This delicious Creamy Goat’s Cheese Tart is right up there with our favourite Summer recipes and is enjoyed by the whole family. The delicious creamy goat’s cheese and vegetable filling works really well with the homemade flaky buttery pastry. This is an easy but lovely Summer treat to share with everyone and is perfect for taking chilled on a picnic.
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Aberdeen Apple & Cheese Meat Roll
This lovely old Meat Roll recipe from Aberdeen is one of my fave picnic foods in the Summer months. As the weather gets cooler though you can also enjoy this delicious meat roll hot served with a good helping of cosy root vegetables. I have tried to create my favourite variety in this recipe for Apple and Cheese its so delicious.
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Carrot Cake Loaf
The weather has been a lot cooler this last week and we have been cooking up a variety of warming recipes. This carrot cake loaf is packed with all the flavours of the season ahead. Freshly grated carrots, moist sponge but not too oily and a good dose of cinnamon and mixed spice. The kitchen cooking smells were amazing and it counts as one of your five a day right?
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Stockan’s Scottish Oatcake Recipes
In this post you will find two delicious recipes using the NEW oatcakes from Stockan’s. I’ll be making a lovely haggis and vegetable pie with a cheesy crust and a Scottish oatcake grazing board. Both of these recipes went down well with the family and are delicious and easy to make.
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Creamy Pea Soup
This creamy Scottish Pea Soup is a lovely family recipe for the rainy Summer months. This creamy Summer’s Pea Soup is made with fresh garden peas, bacon and cream and can also be topped off with crispy bacon pieces too. Delicious served with crusty bread!
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Blackcurrant Fruit Leather Recipe
My kids love fruit leather and this blackcurrant fruit leather recipe is right up there with one of our faves! The fruit leathers make awesome picnic snacks and travel really well. They last forever (if the kids don’t eat them that is) and still hold some nutrition too.
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Upside Down Rhubarb and Almond Cake
This delicious Upside Down Rhubarb and Almond Cake is lovely and moist and is a lovely family treat in the Spring and Summer months. Stewed rhubarb tops the almond cake and a slice works really well with custard or double cream. It’s the perfect recipe for late Spring or early Summer and a lovely seasonal addition to the picnic basket.
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The Granite Smoke Chicken BBQ Recipe
Hey everyone! Looks like we are having a final blast of the lovely Summer weather this week! I’ll say yes to that! So why not try this delicious BBQ chicken recipe before the lovely weather ends. Its a delicious and easy recipe that was given to me by The Granite Smoke on Instagram.
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Simon Howie Loaded Dogs
These delicious loaded BBQ hot dogs are perfect for feeding the family throughout the Summer months and are perfect to squeeze into a wee BBQ before we head into the colder weather. There are three ideas for the loaded dogs below but you can mix and match your favourite ingredients to create your own combination.
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Baked Crab & Lobster Salad – Ethical Shellfish Company
We loved cooking up these delicious recipes using a freshly caught Scottish crab and lobster from The Ethical Shellfish company who dive fish around the Mull area in Scotland. Their ethos is simple but beautiful – “We will pick the apples without trampling the flowers beneath”.
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