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…

Flowers for Mother’s Day

15 March 202221 March 2022 Categories: UncategorisedLeave a comment

A bunch of flowers can make a Mum very happy, but it is also lovely to receive something which lasts a little longer, a bunch you can continue to grow. Wrapping her favourite bulbs in newspaper or, better still, your own hand painted wrapping paper is a sweet way to make your bunch feel a bit more homemade.  In these pics we have wrapped white hyacinths in some chopped up squares of the FT newspaper – we like it because it is pink and the bundle is tied it with stripy butchers string or a ribbon. Mother’s Day is 27th…

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…

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…

Scones & Strawberries

16 July 202119 July 2021 Categories: Kitchen & Cooks · UncategorisedTags: maryberry · Napkins · ovengloves · Recipe · scone · strawberry · tea trays · teacup · thornback & peel · thornback and peel · thornbackandpeelLeave a comment

SERVING UP SUMMER The Strawberry season is in full swing and if like us, you’ve come back from the PYO laden with punnets and wondering what to do with them, here is a simple and delicious Mary Berry scone recipe to make over the weekend. INGREDIENTS 450g Self-raising flour 2 tsp Baking Powder 50g Caster Sugar 100g Butter 2 Free-range eggs A little milk METHOD Preheat the oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas 7. Lightly grease two baking trays. Put the flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl. Add the butter and rub in with your fingertips until the mixture…

Summer Starter: Minty Pea Salad with Mozzarella

13 July 20182 August 2018 Categories: UncategorisedTags: garden · mozzerella · pea · Pea Pod · pea salad · salad · summer salad · thornback and peelLeave a comment

Pea season is here! And what better way to embrace it than with a delicious, fresh, crisp salad? This simple pea salad recipe can be served as a lovely light starter, or as an accompaniment to barbecued meat or fish. The salad itself is so delicate and is brought to life with the addition of a vibrant minty dressing. INGREDIENTS   DRESSING: 150g Greek yogurt 45g Pea shoots Handful of mint leaves Half a teaspoon of olive oil Juice of half a lemon   SALAD: 100g Pea shoots 100g Fresh peas (shelled weight) 2 Handfuls of mint leaves 250g Mozarella…