Lavender and Lovage

lavenderandlovage.blogspot.com

Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my Auberge kitchen in South West France, with regular dalliances in an English kitchen ~ celebrating traditional feasts and festivals with culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad.......

Lavender and Lovage

A Secret Recipe Revealed! Michelles French Mayonnaise in a Flash

A Secret Recipe Revealed! Michelles French Mayonnaise in a FlashA short post for today, as I am getting ready to move over from Blogger to Wordpress and I am also having a lovely new look designed...

Jan 15, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Book Review ~ Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook 200 Christmas Recipes

~ Book Review ~Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook 200 Christmas RecipesA Cute and Complete Collection of Culinary Christmas Ideas This arrived too late for me post my review before Christmas, but I am...

Jan 14, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Tea Time Treats for January ~ Little Custard Pies with Mincemeat and Almonds

~Tea Time Treats for January~ Little Custard Pies with Mincemeat and Almonds Tea Time TreatsJanuarySweet Pastries and BreadsI promised you some sweet treats for days and did not deliver, and then...

Jan 13, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

An English Classic with a Twist ~ Cranberry and Almond Bakewell Tart

An English Classic with a Twist ~ Cranberry and Almond Bakewell Tart ~I am not normally a lover of perfectly good recipes that have been messed about with and have a twist ~ I mean why meddle with...

Jan 12, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

A Large Slice of Baguette with my Breakfast Club Detox Fruit Salad

A Large Slice of Baguette with my Breakfast Club Detox Fruit SaladThe Breakfast ClubI am a big fan of breakfast ~ I dont always have time to eat it, yes I know thats bad, but when I do eat it, I...

Jan 11, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

A Vegetarian Random Recipe for New Year! Mushroom Stroganoff

A Vegetarian Random Recipe for New Year! Mushroom Stroganoff Random RecipesThe January Random Recipes challenge over at Belleau Kitchen, which is presided over by the dashing Dom, is a New Year and...

Jan 10, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Plough Monday, Cottage Loaf and a Ploughmans Lunch

Plough Monday, Cottage Loaf and a Ploughmans LunchMonday 9th January 2012Plough MondayToday is Plough Monday, the first Monday after Twelfth Night and Epiphany, and what used to be an important...

Jan 9, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

A Fallen Angel, Big Sky, A Yorkshire Church and a Bacon Butty

A Fallen Angel,Big Sky, A Yorkshire Church and aBacon ButtyA cold, clear day with sparkling skies and sunshine, the frost now gone with birds feeding from berries in hedgerows and gardens. The soft...

Jan 8, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

The Search for Fish and Chips and Turkey, Bacon and Leek Pie

The Search for Fish and Chips and Turkey, Bacon and Leek PieThe search for Fish and Chips started just after a trip to the supermarket yesterday; having packed all the shopping away in the car, my...

Jan 7, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

The Ultimate Leftovers Feast ~ Bubble and Squeak

The Ultimate Leftovers Feast ~ Bubble and Squeak ~Frugal Food FridaysBy rights I should be posting a decadent King Cake or Twelfth Night cake today, as it is Epiphany.....also known as Twelfth...

Jan 6, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Brighten up a Dull January Day with Dazzling Winter Coleslaw ~ Red Cabbage, Apple and Pecan Salad

Brighten up a Dull January Day with ~ Dazzling Winter Coleslaw ~ Red Cabbage, Apple and Pecan SaladI finally arrived in Yorkshire ~ only thirty hours after I set off from France; it was a five hour...

Jan 5, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

~ Life in Blue ~ A Few of My Favourite Things......

~ Life in Blue ~ A Few of My Favourite Things......Heron Cross Pottery Cat Milk/Cream JugWhilst you are reading this, I will be travelling from France to the UK via car and ferry....and then by...

Jan 4, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Single Malt Whisky and a Traditional Tea Time Dundee Cake for New Year

Single Malt Whisky and a Traditional Tea Time Dundee Cake for New YearIts cake time again ~ not a cake laden with marzipan and icing, but a buttery fruit cake studded with whole almonds, a...

