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Recipes and Tales from my Kitchen in Somerset and my Galley off the Jurassic CoastFeatured Recipe!
Pecan and Pumpkin Brownies
I make pumpkin brownies every year as soon as those beautiful squashes ripen and hit the shelves! This year I’ve adapted my old recipe to make the best vegan pumpkin brownies in the whole wide world! Deeply chocolatey, moist, fluffy and fudgy, they have been a massive hit in my house.
Pumpkin brownies are delicious served slightly warm with a scoop of vegan vanilla ice cream or just on their own with a nice cup of tea. This makes an excellent and easy tray bake for Christmas Fairs and Harvest Festivals and a plate of vegan brownies (maybe topped with a sparkler or two) is sure to go down well as the party season gets under way!
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Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Sweet Pepper Salsa
A simple roasted cauliflower salad with a jolly sweet pepper salsa makes a lovely Christmas side dish, just look at all these lovely festive colours! Roasting cauliflower is one of those culinary tricks I wish I'd known donkey's years ago - it transforms this...
Vegan Mushroom Pâté with Walnuts, Sherry and Thyme
I developed this vegan mushroom pâté because Mr TS and I have been missing the vegetarian version of it which I have been making for Christmas for a very, very long time! It is made with earthy chestnut mushrooms, richly flavoured dried porcini, toasted walnuts, thyme...
Pecan and Pumpkin Brownies
I make pumpkin brownies every year as soon as those beautiful squashes ripen and hit the shelves! This year I've adapted my old recipe to make the best vegan pumpkin brownies in the whole wide world! Deeply chocolatey, moist, fluffy and fudgy, they have been a massive...
Vegan Sticky Gingerbread – Easy and Delicious!
I love traditional gingerbread so this vegan sticky gingerbread really makes my heart sing! It ticks all the sticky gingerbread boxes; it is full of black treacle, ginger and spice and it is fluffy and light yet full of depth and rich sticky flavour. Best of all it is...
Apple and Hazelnut Pizza with Sultanas and Cinnamon
Apple season is upon us! I may have mentioned before that I live right in the heart of Somerset apple country, where orchards offer an abundance and the best ciders are brewed, and that I have more trees than is probably wise in a garden as small as mine. All this...
Butternut Squash and Red Lentil Soup with Chilli and Coconut
It's been an incredibly blustery September week down here in the West of England which means only one thing - soup season! I kicked things off with this Butternut Squash and Red Lentil Soup with Chilli, Ginger and Coconut to warm us up from the inside out. I get so...
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Autumn Leaf Wreath
The leaves down here in the West Country are just beginning to turn and it won’t be long before the trees are bedecked in all their autumnal finery. When they throw them to the ground with a flamboyant flourish gather them up, press them flat and make this gorgeous autumn wreath!
You could also have a go at this simple but effective leaf bowl!
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How to Dry Oranges for Christmas Decorations
The warm smell of drying oranges drifting through the house while the first Christmas songs play on the radio is one of the pre Christmas festive traditions which is guaranteed to put me ‘in the mood’ and it’s such a simple thing to do!
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Driftwood Craft – Noughts and Crosses
We spend a lot of time on Chesil Beach and it is a brilliant place for driftwood and pebble collectors like us. The driftwood we find is bleached and smooth and comes in all shapes and sizes. We wonder where it came from and how far it has travelled to reach us and we...
Autumn Leaf Wreath – Easy Fall Leaf Crafts
Today I bring you a simple and beautiful homemade autumn leaf wreath, if you collected autumn leaves as I suggested in my previous post and pressed them, you're all ready to go! If you didn't, you'd better pop on your wellies and get out there right now! This week we...
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Sailing Life – Studland, Swimming and My Kitchen on Board!
Today I'm sharing a bit of our sailing life, which I haven't done here for AGES and, oooh, exciting things are afoot! We were chitter chattering over a glass or two of chilled white a few weeks ago and the upshot was that we have decided the time has come to sell our...
Food Lovers Visit Dorset
Living where Somerset meets both Dorset and Wiltshire means that I am spoilt for choice with local food producers, farmer's markets and - of course - Frome's own utterly fabulous monthly Independent Market. I love knowing exactly where my food comes from, and try to...
Cruising on Island Princess – Sea Days and Surprises
When I told people that Mr TS and I were going on a cruise they raised their eyebrows while looking me up and down and doing that thing people do with their mouths which says ‘You?! Are you sure?!’ without any words actually coming out. So – did we enjoy it? Yes, we did and this is why!
