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Eat bread to lose weight! Easy, delicious olive and avocado bread rolls

Eat bread to lose weight! Easy, delicious olive and avocado bread rolls

Posted on 20. Apr, 2012 by .

I went to a nutritionist several years ago to understand how to lose a couple of kilos safely and permanently.  She told me categorically that you need to do three things: 1.  You need to cut out sugar altogether. 2.  You need carbohydrates to give you energy and provide a balance to your diet but [...]

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Learn to bake Cream Buns – the Nordic Way!

Learn to bake Cream Buns – the Nordic Way!

Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by .

I asked around for a recipe for Semlor -  the Swedish buns that are eaten on Shrove Tuesday to mark the beginning of Lent. They are rich, sweet bread rolls, spread with marzipan and then stuffed with cream and then crammed into waiting mouths (see below...).  In the true tradition of Shrove Tuesday cooking, Semlor [...]

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Simple, hearty bread with oats for cold weather

Simple, hearty bread with oats for cold weather

Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by .

The Eastern, or Atlantic provinces of Canada were settled by Scots and Irish looking for a brighter future.  They brought many of their customs and traditions from food to music - indeed there are still some gallic speaking communities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.  This bread most certainly has celtic origins.  If the oats [...]

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Simple recipe for sweet buns

Simple recipe for sweet buns

Posted on 16. Oct, 2011 by .

What is is about buns?  Or, more precisely about bun dough?  Christmas bread, Easter bread, other festival, celebration, and holiday bread - it's all more or less made of the same thing - bun dough. The English are particularly good at buns:  Chelsea buns, Sally Lunns, rock cakes, bath buns - it's all going on [...]

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Recipe for Stollen Success

Recipe for Stollen Success

Posted on 30. Sep, 2011 by .

Book now to learn to bake stollen in time for Christmas! Stollen is a celebration bread with roots in Dresden where it was first mentioned officially in the fifteenth century.  Like many types of celebration bread, stollen is enriched with delicious, expensive things to honour guests and celebrate religious holiday.  Of course there is no [...]

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Learn to bake bread rolls for a party!

Learn to bake bread rolls for a party!

Posted on 03. Sep, 2011 by .

Today is my friend Sue's 70th birthday party and yes, she and her husband of 87 are catering it themselves.  There promises to be the most amazing feast of coronation chicken, cooked ham, poached salmon, salads, mirangues, cream, strawberries and loads and loads of booze.  Not tea-total, not Sue and David! People are coming from [...]

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Learn to bake sourdough bread in North Norfolk

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

Take a sourdough bread baking class in North Norfolk. You will learn to bake sourdough bread and crackers using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home!  Learn how to proof sourdough bread in a basket, understand why it is sometimes easier to proof sourdough bread in [...]

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Learn to Bake Bread in Leicester

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

Take a baking course in Leicester. You will learn to bake bread using simple, wholesome ingredients, leaving the class with confidence, plenty of ideas, and bread to take home!  Classes cost £60.00 and include all materials, expert tuition and a lovely yummy tastings.   Schedule April Thursday 26th 10 am - 2 pm May Tuesday [...]

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Dinner party bread course

Posted on 30. Jul, 2011 by .

Learn how to bake bread for a party! Beautiful bread makes a great impression.  On this bread baking course, you will learn to bake simple and impressive bread for any kind of party:  bread for a picnic lunch, bread for an elegant lunch or dinner party, bread for a drinks party.  Currently we are running [...]

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Bread Recipes for Dinner Parties

Bread Recipes for Dinner Parties

Posted on 26. Jul, 2011 by .

Are you stuck for bread recipe ideas for dinner parties?  Virtuous Bread has bread making courses that will teach you how to bake these simple bread recipes that will impress your friends. Jabbering with my neighbour Jen (who is also one of my customers) is a good time to talk bread in its various forms.  [...]

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