Vegan shortbread

Soft vegan shortbreads.

Meringue Yule log

Chocolate meringue yule log recipe – easy, delicious and also naturally gluten free

Caring for your bannetons

If you’re a keen bread baker you probably will have one or more proofing bannetons. These can actually represent quite a bit of financial outlay, if you’ve amassed a collection. The fact that they’re such useful and essential kit for a baker together with the financial investment does mean they need a little looking after.

Saving energy in the kitchen when bread and pasta making

A few simple and sensible ideas to help when cooking bread and pasta to manage energy or maximise use of your oven/hob. A quick, low energy pasta recipe included.

Daily sketch booking for positive mental health

A look at how to start keeping a daily activity to fill a sketchbook and how that can help your positive mental health

Seeded maslin loaf

My maslin loaf marries soft white white flour with wholemeal spelt. It produces a light, airy but uniform crumb with a lovely taste and texture. The addition of the seeded top gives added taste, texture and of course all the nutritional benefits that seeds can provide.

Breadstick stars

Christmas breadstick stars – based on my grissini recipe and made into cute festive star shapes

Mini panettone

Gorgeous chocolate and pistachio mini panettone (panettoncini) recipe. Full of festive flavours and surprisingly easy to make.

Drying hydrangeas

It’s so easy to dry hydrangea flower heads. They’re a beautiful, long lasting addition to home decorations.