Halloween feast

Halloween feast - witches finger nails (roasted pumpkin seeds) and eyeballs (mozarella, roasted red pepper and olives) - bats nests with slime (onion bhajis with yogurt dip) - vampire steaks with dragon poo, maggots and insect eggs, swamp and spooky fingers (roasted steak, spicy baked potatoes, rice & lentils, pumpkin and calvolonero curried casserole, cajun sweet potato chips) - but we were all too greedy - so sadly no pics until - blood cake (lemon drizzle - but with thick raspberry couli/icing)

Cake of the week: Cranberry and green tea loaf

delicious and good for you - no fat, cranberries and the anti-oxidants of green tea.

British baking week: day 7: apricot and cherry crumble

Sunday dinner - roast pork with loads of veg - and then the crumble.

Cottage pie and cabbage

Saturday night's tea - by special request.  Tasted better than it looked! Soya beans in the cottage pie were a nice addition.

National Baking Day: Day 6: Sundried tomato and parmesan scones

Delicious!  They could easily have some chopped olives mixed through too.

British baking week: day 5: Lemon drizzle cake

I have made a number of drizzle cakes over the years - this one includes some ground almonds - and icing sugar rather than caster in the "drizzle" - but it looks moist (if not gooey) and I am looking forward to a slice tomorrow with a cup of tea.  Not indulging tonight as I had a toasted teacake (see day 3) and some apple cake from my firend at work already today - oh, yes and had to try a mince pie (OK, but need to make my own mince meat, was a bit bland and gritty) - pastry crumbly, but not as silky as previous batches.

Baking week: day 4: mince pies

Mince pies should NOT be around before December.  I have been pressured into baking these.... I have no backbone!  I used semolina flour instead of 00 flour, so am expecting a rich and very crumbly crust... but these have been swiped for distribution... so I'll have to wait for the next batch.

teacake with jam.... toasted on aga

National Baking Week: Day 3: teacakes

Yes - from scratch - the most packaged ingredient was dried yeast.  Have had one fresh with butter - which was yum - but re-toasted and dripping  with butter or other embellishment, will hopefully be even more heavenly :)

turkey chili

turkey breast zizzed to a pulp - added to veg and chili paste (onion, garlic, carrot, celery, garlic green pepper... ) - herbs and spices you like (eg - cumin, paprika) also zizzed - the usual softening and browning - add tomatoes and seasoning (stock cube, Lea & perrins, mushmroom or other ketchup.. etc to taste) - tin toms - later add tin of kidney beans and / or chick peas/ borlotti etc