Cock-a-leekie soup is the perfect starter to serve as part of a Burns Night Supper along with haggis and clapshot. Robert Burns, is Scotland’s Bard. His works, life, song, poetry and Haggis are celebrated by Scots around the world on his birthday, 25 January. The main culinary event, is the Haggis, something else for which Scotland…
Scottish Vegan
Burns Night Supper, Part 2: Vegan Haggis
It’s Burn Night! You need vegan haggis.
Burns Night Supper, Part 3: Vegan Clapshot
This is my favourite way to make mashed potatoes… the secret is that it’s not only potatoes!
Combo: Adventures in Foraging and A Fail! Gorse Flowers
Gorse, a subfamily of peas, is a green shrub that is currently in full yellow bloom in the Highlands, Scotland. It grows all over and it is relatively invasive. Nevertheless, the yellow blooms are lovely. I recently learned from the lovely and talented Elizabeth at The Wee Croft Shop, that gorse flowers are edible (breads, cakes,…
Rumbledethumps: Scottish Hashbrowns
Rumbledethumps is a traditional Scottish dish. No news in telling you that potatoes and cabbage are staples in Scotland, as in many other places. A similar dish appears in the traditional cooking of England, where it’s known as bubble and squeak, and Ireland, where it’s known as colcannon (coincidentally, because I had prepared this prior, there’s…
Sticky Toffee Pudding Vegan? Yes, it can be done!
Some say it cannot be done. I’m here to tell you that it can and that it is delicious and that it could not be easier. I served this to a friend for whom Sticky Toffee Pudding is irresistible. He could not believe it was vegan. It is good warm or cold (the next day), with…
