16 January 2018

BBQ Jackfruit Lettuce Wraps

Let's celebrate veganuary with NikiBakes' quick and easy BBQ Jackfruit lettuce wraps. Gluten free too, everyone can get stuck in! It's a real crowd pleaser and you can delegate the veg chopping your family or dinner guests, result! Who said you must...

11 January 2018

Recipe for Speedy Vanilla Banana Pancakes

Speedy Vanilla Banana Pancakes anyone? Seriously, you won't believe how easy and quick they are, took 10 minutes from start to finish and they're gluten free. This recipe is reproduced by kind permission of the wonderful NikiBakes.

07 November 2017

Recipe for Sticky Ginger Cupcakes

Let's warm up with Niki Bakes easy ginger cupcakes! I love how autumnal and warming these little bites of heaven are. , fiery and oh so sweet, these cupcakes have been complete with @steenbergs organic ground ginger. Did we mention they are gluten fr...

13 October 2017

Niki’s Pumpkin and Dark Chocolate Loaf

Recipe from lovely Niki Bakes in a autumnal homage to Steenbergs Organic Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

31 May 2017

A taste of Spain: Steenbergs smoked paprika and chorizo hash, a heavenly brunch recipe

Smooth, sweet and silky, smoked paprika is truly a delight to cook with. Although paprika can be sourced from Hungary, Steenbergs source organic smoked paprika from Spain and is locally known as Pimenton. There is a distinctly smoky element but there...

27 April 2017

Steenbergs Baharat: The heart and soul of Turkish Spices and an Adana Jewelled Kofte Recipe

The next in our series of spotlighting key Steenbergs products – this time it’s the turn of our organic baharat.

27 February 2017

Rosewater the delicate and versatile kitchen staple

Welcome to a new regular series spotlighting one of the Steenbergs products. The first of these is on the Steenbergs Organic Rose Water.

17 November 2015

Delicious porridge recipe from Jo Hodson

This recipe is reproduced by kind permission of Jo Hodson from www.includingcake.com who has written an e-book on porridge that is dairy free, wheat free, vegan, egg free and sugar free.

28 October 2015

Recipe: Potatoes Dauphinoise With Long Pepper and Grains of Paradise

With the nights drawing in and the leaves turning a rusty orange colour, I had promised Sophie that I would make Potatoes Dauphinoise, one of her favourites.  This is a tasty, homely dish that is full of the richness from the cream and milk.  I prefe...

07 August 2015

Recipe For Fragrant Rose Rice Pudding or Rose Kheer

Rose Rice Pudding With Raspberries

24 June 2015

Cacao Chai Smoothie - A Quick Breakfast

This morning we made this dairy-free chocolate flavoured smoothie using almond and coconut milk.

13 June 2014

Spice Taster Panel - Ras Al Hanut and Organic Harissa with Rose

05 June 2012

Cooking With A Wonderbag

Sophie came across the Wonderbag on the radio and then The Guardian, so one arrived several weeks thereafter.  Basically, a Wonderbag is a modern and green take on the slow cooker and that you find in books as far back as Mrs Beeton’s and even like t...

25 April 2012

Dosas – Southern Indian Pancakes

My parents have recently come back from a wedding in Southern India and they have been to one of my favourite regions, Kerala.  They were blown away by the delicious food and already miss the flavours of their staple, the dosa.  At about the same tim...

17 April 2012

Pretty Little Rich Cake

It was Sophie’s birthday the other day.  We went out en famille for a Chinese meal at Sweet Basil in Kirk Hammerton.  Sophie wanted a strawberry cake, so I felt like trying something a bit old-fashioned.  Before Bird and Dr Oetker independently came...

28 March 2012

Sophie Grigson Cookery Demonstration At The Oak Tree In Helperby

On Monday 26th, we had arranged a cookery demonstration by Michael Ibbotson (who owns the acclaimed The Durham Ox); they have, also, recently taken over The Punch Bowl in Marton cum Grafton and breathed life back into it and are developing a reputati...

19 March 2012

A Better Version Of Simnel Cake Than My Last Attempt

A year or so ago I made a simnel cake, but it came out rather squat and a tad heavy. The squatness was easily remedied with a smaller baking tin, while the texture was improved through using a lighter recipe with more eggs. I have, also, used an id...

05 March 2012

Having A Crack At Making Pan Pepato

One of my favourite Christmassy things is panforte and I, also, love Nurnberger lebkuchen.  It hails from Siena which is probably my favourite city in Italy.  There really is something special about sitting out in the Piazza del Campo, looking across...