Monthly Archives: July 2011
Breakfast Club #13: Banana, raisin & chocolate Crispy Minis crumble muffins
The challenge for this month’s Breakfast Club was to do something exciting with Cereals. When I first read the theme of the challenge, hosted by Helen at Fuss Free Flavours, nothing particularly inspiring sprang to mind. After a few weeks of … Continue reading
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Random Recipe #6: Baked beef-stuffed tomatoes
This month’s Random Recipe was to be chosen from our favourite cookery book, which posed me a slight problem because I have lots of favourite books! In the end, I chose La Popote des potes, a French book (bet you hadn’t guessed) … Continue reading
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We Should Cocoa #11: Apricot, ginger & chocolate loaf
Apricots have got to be one of the most summery fruits – even just their warm, orangey-reddy colour makes me think of sunshine, which is probably just as well since it has just started raining here in Edinburgh. However, they … Continue reading
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Cocorico, c’est le 14 juillet!
Today, le 14 juillet, is French national day (hurrah!), which I believe is referred to as “Bastille Day” in English. This is obviously a day of national celebration, which means that large amounts of delicious food are involved, followed by … Continue reading
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Attempting to make summer appear with an aubergine & lamb gratin
I try to eat seasonal (and locally-produced) foods as much as possible – not only is it better for the environment, but produce that is grown in season quite simply tastes better. During the dark and rainy depths of winter, I … Continue reading
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The many uses of a chopstick and other important things that I learnt at University
I haven’t really unpacked all my stuff yet, partially because I have no idea where to put it all, partially because I’m a bit lazy and disorganised, and mostly because once it’s all unpacked, I really have to admit that … Continue reading
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Goodbye St Andrews… But I’ll be back!
As the first Tuesday of the month, yesterday was Zoosday Tuesday, so I should have posted an animal-related recipe. However, yesterday was also the day that I finally moved out of my flat in St Andrews, my home for the … Continue reading
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Mac Attack #20: Cherry margarita macarons
Since handing in my Dissertation (of Doom) way back in May, the limited organisational skills that I used to have appear to have entirely disappeared and I’ve missed a couple of blog challenges for June. Granted, I’ve had plenty to … Continue reading
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