All posts tagged: Poppy Seeds

Gluten Free Courgette Cake with Lemon Poppyseed Icing

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Gluten Free Courgette (and Stripy Beetroot) Cake with Lemon Poppyseed Icing  This is a gorgeous recipe I have been meaning to share with you for quite some time now! Its been sat in my drafts folder, but now is the time to share. So if your home-grown courgettes and zucchini’s need a suitable recipe to be incorporated into, look no further. This rustic country courgette cake, can be made with either gluten free or regular flour, perfect for baking for yourself, or for a friend with intolerances.  I baked this cake with a fellow photographer friend of mine after having a glut of courgettes in the garden (she took the shots of me baking – rather handy!) When I bake, this is the typical kind of cake I bake – quick, rustic but full of flavour. I grow most of the vegetables for me and my husband, so courgette or beetroot cakes are a regular delight. Adding courgette to a cake ensures it is moist, and you can therefore do without some of the butter. I …

Fig and Honey Yoghurt with Poppy Seeds and a Taste of Portugal

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  I am back from a most wonderful time in Portugal. The weather was magnificent, gifting us with pleasant warm breezes and cloud free skys. It wasn’t easy adjusting back to the autumn weather up here in the more northern latitudes of Scotland, but I can comfort myself with the knowledge, that under this thick fisherman’s sweater, I do indeed have a tan! The best thing about taking a trip away, for me, is forgetting all the everyday tasks of home life and work, and allowing yourself to fall into a new more relaxed routine. Our routine whilst away, was to be woken up at dawn by the local cockerel, make our sleepy way to the balcony and watch the sunrise over freshly made coffee. When I’m on holiday, breakfasts are my favorite meal, they are a chance to sample the county’s freshest produce, usually in a way which requires little preparation or cooking, and usually in its most simple of forms. I spent lost of time traipsing through local vegetable markets, and filling my …