Avocado on Toast

Guess the vibe from the previous post was the excellent quality of the pita used as pizza bases. Similarly, an … More

Majestic Cake 1.0

A visit to Monarch Cakes motivated the development of this recipe. It is an attempt at replicating the yeasted, chocolate-marbled … More

Cold porridge is a Scottish tradition but prefer something a little less spartan for breakfast, such as Bircher muesli or … More

Slight tweak to the holiday favourite Banana and Oat Breakfast Cake. Combine 2 mugs of self raising flour with three … More

Simple adaptation of the bake-up-early pikelet recipe from the guardian to use left over sourdough starter. Measured 300g water into the … More

Hard to pass the window of Fatto a Mano without stopping to look for today’s surprise. The odd combination of … More

Cooler weather and crumpets go hand-in-hand. Have made the Gary Rhodes version before, but was attracted to the idea of … More

Felt a twinge of sympathy for grim, tepid, sliced white toast providers while browsing Lepard’s How-to-bake series, but notched up another win … More

Travelling this week, so using the blog to keep track of ideas for simple meals that were good (as opposed … More