Sharabelle bakes

I'm happily sitting here with a cup of peppermint tea, and a tasty marmalade flapjack.  It seems to be a theme with me lately, buying products and not liking the taste.  The last time it was Peanut butter, this time. Product review   Morrisons Thick Cut Marmalade I always have marmalade on rice cakes along with my breakfast in the morning.  I'm very particular about the type of marmalade I like.  I love the kind with Peel in it. It also must have a sharp citrus taste.  Dundee in Scotland has a long tradition of producing marmalade, so it's probably a Scottish obsession.   So I was very disappointed when I tried out Morrisons thick cut marmalade.  It has a nice amount of peel and I nice citrus kick, but then your left with the taste of burnt caramel in your mouth.  Not a very pleasant after taste.   Recipe Review I hate waste, so I wasn't going to throw it out.  So I decided to bake with it instead....

Bananas about Bananas It's the Friday before Christmas, or should I say it WAS  the Friday before Christmas.  I had every intention of writing my blog but I had one of my hyper turns. After working all day in a kitchen for other people, I just wanted to cook something I could eat.  Which is why 2 hours after I got home from work, I had made  - Lentil Dahl - Winter Vegetable soup - Banana Mincemeat Scones I also managed to fit in washing my dirty dishes and cooking my dinner.   Hyper turns are one of the side effects of my Anxiety problems.  There also the main reason why I avoid caffeine.  First Experiment: Banana Mincemeat   You can't have Christmas without mincemeat, I love the stuff.   I like to bling up a bought jar of mincemeat with my own little touches, in this case Banana. Easiest recipe ever 1 Jar Mincemeat 1 Large Banana - Mashed Mix the 2 ingredients together in a bo...

Banana and raisin porridge Scotland hasn't had the best weather this year, for every day of glorious sun we've had a of day torrential horizontal rain.   The nights are starting to get colder, and the last thing I want in the morning is a cold breakfast.  So its Porridge time again. As a canny thrifty Scot I thought I'd pass on some of my budget cooking tips, for making a nice hot bowl of porridge.    Forgot buying Flavoured individual pre packed porridge sachet, make your own and save some money. Top tip 1:  Buy a large bag of porridge and weight out a portion. Find a storage container or cup that the amount fits into.  That way when you make your porridge in the morning you don't have to worry about using the scales because you can use the cup/container to measure a portion. Top tip 2:  Instead of using a jug to measure out your milk or water, use the same cup that you used for the porridge. I...