Jan 3, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

A New Year, A New Diary and A Patchwork Quilt of December Photos

A New Year, A New Diaryand A Patchwork Quilt of December PhotosHappy New Year!2012Is it just me and my fanciful mind, but does anyone else wake up on New Years day and think that things should feel...

Jan 2, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

The New Tea Time Treats January Challenge! Sweet Pastries and Breads

The New Tea Time Treats January Challenge! Sweet Pastries and Breads2012Happy New Year to all of ourTea Time Treats members!Image: Womans Day, Australia Kate and I have foxed you for January I...

Jan 1, 2012 Like

Lavender and Lovage

New Years Eve and A Trio of Appetisers from the Lavender and Lovage Kitchen!

New Years Eve and A Trio of Appetisers from the Lavender and Lovage Kitchen!Happy New Year! Bonne Annee!Happy Hogmanay! Wee Whisky Doused Hogmanay Dundee Cakes Is it really the end of 2011? At the...

Dec 31, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

The Leaping Cat, Oysters and Christmas in Photos

The Leaping Cat, Oysters and Christmas in PhotosMint Spies nestled on a plate in disguise.....we ate our body weight in these this Christmas and nearly scoffed the holly one night too........Fresh...

Dec 30, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

We have a Winner for the Dorset Cereals BIG Porridge Give-away!

Dorset Cereals GiveawayWIN a case of Porridge! And now to some exciting news! Dorset Cereals have very kindly offered a CASE of their Porridge for my Winter Breakfast Giveaway!The lucky winner will...

Dec 28, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Simple Soulful Soup......Sweet Corn Chowder with Oatmeal Bread

Simple Soulful Soup...Sweet Corn Chowder with Oatmeal BreadThe period between Christmas and New Year is a time for simple food, especially after the excesses of Christmas and before the revelry and...

Dec 28, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Post Christmas Blow Out! After the Party is Over....Refreshin g Detox Fresh Fruit Salad

Post Christmas Blow Out! After the Party is Over....Refreshing Detox Fresh Fruit SaladYes, it was a blow out ~ a two day period of unimaginable greed and gluttony and didnt we all enjoy it! After...

Dec 27, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

A Secret Recipe on Boxing Day ~ Steamed Mussels ~ A Simple Mussels Dinner

A Secret Recipe on Boxing Day Steamed Mussels~ A Simple Mussels Dinner ~Boxing Day, the 26th December, finds me sharing a secret recipe with you all ~ as part of my participation in the Secret...

Dec 26, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Christmas Day ~ Merry Christmas!

~ Christmas Day ~A Very Merry Christmas to you all!SNOWWhite are the far-off plains, and whiteThe fading forests grow;The wind dies out along the height,And denser still the snow,A gathering weight...

Dec 25, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Magical Christmas Fairy Cakes for Christmas Eve

Magical Christmas Fairy Cakes for Christmas EveChristmas Eve24th December 2011Window twenty four isThe Star of BethlehemSome recipe classics never go out of fashion and fairy cakes top the list for...

Dec 24, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Le Creuset Guest Recipe Post ~ Chicken with Black Grapes and Marsala Sauce

Le Creuset Guest Recipe Post ~ Chicken with Black Grapes and Marsala Sauce ~Day Twenty Three on theAdvent CalendarWindow number twenty three is aNutcrackerI was recently contacted on behalf of Le...

Dec 23, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Day Twenty Two on the Advent Calendar and Christmas Deli Salad with Pomegranate, Parma Ham and Gorgonzola

Day Twenty Two on the Advent Calendar and Christmas Deli Salad with Pomegranate, Parma Ham and Gorgonzola22nd December2011Window twenty two isThe Three KingsWe Three Kings of Orient areBearing...

Dec 22, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

The Calendar Girls Curvaceous Cranberry and Kumquat Sauce with Port

The Calendar Girls Curvaceous Cranberry and Kumquat Sauce with PortandDay Twenty One on the Advent Calendar21st December2011Window number twenty one is aChristmas FairyIts time to think about the...

