I've never really been one for making new year's resolutions – dramatic lifestyle changes aren't really my thing and if I want to achieve something, I'd rather get started on it right away than wait for January (or, erm, February) to roll around. That said, I have been reflecting on my cooking and sewing in … Continue reading Refining and refreshing
Despite being a real feeder and someone who loves to loves to cook for friends and family, I hate planning events. Even (especially?) my own birthday stresses me out. So when asked to jointly plan my best friend's hen party, I did what I know best and put myself in charge of the food. This … Continue reading Not entirely healthy granola
Typically, every time I offer to bake for work or a cake sale I leave it to the very last minute, resulting in a midnight-cake-icing-session. For my friend's recent summer fete, I took it a step further and made cupcakes after a 7am wake up call; three hours before they were due on the stand. … Continue reading Cake for breakfast
Baking a birthday cake for a self-proclaimed savoury lover is a difficult job, and one that I was tasked with last weekend for my Mum's 60th. To add even more pressure, my Nan, still baking in her 90th year, was there to try a slice: there was no way I could mess this up. I opted for … Continue reading Celebrate good times
Bananas are hands-down my favourite fruit, so whenever I go on a (usually short-lived) health kick, I always make sure to pick up a bunch to take to work for a mid-morning snack. This happened last weekend, when the two-day heat wave and the thought of baring more than just my face and hands in public made me reconsider my … Continue reading Going bananas
As a Londoner, it goes without saying that brunch is my favourite meal. Lazy afternoons catching up with friends, eating great food and drinking prosecco-based cockails; it really doesn't get much better than that. I love the classic Eggs Benedict. It's simple and unadventurous, but the combination of flavours and the tangy hollandaise sauce always does the … Continue reading Reliable sauce
Welcome to the first food post on Needle and Bread! Seeing as it's part of the blog's name, I thought I should kick things off with a simple bread recipe. Inexplicably and inexcusably, I've never made bread so wanted to find something easy to avoid spending hours on something that had a high risk of being … Continue reading Flat out
