Create with your hands
Create with your hands
Your daily bread should be nourishing and delicious, it should be wholesome and exciting, but most of all, easy and fun to make. The way I cook from scratch food, it’s easy and quick because as much as I love cooking, I don’t want to be cooking all day.
I love the moment you hold your produce in your hands and imagine all the dishes you can create from it. If you’ve been cooking from scratch food for long enough, you develop a sixth sense for knowing when something is ready. I often find myself already walking towards the oven right before the bell goes off without even realising. I’ve always relied heavily on my instinct while cooking, that is until my husband got interested in learning how to cook. He preferred to have detailed recipes, so I started to write down all the recipes for my dishes. Those same recipes I now want to share with more people.
So let’s create some delicious food together.
I love a good hearty warming root vegetable soup, after having worked in the garden on a chilly autumn afternoon. There is nothing better than coming inside to a delicious and warming soup. Filled with a wide array of hearty winter root vegetables, it is a delicious and no-fuss recipe, sure to be a favourite.
I love a good old-fashioned chicken pie. Especially this chicken and leek pie that is so easy to make and lusciously creamy. And as an added bonus, you can use up that sourdough discard with this recipe’s pie crust.
Oats and honey are such wholesome foods and make the perfect base for a delicious and healthy-ish cookie. And what’s more, they are super simple to make. These hearty chewy delicious oat and honey cookies are perfect for a quick snack or with your cuppa tea.
Why would you want to start cooking from scratch in a world where everyone is used to eating premade processed foods? Here are 10 reasons why I think you might want to start cooking from scratch a bit more. Everything from tastier and healthier food to improving your mental health in the process.
We love eating pasta at our house. Or more accurately, we love freshly homemade egg pasta. The flavour and texture are amazing, and nothing beats that sense of accomplishment that you get from turning flour and eggs into a meal. So why not try it?
Delicious and healthy yoghurt, with its gut-healthy probiotics, is perfect for any time of the day. Whether you like it for breakfast with some muesli and fruit mixed in, or you prefer to eat it as a dessert with some honey drizzled over. No matter how you eat your yoghurt, it is delicious, and when made yourself, it is incredibly healthy too.
Wooden spoons and chopping boards are wonderful to work with and can give your kitchen that true farm feel. But if you don’t take care of them, they can lose their shine and even crack. So to prevent that, we want to take good care of our wooden utensils. And a good way to take really good care of them is by using spoon butter.
Ever thought of brewing your own beer or wine? Or maybe you know someone who homebrews? Ever wondered why brewing your own drinks might be better than buying a bottle at the store? Here are 9 reasons why I and thousands of other love homebrewing, and you might too.
Rustic wholemeal biscuits, crunchy and crumbly with a hint of caramel. These biscuits are made with wholewheat for a wholesome biscuit that you can enjoy with a cup of iced tea while sitting in the summer sunshine. Although, they would serve just as well during the cold days of winter while you sit in front of the fire with a hot cup of cocoa.
I love cast iron pans and have several of these pans in my cupboard. They are gorgeous and super tough, which makes sure that they will make perfect heirlooms. But what makes them so great actually?