Rhubarb Chocolates Test Series

Batch 1 - What we did My colleague shared an abundance of rhubarb from her garden, so I thought a Rhubarb & Custard chocolate would be a great idea. I got some fancy new chocolate moulds and this would be their initiation. I decided to use Ruby chocolate for the shell as the fruitiness support …

George’s Seeded Sour – La Brea Bakery Breads

We are running a bit behind with updating the blog. So this is actually our second recent adventure into Nancy Silverton's Breads From the La Brea Bakery. Two weeks ago we made some beautiful foccace and ciabatta bread and this time we wanted something more hearty with seeds, so we chose a two day bread …

Chaopraya Thai Cookery School

Santa brought us a voucher for one of Chaophraya's classes and we were excited for the opportunity to learn more about Thai cookery. The experience was amazing on so many levels and the advice was valuable, particularly if you're like us and can get a bit lost when trying to choose between the many varieties …

Buttermilk pancakes with maple-ginger butter and blackberries in bourbon syrup – Telegraph Food

Happy belated Pancake Day! Some of you may have seen on Instagram that we celebrated in style with these glorious stacks earlier in the week.

Steak and Chips – the Ottolenghi SIMPLE way

We made steak! And it was awesome! A proper Friday night treat at the end of our holiday week. Considering this was our second time ever cooking steak, we thought it could have easily been served to us in a decent restaurant!

Sweet Potato, Feta & Avocado Quinoa Salad – Mob Kitchen

We had one spare sweet potato and had been eyeing up this recipe for a while, so decided now was a good time to make it. The textures took some getting used to, but the flavours won in the end.

Mexican Style Stuffed Sweet Potatoes – Mob Kitchen

We wanted to put our gloriously gigantic sweet potatoes to good use, so this recipe from the Mob Kitchen cookbook sounded like a winner. Sadly, this one turned out more sickly than sweet.

The Palace Kitchen Granola – Take 2

We had to make a new batch of Granola, so based it loosely on previous recipe but added our own seeds and nuts to it.

Vegan Aromatic Cauliflower Dhansak – Mob Kitchen

This one pot wonder was a welcome warming meal on a cold and wet evening. Spiced cauliflower is a thing of beauty and we had high expectations of the this recipe.

Cinnamon and Poppy Seed Rolls

I was craving home baked dessert and ever since the Classic German Baking book, I am eager to make some traditional poppy seed cakes. However, I still need to organise a good grinder for the poppy seeds.