Gluten-free, Vegan Bakewell tart (an almost daring bake-session)

So while waiting to see when I officially am dubbed a Daring Baker, I figured I would give the Bakewell Tart a go anyhow.

Bakewell Tart is one of those curiously British desserts, that is called something it isn’t quite.  For more on the history of the Bakewell Tart, go and visit Jasmine at Confessions of a [...]

Sticky Toffee pudding

This post is a few days after the fact, but it was so tasty I wanted to highlight it.

We were invited to friends in honour of St. David’s day, with a Welsh-themed menu, and so I began searching for Welsh style desserts.  Well, there were a lot of suet-based puddings, which I felt were a bit [...]

Playing with lunch AND dessert!

So I couldn’t decide whether to talk about chocolate pudding or quick lunch, so will give you a pic of both!

The other day, I had a hankering for something filling and satisfying like a donburi, but didn’t have any of the conventional ingredients for making beef/chicken/pork or even tofu.  We did, however, have some leftover turkey [...]

More snow! more comfort food

The snow here continues, so…

plus plus equals

Bread pudding made [...]

Comfort food dinner

Still snowing, so decided to make chicken pot pie:  Comfort food on a snowy day!  The recipe is a basic one, basically chicken and vegetables in a veloute sauce, enriched with a bit of cream… and some vermouth.  I have been using Noilly Pratt the last month or so, as I had some in the liquor [...]