Breakfast

Chocolate Spread

Chocolate Spread. You’re not going to fool the average 8 year old that this is the real deal but this chocolate spread recipe makes a tasty, healthier alternative. Vegan.

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Pumpkin Gingerbread Waffles

These waffles sit somewhere between a waffle and a gingerbread biscuit (waffle texture but gingerbread flavours). I served them up with apples picked straight from the garden and stewed in a little cinnamon. My kitchen still smells divine.

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Carrot Cake Porridge

When I decided to share a series of Autumn & Winter comfort food recipes I knew I needed to include porridge. But, if I’m going to share porridge, if I’m going as far as calling it a recipe, then it had better be pretty special right? It’s got to get a step further than oats and milk. So, I present to you my Carrot Cake Porridge.

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Buckwheat Granola

My perfect relaxed weekend at home would start with breakfast at Baltzersens in Harrogate. This Scandinavian inspired café has something for everyone in our family.
Whatever else ends up on our table I almost always order the Yorkshire Skyr with buckwheat granola and seasonal fruit compote. So this recipe has been inspired partly by Baltzersens and partly by a realisation that I was eating oats for breakfast much too frequently. Absolutely nothing wrong with oats – a bowl of porridge is a great way to start the day – but I believe variety is important. For me, this is a way of mixing up those midweek breakfasts a bit.

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