Focaccia with Black Olives, Artichokes, Red Onions & Rosemary made for September baking . With an easy recipe like this, making focaccia is easy. Once you’ve a good recipe, add what you want to the top and make it good with every meal.
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My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?
When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).
What is this all about? Great question. This site is about real cooking and baking, real recipes and real mistakes.
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There are many things that get under my bonnet and wiggle around, one of those is food waste. If i buy ingredients specifically for a recipe, and i only need a small amount of the ingredients, i want to be able to use the rest up and not have to throw them away. My mum used to say , “Waste not Want not” is that still a saying ?
For me, waste is not just about using up all the ingredients. What about leftover food? If i’m able , i hope to give ideas as to how to use up any leftovers too.
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Focaccia with Black Olives, Artichokes, Red Onions & Rosemary made for September baking . With an easy recipe like this, making focaccia is easy. Once you’ve a good recipe, add what you want to the top and make it good with every meal.
This roasted cauliflower is perfect to eat hot or cold, so don’t be afraid to buy yourself a bigger cauliflower than you would normally need for the meal and enjoy it in lots of ways for the next day’s meal.
I couldn’t resist using Linda Bloomfieds manufactured plate, in very subtle green, to serve it on. It looks so pretty with the sauce running over the plate. I did have to resist having a finger dip :) If you want to see more of her amazing pretty ceramics, go over and have a browse.
Millionaires Chocolate Pots with Toasted Hazelnuts. Chocolate, caramel and toasted hazelnuts, a difficult combination for me to just walk passed and these little pots are so good i can never eat just one, so i have been known to hide an extra one (or two) ready to sneak off to eat them alone, in a quiet room whilst watching something on a box set.
Hazelnut & Herb Crusted Rack of Lamb with White Bean Cassoulet. I love lamb almost as much as i love chicken yet for some reason i eat far less of it. I suspect its because it’s a red meat and i’m trying to keep the lovely Mr G healthy, or it may just be that it’s not as cheap as chicken is.
Rhubarb, Pistachio & Honey Galette with Orange & Gin Gluten Free Pastry. If you start to make this pastry, you’ll soon find out that not only is it really easy, but it’s also a vessel for lots of different flavoured gins. Think Gin and you can think about using the flavoured gin to enhance whats inside your pastry.
Honey & Vanilla Madeleines.
What i like most about these little mouthfuls of joy, is how easy they’re to make. This has two main advantages. So easy to make that i end up making them very often to eat, but also my go to recipe for edible gifts.