This week’s small pleasures including flowers, a pasta bake and sunshine.
Tag: chicken
Come, dine with me
A roast chicken is a delight. So easy, always good, often better cold the next day. Serve it with roast … More
This week’s small pleasures: week 28
Here we are again for a round up of this week’s small pleasures. Thanks again to Mani over at A … More
Nostalgia and the Scotch pancake
There are certain foods that have a way of transporting us to different times and places. One whiff of baking … More
Preserving: chutney making on a Sunday afternoon
Sunday morning should be a chance to lie in and start the day slowly. Not so this Sunday as it … More
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea
If we were having coffee or even, let’s face it, a nice, long, cold drink as it is a hot … More
A castle, a garden and some more familiar names
In the last post, I mentioned the number of places we saw on the map with Scottish names in this … More
Spring has sprung: flowers, bees and chicken
Spring is the time of plans and projects so they say (actually, I think it was Tolstoy?), and although part … More
6 things: food, drink and an anniversary
It’s been one of those slow weeks, with nothing much to report. I was off work, sick, on Monday, and … More
Chicken, limes and Gwyneth Paltrow
Some of you may have seen the fuss in the media this week about Gwyneth Paltrow’s attempt to live off … More
