An Edible Voyage

February 2021 Approaching Shrove Tuesday, I was discussing all things pancakes with a friend, and it got me thinking  - they're so quick, easy and tasty, why do I only make them on 'pancake day'?!  Around the same time, another friend sent me a recipe for some pancakes she had made.  I say recipe, more a sentence.  They sounded so good and genuinely nutritious that I had to make them for breakfast the very next day.  Simply half a banana, 1 tbsp of flax or chia seeds and 1 egg blended with a stick blender/ food processor/ Nutribullet, spooned in to 3 dollops in a hot pan and flipped when browned.  I did mine as thick dollops so that the inside stayed a little gooey, whilst the outside crisped up, but my friend had just as much success with thinner ones.  Then let your imagination run wild with topping options.  I went for Ippolito orange (my current obsession) and stem ginger, or be a bit naughty with caramel and sliced banana.  It felt like ...

March 2020 Afternoon tea always feels so decadent  but they can be quite samey.  I jazzed mine up with some exotic flavours.   'Sandwiches' of Red Leicester and Lincolnshire Poacher with home pickled rhubarb adding a crunch and cutting through the richness off the cheese, on deliciously chewy Yorkshire Levain bread.  Scones with sweet and spicy pineapple and pink peppercorn jam, kefir lime to freshen it up, and coconut cream for that luxurious creaminess.  Light, zingy and gluten free pistachio, rosemary and almond polenta cake with orange and thyme syrup, offset by malty assam tea.  The sparkle of prosecco bubbles fizzing on the tongue...