Matcha came into my life about a year ago and I’ve been making up for lost time ever since. If you haven’t had a chance to peruse our blog to your hearts content, take a look at my matcha cacao swirl tarts, matcha milkshake, matcha latte and matcha pea soup and you’ll start to see what I mean. For those not in the know, matcha is powdered green tea leaves, which means that in terms of antioxidants it’s way more powerful than just a cup of green tea as you’re consuming the actual leaves, not just steeping them in hot water. It’s certainly an acquired taste, but one that I have very much acquired and really love. Continue reading
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Almond and raspberry thumbprint cookies
Sometimes when I’m creating recipes they evolve as they go along; these cookies began life with every intention of coming out looking like Jammy Dodgers (one of my fave childhood biscuits) but as you can see they didn’t quite get there. Well the first batch did – I spent ages painstakingly shaping them and cutting out hearts in the middle with tiny cookie cutters and I’ll be the first to admit that for all the faff they did look fab, but boy did they take forever. And that’s not what we’re about here at D&H; gourmet pastry chefs we certainly are not. We like easy, quick and simple recipes that taste delicious and don’t contain millions of ingredients. Continue reading
Tandoori cauliflower with onion, spinach and peas
I never used to be bothered about cauliflower. It always seemed to me to be a bit bland and boring (maybe because of its colour) and we didn’t have lots of it growing up apart from cauliflower cheese which I hate, so I’d never really warmed to it until fairly recently. When Mr H and I visited India a couple of years ago we wanted to eat as authentically as possible which meant that our diet consisted mainly of the most amazing vegetable curries for breakfast, lunch and dinner, served with freshly baked breads or rice. Cauliflower seemed to feature heavily in a lot of the dishes we tried (and loved) and I can totally see why; it’s like a blank canvas and works so well with all different kinds of spices. Our friends in India have definitely worked out how to get the most out of their cauliflowers, that’s for sure. Continue reading
Chai, coconut and raspberry porridge slices
I’m a total porridge addict, and Mr H and I always try to sit down together in the mornings at our breakfast bar to enjoy a bowl each of the stuff. It’s such a lovely ritual as it means we get a little bit of quality time first thing just to sit and chat before the craziness of our days begins.
But of course sometimes there are the days where it doesn’t quite work out – he goes for an early morning Crossfit session, I’ve got somewhere to be first thing, we oversleep (oops) – in which case sadly we have to forego our little tradition. But luckily we don’t have to forego our porridge as thanks to this scrumptious recipe what we normally enjoy in a bowl we can enjoy just as much in a (much more portable) square. Phew! Continue reading
Chocolate chia parfait
I’m a big fan of chia pudding (looks like dessert, tastes like dessert but is totally acceptable to eat for breakfast) so when they lovely people at Sevenhills Organic sent me some of their amazing organic chia seeds and cacao powder I wanted to create something super special and super delicious using them both. Continue reading
Three ingredient chocolate kiwi pops
I never quite know what to do with kiwis – I like them, but haven’t yet attempted to put them in a smoothie, or do any sort of baking with them. I guess it’s possible, so am going to add it to my list as I don’t want to have a gaping kiwi-sized hole in my smoothie/dessert recipe repertoire, I just need to have a little think about what to make with them. Continue reading
Thai green curry
Thai food is one of my favourite cuisines as it’s just so full of flavour and many typical dishes use coconut milk (and not cream or yogurt) to give them a creamy texture, which is a big tick in my book!
I’m partial to a Thai green curry when we go to our local Thai restaurant, but this isn’t super often (I much prefer cooking at home to eating out, and so does our bank balance I suppose) so I’ve been busy creating my own version which is just as yummy but lots healthier as its packed with loads of colourful veggies (and uses hardly any oil). That’s the other thing I find about eating out – most restaurants seem to make their food really oily which is weird as you’d never add that much oil to your food in your own kitchen so why do restaurant kitchens have to be any different? Who knows. Continue reading
Seven ingredient milk chocolate hobnobs
When I was little my brother and I used to have the loveliest Czech babysitter. As all little people do, we loved convincing adults to tell us swear words in different languages so that we could use them in the school playground or wherever without getting told off, so anyone who spoke a foreign language was a valuable resource to us. Our babysitter didn’t mind indulging us in our favourite pastime (anything to keep us occupied while our parents were out) so she taught us a couple of words. One such word was ‘hovno’ which is apparently Czech for ‘shit’, but the way she said it it sounded like ‘hobnob’ which to us was hilarious and of course it stuck. Continue reading
Three ingredient coconut berry ice lollies
Don’t think me a fraud for calling this a ‘recipe’ as I’m under no illusions that these lollies are potentially the easiest things to make ever! I just thought that they a) look so pretty and b) taste so yummy that I had to share them on the blog with you guys!
I’m a massive fan of coconut water – it’s hydrating, delicious and full of fabulous electrolytes, which makes it one of my favourite drinks right now. I love putting it in my morning smoothies, but recently the weather’s been so lovely I dug out my ice lolly moulds and have been enjoying coconut water lollies pretty much daily. They’re an amazing guilt free snack or dessert, especially if you’re feeling like you need something cooling and refreshing. Continue reading
Chocolate fondants
I know what you’re thinking – HOW on earth can the chocolatey piece of heaven pictured above be healthy!? Well I don’t blame you, I can’t quite believe it myself to be honest! And trust me, this dessert isn’t just something that LOOKS unhealthy but tastes as if someone’s replaced sugar with spinach and chocolate with carrots, it doesn’t taste remotely healthy either! In fact it tastes downright indulgent and my ever-willing taste testers proclaimed that they actually wouldn’t have realised that what they were eating was totally guilt-free had I not told them beforehand. Continue reading
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