
Category: Savoury
I love deeply satisfying umami tastes, so expect to find lots of that in my savoury recipes. I also like playing with sweet, salty and sour notes. If bitter is your thing, then my savoury recipes are likely not for you.


Cooking with professional chef Jamie Scott

Parmigiano and Parma Ham Palmiers

Lemon and Lime Botanical Fougasse

Dampfnudel bread

Chicken Masterclass with top Scottish chef Craig Wood

Mackerel and Barley Salad – for 50 people!

How on earth to fit in 5-a-day?

Pan-fried Scottish Salmon with Lemon and Coriander Peas

Scottish Black Stew

Step-by-step Haggis cooking tutorial
25 recipes for No Waste Food
Ultimate Turkey Sandwich
Gressingham Duck Breast with spiced sweet and sour redcurrants
Darling Bites – the perfect Christmas gift for food-lovers

Time Lord Chefs: We Cater to All of Time and Space!
Red Berry Jam for the No Waste Food Challenge
Rose Hips three ways – Jelly, Syrup and Vinegar
Eat, Drink, Discover Scotland
Ulster-Scots Pasties
Vietnamese-style Chicken and Prawn Wraps
Spiced Courgette Loaf
Brazilian slow-roasted lamb
Mint Chimichurri – from failure to success
German Sauerkraut
Mexican Tomato Soup – Great hot, fabulous chilled!
Brazilian Spring Greens
Korean Kimchi
Mushroom Stroganoff
German Bierocks by The Hairy Bikers
Sizzling Steaks for Scrumptious Saturdays #8
Velvet Guacamole
Frozen Desserts for Scrumptious Saturdays #7
Vietnamese-style Summer Rolls
Life’s Lemons for Scrumptious Saturdays #6
Sautéed garlic asparagus with quail’s eggs
Barbecue accompaniments for Scrumptious Saturdays #4
Venison Boudin and Black Pudding with Lentil Cassoulet
Seasonal veg for Scrumptious Saturdays #3
Chop Chop, Edinburgh – restaurant review
Beetroot and Bramble Tartlets
Sweet Treats for Scrumptious Saturdays #2
Mangetout, Blue Cheese and Hazelnut Open Toastie
Venison masterclass at Hopetoun, with chef Craig Wood
Scrumptious Saturdays #1 – May 2014

Green Bean and Hazelnut Salad with Quail’s Eggs
Wild Garlic and Hazelnut Pesto
Warm Onion & Olive Salad – 10 minute lunch
Papaya and Melon Jam
Chocolate and lime curd mousse
Zingy couscous with smoked salmon – 10 minute lunch
Homemade pickled ginger for sushi
Creamy Butternut Squash and Hazelnut Soup
My “everything but the kitchen sink” Meatloaf

Hopetoun Farm Shop’s new Pie range
Maw Broon’s Kitchen Sauces: a review
The Broons: Scotland’s First Family
My lunch on National Toast Day
Home-cured Bacon, Pancetta and Lardons

Healthy Heart for your Valentine
Valentine’s Masterclass using fresh Scottish produce

Cheese and Pumpkin-seed Rye Crispbreads
Salted Chilli Crispy Beef to Celebrate Chinese New Year
Sugar-free Granola – Shake Up Your Wake Up
Hazelnut Milk – Shake Up Your Wake Up
Berry smoothie – Shake Up Your Wake Up
Haggis and scallops on pea purée
Vietnamese-style Pork Meatball Bánh Mì
Traditional Scottish New Year Dinner
Moroccan lamb stew: a sweet and sour delight
Gingerbread, Bramble and Lemon Trifle
Is your oven ready for Christmas? OXO oven thermometer review
A Taste of Morocco: Ras-el Hanout
Versatile Blogger Award

Doctor Who – The Day of the Doctor

Doctor Who – the 4th Doctor’s iconic scarf – vegetarian dish!

Doctor Who – Fish Fingers and Custard
Christmas Pudding Truffles
Spiced Ginger Baked Camembert
Beetroot and bramble puffed tartlets

A masterclass in cooking seasonal game
Japanese Komatsuna
Courgette and Mint Soup
Bored with brambles?
Q is for Quesadillas
Sliding into autumn with easy baked mushrooms
Not Quite Nigella – the book – my review
Chocolate Lime Tart
Courgette Soufflé
Strawberry Crunch Icecream
Karen’s Strawberry Curd
Strawberry meringue nest
Scottish Strawberries & Strawberry Coulis
Baked tortilla stack – something different for a picnic
My first blogging assignment!
Back in blog land, preserving herbs
Scotherbs
Simple bacon and egg pie
Easy peasy cheesy stuffed peppers
Masterclass in simple and seasonal Scottish cooking
Spring Pavlova – crisp outside, marshmallowy inside!
Cullen Skink – perfect dish for cooler Spring days
Cullen Skink
Sweet Pickled Pepper dishes
Sweet Pickled Peppers
Homemade Lemon Curd
Foodies’ dream night out
The Father of all Prawn Cocktails
Easiest bread recipe – Northern Irish Wheaten Bread
Mmm mmm macaroons
World’s Original Marmalade Awards 2013
Paddington Bear’s favourite treat – MARMALADE
Satisfying sweet cravings – the healthy way
Epic win – more new kitchen goodies
