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Homemade Banana & Peanut Butter Dog Biscuits

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…

Teacup-and-Scone-Recipe

Scones & Strawberries

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…

Guest post: Social Pantry’s Pear, Honey & Pistachio Loaf Cake

Here is a delicious recipe from our friends over at Social Pantry. Social Pantry’s Pear, Honey & Pistachio Loaf Cake Recipe INGREDIENTS 250g unsalted butter (2 tbsp of which is for the pears) 4 peeled and chopped pears 300g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 large eggs 340g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 70ml milk 170g honey 50g green pistachios METHOD 1. Pre heat your oven to 180C/160C Fan. 2. Add your chopped pears and 2 tbsp butter into a small saucepan and soften over a gentle heat, allowing the pieces to caramelise. This should take around…

Perfect Pavlovas in 3 tasty ways

  With their delicate, crispy outside and marshmallowy centre, pavlovas are our go-to party pudding. Once you have mastered the technique of making a good meringue, you can have fun experimenting with different toppings. In this blog post we share some meringue recipe tips, and then make three of our favourite toppings for you to try.   INGREDIENTS (serves 6)  MERINGUES 175g caster sugar 3 large egg whites  Preheat the oven to 140ºC / Fan 120ºC / gas mark 1. Crack the egg whites into a large, clean bowl and whisk until stiff. Two points to note here: firstly you…

Guest Post: Cupsmith, making Wildflower Seedballs

Here is a lovely wildlife blog from our friends at Cupsmith.  Our favourite tea, coffee and hot chocolate makers.  Spot the T&P product placement! As we continue with our upwilding project at Cupsmith HQ – to attract and support more wildlife – we’ve turned our attention to our scraggedy-raggedy fields. Luckily, my niece is a qualified ecologist and specialises in British wildlife so she has been our constant source of knowledge and above all enthusiasm. When I bemoaned our scruffy, sadly-ignored fields (running Cupsmith is all-consuming as you can imagine) she immediately said that far from being scruffy wasteland, they’re…

Thornback & Peel Blackbird & Bramble

Pancakes with blackberry compote

Few late summer activities are as typically British as foraging for blackberries in hedgerows. And every year, towards the end of August, many of us enjoy hunting for these plump, jewel-like berries. In this blog post, we share a simple brunch recipe where blackberries are definitely the star of the show. INGREDIENTS Pancakes (makes 8): 200g self-raising flour 1 tsp baking powder Pinch of salt 1 egg 300ml milk Sunflower oil or butter for cooking Compote: 200g blackberries 2 tbsp honey splash of water Honey & extra blackberries to serve Start by making your compote. It will sit happily on…

Thornback & Peel Chicken and Carnation

Pick Your Own Flowers

Having planned a relaxed, outdoor supper party at the weekend, I wanted to decorate the table with flowers and candles. Armed with my Chicken & Carnation tote bag and favourite scissors, I headed to my local ‘Pick Your Own’ farm in search of some brightly coloured blooms. ‘Garsons’ in Esher has been a firm favourite day-trip of mine for many years, and I feel very lucky to live so close to this gem. Their PYO fields are an absolute joy to visit and the variety of produce available to pick is just incredible. The availability of crops changes regularly of…