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Jun 10
1 min

A Sample Cookalong - Passion Fruit and Blueberry Loaf Cake

You may be thinking about booking one of our LIVE! online cookalongs. Or you just may want to bake a cake! Assemble the ingredients, get...

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Gwen

Jun 9
2 min

Seaside Inspired Eating

This Lemon Top Gin Posset combines the gin with with cream, sugar and lemon juice to make a silky smooth dessert.

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Gwen

May 16
2 min

Sheet Pan Meals

It turns out a 'sheet pan' is what we in the UK would call a baking tray. The sheet pan method is a way to design your meal so that all the

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Gwen

May 5
2 min

What to eat this Cinco de Mayo

If you'd like to bring a little 'cinco de mayo' colour into your meals this week, here are some ideas.

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Gwen

Apr 20
3 min

Feeding our Flexitarian Households

It's From Scratch are in a position to help these Flexitarian families so we will! Throughout May we'll be offering 1 hour cookalongs

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Gwen

Apr 8
3 min

The Food of Tuscany

"We're going straight to the pub" were the first magical words my friend Clare uttered as soon as we'd finished hugging in Pisa airport...

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Gwen

Apr 1
1 min

Inspiration North

This week I was thrilled to have been featured in this inspirational by name and nature podcast series. Click here to listen The show...

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Gwen

Mar 29
3 min

Food Waste. What's Going On?

I'll pop some links at the end of this post but you know that food waste is a problem. It's perhaps becoming worse due to the increase...

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Gwen

Mar 23
1 min

Making Gyoza Dough

This is the preparation for the Asian Kitchen class. If you are not booked and would like to take part please see the Cookalong events...

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Gwen

Mar 19
2 min

April is Stress Awareness Month

Yes!! Cooking. Spending time in the Kitchen can be restorative in many ways. This April, for stress awareness month, give a little more...

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Gwen

Mar 5
1 min

Foodie Film Quiz

Here are the answers to our Foodie Quiz. If you enjoyed this please give our Foodie Song Bingo a Try - it can be downloaded at...

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Gwen

Feb 18
1 min

Cookalongs for Your Workplace or Party

Our cookalongs continue to be a great way to 'get together' with friends, family and co-workers. We now have 9 menus you can choose from...

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Gwen

Feb 18
0 min

Snow Pancakes

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Feb 1
2 min

Cookalongs for Workplace Colleagues

Twice in the past week we've been asked if we could do Cookalongs for groups of people from a particular workplace or organisation. The...

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Gwen

Jan 25
1 min

Quick Stovetop Popcorn

We seem to have been mentioning popcorn a great deal recently. In last weeks Facebook Live we suggested Sumac as a great topping for...

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Gwen

Jan 15
0 min

Making Snow Cream

As soon as we found out you could make a dessert using snow we had to give it a go. Just a couple of ingredients and LOTS of sprinkles

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What's an Online Cooking Class Actually Like?

Gwen

Jan 15
3 min

What's an Online Cooking Class Actually Like?

It's January 2021 and diaries are looking empty, evenings are long and the only shops which are open sell food. From Scratch are hoping...

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Gwen

Oct 20, 2020
1 min

Choose the Best Pasta for the Dish

A vivid green pesto sticks well to spaghetti strand

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Gwen

Sep 30, 2020
1 min

Just the Best Fruit

Revealing the golden orb within the papery wrapper is no effort compared to peeling a satsuma

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Gwen

Sep 22, 2020
1 min

From Scratch Begins

What is preventing us from trying new dishes? Is it a time issue? Availability of ingredients? Confidence in the kitchen?

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