Lavender and Lovage
Creative Ways to Use Fresh, Local Ingredients in Everyday Cooking – The interest in sustainable, seasonal eating has grown recently Creative Ways to Use Fresh, Local Ingredients in Everyday Cooking In line with a rise in environmental and sustainability concerns, more and more people are looking to cook with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. The interest in sustainable, seasonal eating has grown both out of a concern for environmental awareness and personal health. Continue reading Creati...| Lavender and Lovage
Jam Fingers (Slices) – Crispy, butter fried bread slices served with warm, fruity jam, using stale bread. Great for breakast or for “Afters” A Reader’s Recipe from Farmers Weekly and a Vintage Cookbook As regular readers will know, I love old, vintage recipes, and today’s recipe for Jam Fingers (Slices) is one, taken from a 50 year old Farmhouse cookbook. It’s more of a method than a full recipe to be honest, but when I was searching for recipes using stale bread, I found this on...| Lavender and Lovage
Cheese Savoury Sandwich Filling – A North East classic sandwich filling from England and one that was made famous by Gregg’s the Bakers Perfect for a Stottie/Stotty Cake Sandwich Today’s recipe for Cheese Savoury Sandwich Filling, is an updated recipe from a few years ago, here: Stotty Cakes & Geordie Ploughman’s Lunches! Cheese Savoury (Sandwich Filling) Recipe. Much though I love that recipe, I recently came upon a recipe in the back of an old BeRo cookbook, that was my late moth...| Lavender and Lovage
Seasonal Kitchen Garden Plants That Bring Dishes to Life – A kitchen garden is one of the most rewarding features for any home cook Seasonal Kitchen Garden Plants That Bring Dishes to Life A kitchen garden is one of the most rewarding features for any home cook. It provides a constant supply of fresh, flavourful ingredients that can completely transform everyday dishes. With thoughtful planning, gardeners can enjoy herbs, vegetables, and edible flowers that reflect the rhythm of the seasons...| Lavender and Lovage
Traditional Stottie Cake - Today's recipe is for my grandmother's Traditional Stottie Cake, which is bread from the North East of England.| Lavender and Lovage
Traditional Spotted Dick Pudding - A School Dinners favourite and a classic British steamed suet pudding, which is great served with custard.| Lavender and Lovage
Pack Less, Live More: The Joy of Travelling Light. Pack light and avoid excess baggage charges as well as being more comfortable travelling.| Lavender and Lovage
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This recipe for Hasselback Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese is easy to prepare, and makes a wonderful supper or lunch dish for two, when served with salad.| Lavender and Lovage
Delicious Mini Ham, Cheese and Pepper Frittatas are easy to make and fun to serve. Consider having a mini frittata bar next time you have overnight guests.| Lavender and Lovage
For my sandwiches today, I turned to a favourite herb of mine, salad burnett - a tender green leafy herb that tastes and smells like cucumber, and it goes to WELL with cream cheese, hence my cream cheese and herb sandwich, a well brought up tea sandwich with good manners and elegance.| Lavender and Lovage
A Fig Tree, Château de Villandry and Autumn Fig and Blue Cheese Salad with Bayonne Ham Fresh Figs with Bayonne Ham and Blue Cheese Villandry Château On our way back from the port of Zeebrugge (last time we drove back to France from the UK), we decided to have a night in...| Lavender and Lovage
Autumn Pear, Fig and Goat’s Cheese Platter with Ham and Walnuts……… who says salad days are over! Simple and in Season Those of you who frequent my blog regularly will know that on Sundays I am usually to be found slouching around and being very slow….hence my usual Slow Sunday posts...| Lavender and Lovage
Cherry Bakewell Tea Loaf - Another Tea Loaf! As far as I am concerned you can never have enough recipes for tea loaves.| Lavender and Lovage
Gingerbread Tea Loaf - This lovely recipe for Gingerbread Tea Loaf is over 70 years old, and has been featured in numerous Be-Ro cookbooks.| Lavender and Lovage
Today's recipe for Quick and Easy Spice Cake (Tea Loaf) is a fabulous recipe from an old BeRo book, and makes a lovely tea loaf style cake.| Lavender and Lovage
