Pikelets with balsamic strawberries

Pikelets (also called drop scones or American pancakes) with balsamic strawberries – a real treat for Pancake Day

Blueberry muffins

What to do with a punnet of blueberries that otherwise might not get eaten? Make old school blueberry muffins in time for breakfast. These are so quick to make that this morning, having been woken up early by a very loud dawn chorus (ie a loud crow sitting on the window ledge) I knocked these

Easter Hot Cross Bunnies

This is based on the River Cottage Handbook No. 3 Bread recipe for hot cross buns. A gorgeous book full of workable recipes – much better in my opinion than the ‘celebrity’ bread books that are out at the moment, even though this one’s not that old either. If you want a good bread book,