Sourdough Buttermilk Gingerbread Pancakes (Gluten-Free)

Now that I have a gluten-fee sourdough starter I have to use it!  These pancakes are easy and delicious.  I don’t always make them gingerbread flavoured.  If you leave out all the spices, dried fruit and all but 2 Tablespoons of the sugar you will have delicious plain sourdough buttermilk pancakes.  I like to eat…

Chia Seed Pudding with Figs and Blackberries

Chia seeds are weird.  If you add nut milk to them and let them sit overnight, they make an amazing pudding that is a little bit like tapioca.  They have almost no flavour, so you can add extracts or seasonings to make any kind of pudding that you fancy.  They are supposed to be really,…

Buckwheat Pancakes with Sorghum Syrup (Gluten-free)

My grandpa used to make buckwheat pancakes.  He would serve them up slathered with butter and Blackstrap Molasses and say “That’ll stick to your ribs”.  My grandfather delighted in having grandchildren to fatten up.  I have asked around, and no one in my family seems to know exactly how grandpa made his buckwheat pancakes, so…

Picadillo Omelet with a salad

I used to order this for “lunch” at a Cuban cafe near a school that I worked at.  I was teaching kindergarteners, so my “lunch” break came before 11 AM.  I ordered this omelet and two cafe con leche every Tuesday.  It was similar to my Huevos Rancheros addiction, which I fed at a cafe…

Masala Spiced Orange Curd

I recently made Meyer Lemon Curd for the first time using a recipe from the very inspiring blog Food in Jars.  It was easy and delicious and I decided that I would make the Creamy Orange Cardamom Curd next time.  When I finally got around to looking more closely at the Orange Cardamom Curd recipe,…

Meyer Lemon Curd

Lemon curd is a creamy, tangy, sweet spread for scones or biscuits.  You can also use it to fill tarts and pies or in between the layers of a cake.  You can also stir it into yogurt.

Fennel-Scented Sweet Flaky Bread (Meetha Paratha)

I first tried making this delicious flat bread at my friend Meta’s house. At the last moment we realized that her brown wheat flour was no good, so we gave it a go using a mixture of buckwheat and pea flour. They turned out yummy, but this bread is much easier to make with wheat…