Dec 21, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Day Twenty on the Advent Calendar, Frankincense and Aromatic Herbal Milk Bath

Day Twenty on the Advent Calendar, Frankincense and Aromatic Herbal Milk Bath20th December 2011Window twenty isFrankincenseOnly one more day until the Winter Solstice ~ in the Northern Hemisphere...

Dec 20, 2011 Like

Lavender and Lovage

Welcome to Bloglovin'

Follow your favorite blogs and discover new ones. Learn more »

Select country

Lavender and Lovage

A Secret Recipe Revealed! Michelles French Mayonnaise in a Flash

Book Review ~ Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook 200 Christmas Recipes

Tea Time Treats for January ~ Little Custard Pies with Mincemeat and Almonds

An English Classic with a Twist ~ Cranberry and Almond Bakewell Tart

A Large Slice of Baguette with my Breakfast Club Detox Fruit Salad

A Vegetarian Random Recipe for New Year! Mushroom Stroganoff

Plough Monday, Cottage Loaf and a Ploughmans Lunch

A Fallen Angel, Big Sky, A Yorkshire Church and a Bacon Butty

The Search for Fish and Chips and Turkey, Bacon and Leek Pie

The Ultimate Leftovers Feast ~ Bubble and Squeak

Brighten up a Dull January Day with Dazzling Winter Coleslaw ~ Red Cabbage, Apple and Pecan Salad

~ Life in Blue ~ A Few of My Favourite Things......

Single Malt Whisky and a Traditional Tea Time Dundee Cake for New Year

A New Year, A New Diary and A Patchwork Quilt of December Photos

The New Tea Time Treats January Challenge! Sweet Pastries and Breads

New Years Eve and A Trio of Appetisers from the Lavender and Lovage Kitchen!

The Leaping Cat, Oysters and Christmas in Photos

We have a Winner for the Dorset Cereals BIG Porridge Give-away!

Simple Soulful Soup......Sweet Corn Chowder with Oatmeal Bread

Post Christmas Blow Out! After the Party is Over....Refreshin g Detox Fresh Fruit Salad

A Secret Recipe on Boxing Day ~ Steamed Mussels ~ A Simple Mussels Dinner

Christmas Day ~ Merry Christmas!

Magical Christmas Fairy Cakes for Christmas Eve

Le Creuset Guest Recipe Post ~ Chicken with Black Grapes and Marsala Sauce

Day Twenty Two on the Advent Calendar and Christmas Deli Salad with Pomegranate, Parma Ham and Gorgonzola

The Calendar Girls Curvaceous Cranberry and Kumquat Sauce with Port

Day Twenty on the Advent Calendar, Frankincense and Aromatic Herbal Milk Bath

Im dreaming of an Italian Christmas, Day Nineteen on the Advent Calendar and Panforte

Irene Jackson

Patricia

sam honey

Stephanie Shuttleworth

maxineflossy

giveawayroute

Caroline Taylor

Tina

Angela Moore

Kelli Mix Schnadelbach

Alejandra H. Sanchez

Erin at Table for Seven

Rachel Proffitt

Jenny Graham

Heather Audrey Eclectic

Lucy Chapman

Nic F

Nelly

Amanda Alsafi

Rhiannon

+ 38 more followers

Tinned Tomatoes tinnedtomatoes.com

At Home with Mrs M! athomewithmrsm.blogspot...

Super Gorgeous supergorgeous.co.uk

BritishBeautyBlogger britishbeautyblogge...

Madhouse Family Reviews ! madhousefamilyreviews.b...

Futures. ialwaysbelievedinfuture...

Tattooed Tealady tattooedtealady.com

Utterly Scrummy Food For Families utterlyscrummy.blogspot...

emmerliejay emmerliejay.co.uk

foodgawker foodgawker.com

FRENCH FOR CUPCAKE frenchforcupcake.com

Trials & Tribulations Of A... trialstribulationsofabr...

Sign up to follow Lavender and Lovage

Select your language