AN EASTER EXPLOSION!

4 April 20234 April 2023 Categories: Friends & Family · Kitchen & CooksTags: Cabbage · easter · easter eggs · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · Recipe · Recipes · spring entertaining · spring recipe · tray · traysLeave a comment

We set our clever friends @youmothersupper an Easter challenge to fill one of our Rabbit & Cabbage trays with something delicious and THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT! ⁠Look at those halved creme eggs. Yum!⁠Here is their recipe for this fun creation. We think it would be great to make with the kids over the holidays. ⁠ INGREDIENTS FOR THE CAKE 50g good-quality cacao powder 200g softened salted butter 200g golden caster sugar 4 eggs 200g self raising flour 1tsp baking powder 1 tbsp whole milk 1 tsp vanilla essence  INGREDIENTS FOR DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE TOPPING 150 g icing sugar 50 g butter…

BUNNY EARS NAPKINS

28 March 202328 March 2023 Categories: Friends & Family · Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: bunny · easter table · Napkins · Rabbit · Rabbit & Cabbage · Table linen · table setting · tablewareLeave a comment

A sweet, fun and easy way to add a touch of whimsy to your table. MATERIALS TO GATHER TOGETHER… Rabbit & Cabbage napkins twine or ribbon Chocolate foiled eggs or hard boiled eggs MAKING THE BUNNY EARS Position the napkin on the diagonal – so it looks like a diamond. Fold the bottom point of the napkin up to the top point to make a triangle. Starting with the bottom point, roll up the napkin from the bottom to the top…until the napkin looks like this. Bend the napkin in half. Make sure the ears are the same size. Nestle…

TIME TO GET WRAPPING

13 December 202215 December 2022 Categories: Christmas · History & Making · Interiors & Designs · Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: Christmas · furoshiki · tea towelsLeave a comment

Elevate your gifting this season and wrap up something lovely in one of our beautiful tea towels. Click HERE for a ‘how to’ reel. Choose your wrap from our collection of joyful tea towels This Christmas we have been trying out new ways to wrap our presents. We have heard a lot about the Japanese wrapping and tying method of furoshiki and wanted to have a go. A furoshiki wrapping cloth is a single rectangular or square piece of fabric (in our case a tea towel). The wrap was originally referred to as tsutsumi and has gone through several transformations over the…

Homemade Banana & Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits

12 May 202212 May 2022 Categories: Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: biscuits · daisy · dog · pup · puppy · Recipe · Recipes · thornback and peel · TreatsLeave a comment

A lovely, easy to make treat for your dog. Super simple with only three ingredients. Get their tails wagging with this vegan and gluten free recipe – it is pawfect for those pups with a more sensitive tum. Ingredients: 1 cup of buckwheat flour (delicate tummy) 1 very ripe banana 2-3 tablespoons of natural peanut butter. Method: Mash the ripe banana and then mix all the ingredients together in a bowl Add a few tablespoons of water if the dough is too dry or flour if too wet. Dust your surface or chopping board and bring the dough together, rolling…

Mini Egg Blondies

22 March 202222 March 2022 Categories: Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: blondie · CAKE · easter eggs · easterbake · mini egg · teacupLeave a comment

These mini egg blondies are a fun and easy recipe to make with children for Easter. They have a delicious fudgy richness. Ingredients 250g/9oz cold unsalted butter, cut into 6–8 pieces 150g/5½oz light soft brown sugar 125g/4½oz caster sugar 2 large free-range eggs 1½ tsp vanilla extract a pinch of sea salt 300g/10½oz plain flour 225g/8oz sugar-coated mini chocolate eggs Method Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Grease and line your cake tin with baking paper. Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium–low heat. Stir in both sugars and cook for 1–2 minutes, or until the mixture…

Pink Fizz Mocktail

15 March 202222 March 2022 Categories: Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: grapefruit · Jelly & Cake · mocktail · mothers day · oilcloth · PINK · summer drinksLeave a comment

This bubbly pink grapefruit fizz is delicious. It’s tangy and fizzy and fresh. A lovely (and easy to make) treat for your Mum on Mother’s Day. Ingredients 1.5 cups of sugar 1.5 cup of ruby red grapefruit juice 1.25 litres of chilled soda water A bunch of fresh, soft, thyme 1 ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sliced Ice cubes to serve Step 1Combine sugar and 1.5 cups cold water in a saucepan. Dissolve the sugar in the water over a medium heat – this should take about 5 minutes. Add the grapefruit juice. Stir it up. Step 2Transfer the beautiful pink mixture to…

Delicious (and easy) Mince Pies

18 November 202118 November 2021 Categories: Christmas · Friends & Family · Kitchen & CooksTags: Mince Pies · mincemeat · Robin · robin & holly · robin and hollyLeave a comment

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without homemade mince pies. This, however, is a proper cheats version. You can of course make your own mincemeat, but for speed and simplicity we use shop bought with a few extras to stir through to make the flavours sing. Ingredients unsalted butter , for greasing 375 g ready rolled shortcrust pastry plain flour , for dusting 200 g quality mincemeat 1 splash of brandy ½ an eating apple 2 balls of stem ginger 50 g dried apricots 75 g dried cranberries 1-2 pinches of mixed spice 1 large free-range egg 1 tablespoon semi-skimmed milk icing…

Iced Snowflake & Star Biscuits

18 November 202118 November 2021 Categories: Christmas · Friends & Family · Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: iced biscuits · iced cookie · kitchen linens · kitchen textiles · Kitchenware · kitchenwares · Recipe · Recipes · winter rabbitLeave a comment

Transform your kitchen into a Winter Wonderland. Bake a flurry of snowflake biscuits for a tasty Christmas gift. They’re great to make and decorate with kids, too. Ingredients 200g unsalted butter , softened 200g golden caster sugar 1 large egg ½ tsp vanilla extract 400g plain flour , plus extra 500g pack ready-to-roll fondant icing honey , for sticking you will also need snowflake and star cookie cutters Method Heat your oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line a baking sheet with baking parchment. Put the butter in a bowl and beat it with electric beaters until soft and creamy. Beat in the sugar, then the egg and vanilla, and…

Pumpkin, Rosemary & Ginger Soup Recipe

1 October 20211 October 2021 Categories: Kitchen & CooksTags: autumn · halloween soup · oak · oak leaf · pumpkin rosemary and ginger soup recipe · pumpkin soup recipe · soup recipe · stag · Stag & Oak · winter soup recipeLeave a comment

The nights are drawing in, there’s a definite autumnal chill in the air, and Halloween is just round the corner. So what better way to celebrate this time of year than with a hearty bowl of pumpkin soup? The addition of the rosemary and the ginger add a lovely fresh zing to this recipe. Ingredients 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 1 large brown onion 5 cm piece of fresh ginger 2 cloves of garlic 3 sprigs of rosemary 1kg pumpkin or squash 4 large carrots 1 litre of vegetable stock 2 litres of water A handful of pumpkin seeds…

Halloumi & Caper Salad in an English Country Garden

12 August 202112 August 2021 Categories: Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedLeave a comment

This is a lovely recipe Thornback has borrowed and tweaked a little from Delia’s (Smith not Peel) Summer Collection. It is easy and delicious, we have styled it in an English Country garden but if you can eat it outside, in the sunshine, the caper and halloumi tang will take you to the Aegean. INGREDIENTS – Serves 2 1 Halloumi Cheese 2 tbsps well-seasoned flour 2 tbsps olive oil FOR THE DRESSING Juice and zest of one lemon 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 heaped tbsp capers 1 clove of garlic – finely chopped I heaped tsp grainy mustard 1…