Baker & Foodie Content Creator
My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?
When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).
What is this all about? Great question. This site is about real cooking and baking, real recipes and real mistakes.
No filters here, (although i’d love to find a filter that can take ten years worth of laugh lines away. Just me, whats happening, and whatever cameras or phone i have to hand .
There are many things that get under my bonnet and wiggle around, one of those is food waste. If i buy ingredients specifically for a recipe, and i only need a small amount of the ingredients, i want to be able to use the rest up and not have to throw them away. My mum used to say , “Waste not Want not” is that still a saying ?
For me, waste is not just about using up all the ingredients. What about leftover food? If i’m able , i hope to give ideas as to how to use up any leftovers too.
Be Brave
Cooking isn’t hard , neither is baking, its all about being brave and being ok with making mistakes
All tagged baking with pistachios
Pistachio Bakewell with Orange & Thyme Curd is a lovely way to get a taste pistachios, which seem to e all over the Internet right now.
A layer of home made Orange and Thyme curd sits on the bottom and then on top, a moist layer of pistachio frangipane cpmpletes this perfect part.
Pistachio & Lemon Financiers
I’ve made my little financier cakes using pistachios ground up to a nut flour and love the flavour and texture they give.
There’s something about the pale green colour of pistachios that makes me smile. Using them in cakes and as a substitute for other nuts when cooking adds something quite special.
Raspberry & Pistachio Profiteroles.
Love them or hate them, they do have an incredibly bad reputation for being difficult to make, and they shouldn’t.
This choux pastry is one of the easiest pastries to make, very versatile and uses just a few ingredients, so I’d say that their reputation is more daunting than difficult.
