Recipes

Deliciously creamy broccoli and wasabi soup — I was reading a blog this morning which claimed that broccoli is boring. I was outraged. I love broccoli. I realised that I miss broccoli. Normally I would fry or steam it with some garlic but today I tried my hand at a soup. I’m not normally […]

Broc-cauli and Wasabi Soup

3-ingredient gluten free cookies! — I call these ‘magic cookies’. Not because they are the best cookies I’ve ever had (they’re not), but because of my amazement that you can make biscuits without any flour or butter! They are gluten and dairy free but more importantly they can be made using three simple and […]

Peanut cookies

You won't believe how easy English muffins are! — To me, an English muffin means Eggs Benedict. (Or rather it used to mean Eggs Royale and these days it means Eggs Florentine). Like the fiddly hollandaise, it is reserved for a weekend brunch at a fancy cafe. I don’t cook anything more complicated than a pancake before at least […]

English muffins

Orange and Polenta cake — Oranges are versatile. A glass of chilled orange juice is refreshing on a hot day and no jug of Pimms is complete without a few slices. But oranges also conjure up the smell of mulled wine on the stove, the memories of clasping a Christingle in my hands (and secretly […]

Orange and Polenta Cake (gluten-free!)

Tibetan Bread — Every morning during our stay in Pokhara, I woke up in our cosy guesthouse, pulled on my only jumper and pottered down to the reception-come-family home to order our breakfast. Ten minutes later, a knock on our door announced the arrival of a friendly Nepali man, complete with our […]

Inspired by Nepal: Tibetan Bread

Simple but delicious recipe for Cardamon Shortbread — A very sophisticated biscuit Because I have no oven and because homemade biscuits are five trillion times better than shop bought biccies, I made these in a saucepan. This is not the most efficient way to make biscuits and there is really no reason to do it if […]

Cardamon Shortbread

Masala Chai — As a general rule, I drink tea and coffee black and I never ever take sugar. In the course of falling in love with Nepal however, I drank gallons of this sweet milky goodness. Back in sweaty Thailand, it’s now rainy season and as the temperature is dropping, […]

Inspired by Nepal: Masala Chai

No-bake Mango Crumble recipe — Every week, our office celebrates ‘Pudding Wednesday’. We take turns to provide some kind of treat to enjoy at lunch. There are have been many delicious offerings from ice cream, to cheese, to cakes from the many bakeries in Nakhon Sawan, but I’ve been inviting my colleagues to sample whatever strange things I have […]

No-bake Mango Crumble

Iced lemon tea — Iced Lemon Tea (or Cha Manao as the Thais call it) is the perfect way to cool down on a hot day, and man are the days hot over here! And when I say lemon, what I mean is lime. We only have limes here but they call […]

Iced Lemon Tea or Cha Manao

Super simple no-bake treats — Fridge cake is a mummy M classic. Along with flapjacks and welsh cakes, it is a staple in the cake tin and hers is usually packed with raisins and cherries, with a little splash of brandy. The great thing about fridge cake is that you can just chuck […]

Fudging Fridge Cake

Simple no-bake flapjack recipe! — Ahh the humble flapjack. So often overlooked in favour over a double choc cookie but a brilliant companion to a good cuppa. I have always been a fan, perhaps because my mum has such a good recipe for them. These a not buttery baked flapjacks with a crunchy top. If […]

No-bake Flapjack

Vegan rice pudding recipe — This should really be ‘coconut rice pudding with rum soaked raisins’ but that didn’t sound so catchy! I like coconut. I like it shaved, desiccated, as coconut water, in a bounty… but most of all I love coconut milk. And there’s loads of it here in Thailand. […]

Rum ‘n’ Raisin Rice Pudding