Seedless is the key here. This is my jam of choice for filling doughnuts and what would life be without the occasional doughnut? I have a real weakness for doughnuts hot from the fryer. Can you tell I'm eating super healthily at the moment? In actuality, I made this batch … [Read more...]
Pimm’s and Strawberry Ice Lollies
We're in the second week of tennis at Wimbledon. I can't in all honesty say it's something I really get involved with other than I notice it's all that's on the BBC. I suspect it's the scars of my childhood - my mum, sporty to the core, followed avidly from Queens onwards and I … [Read more...]
Greek-Style Tomato Salad
This is just one of many, many tomato salads I make over the course the summer. I love them. It probably has something to do with the Sunday afternoon trips down my Grandad Dowton's crazy paved garden path to pick tomatoes from his greenhouse. Always supervised. (It wasn't, … [Read more...]
Greek-Style Asparagus Salad
Yesterday was a record breaking hot day - and this was lunch. I made some olive bread and put together a Greek-Style Tomato Salad, too, but I'll post them next week. I think I must be thinking 'Greece' because the news is so full of scenes from Athens. Tough times ahead for a … [Read more...]
Gooseberry and Elderflower Cake
I wasn't fond of gooseberries as a child and I told everyone the reason for that was because they made me 'blink'. I was right. They can be lip pursing-ly sour and even the sweetest need sugar. What's more, they are spiteful to pick, with thorns like spears. Gooseberry Fool … [Read more...]