Recipe: Scottish Raspberry Tarts

 

With autumn just around the corner (yay!) it is time to bring out the recipe book and make some of our favourite treats to enjoy on those darker evenings. Cake and a cuppa, all cosy on the sofa, watching your favourite movie or show. Bliss. So here is my recipe for homemade Scottish raspberry tarts

I made an omelette

I have never been confident when it comes to cooking from scratch.  With James being a chef it has always been easier for me to let him cook.  Don't get me wrong I do cook but I always have James keep and eye on me.  When it comes to using a knife I am a complete wuss.  Tonight though, I decided to change that.  I made an omelette.

Busy Day

Picture from www.clker.com

As you know I haven't been well recently.  I have been loaded with that nasty cold that is going around just now.  Last Tuesday afternoon I was at A&E as my peak flow had dropped ( I have asthma) but after a chest xray, ECG and blood tests it was diagnosed as bad congestion!  Later that night I was back in again with bad abdominal pain which the doctor put down to my acid reflux.  I am falling apart!

A day of baking.

Since my son is off school for the October week and Sophie's playgroups are off too I thought why not have a baking day.

I decided to make some homemade soup and homemade rolls.

SOUP

I made Lentil soup and put some carrot and turnip in there too.  It is quick, simple and cheap to make.

First I put some vegetable oil in the pot, let it heat up a bit then added the carrot and turnip to fry it off a bit.  I then added some lentils.  You wont need to add lots of lentils as they swell.

Once everything was mixed nicely I added the water bringing it to the boil.

When it was boiling I added a vegetable stock cube mixed it all together and turned it down to a gentle heat to let it simmer checking on it every 10 minutes.

ROLLS

The recipe for my rolls and bread can be found here http://angelahamilton2014.blogspot.co.uk/p/recipes-thought-i-would-share-some.html  I would post it here but it is quite long!

Again, simple and cheap to make but can take a little prep time.

dough before 

dough after proving

Ready to go into oven

Yummy rolls ready to eat

I honestly prefer homemade soups and bread because you know exactly what is going into it and it works out so much cheaper than buying it in the supermarket.

Why not give it a try?