17 January 2015
Carrot, Coriander and Parsnip Soup
I am so thankful for root vegetables in the winter. Bright orange carrots, ruby red beets, wonderful yellow parsnips – without these brilliant roots, winter (...)
3 March 2015
Lemon Polenta Cake
Spring is officially eighteen days away, but it seems to have arrived early in Seattle this year. I have been busy trying to banish all the weeds from our (...)
28 March 2015
Roasted Cauliflower Salad
Cauliflower is now trendier than kale. I am kind of pleased by this. Much as I like kale, I won’t miss that awfully ‘cabbagey’ smell you get with cooked kale. (...)
3 February 2015
Chocolate Biscuit Cake
Chocolate biscuit cake is a popular home-made cookie bar in Ireland. It’s similar to rocky road, and the ingredients are very much to taste. Chocolate biscuit (...)
9 April 2016
Celebration Pavlova
In the 5 years that I have been blogging, this has been my longest break yet. A whole four…
7 November 2014
Sweet Baby Yorkshire Puddings
We were eating Sunday lunch, and enjoying some roast beef and Yorkshire puddings, when the brainwave came to me. Yorkshire Puddings shouldn’t be just served as (...)
17 August 2015
Peanut butter ice cream cookies
There is nothing quite like home-made ice-cream cookies. Of course you can buy frozen ice cream cookies and bars,…
11 October 2014
Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies
Right now in America, it feels like everything is pumpkin spiced this October. You can now buy everything from coffee, cookies, crisps, hummus (why), yogurt, (...)
13 December 2014
Christmas Brownie Pie
I sometimes find it hard to believe that I have been living here in Seattle for over 2 years! I think I have assimilated well. I probably speak more like an (...)
6 February 2015
Present cake
February rolls around once again, and marks my four year blogiversary. Every year I like to celebrate the fact that Stasty.com is still alive and cooking with (...)
14 March 2015
Irish coffee Swiss roll
When I was young my sister Zoe used to make a great coffee cake. I used to think coffee cake was incredibly sophisticated as a child. Generally in Ireland (...)
31 March 2015
Victoria Sponge with Peeps
Before I moved to America I had never even heard of Peeps®. Now I know that people go crazy for them here, and they are one the most popular Easter candies in (...)
15 November 2014
Chocolate Orange Souffle
These gooey chocolate and orange soufflés are sinfully delicious. So many chocolate soufflés are made with cocoa, but these ones are made with real chocolate, (...)
6 September 2016
Sweet Summer Fruit Tarts
Late summer fruits are always sweeter as they’ve soaked up all the summer sun and are extra ripe and…
31 October 2014
Fig and Fennel Frangipane Tarts
It all started with a chocolate bar produced by a Seattle based company called Theo. The bar was flavored with fig, fennel, almond, and dark chocolate. I was (...)
5 November 2017
Bourbon Caramel Poke Cake
I’m back with a pretty American recipe, it has to be said. It’s got pumpkin and bourbon — two…
28 August 2014
Caramel nut chocolate ice cream cookies
It’s coming towards the end of summer and it’s still balmy and warm here in Seattle. I have been dying to make ice-cream sandwiches all summer, and it’s only (...)
9 December 2015
Lemon Curd and Blueberry Sponge
At this time of year, I usually make mince pies, or chocolate cake, but this year I am opting…
29 November 2014
Banana Bread
Banana bread seems like it should be healthy – it sounds healthy. But the thing is most banana bread recipes are really just buttery cake. Not that I have (...)
11 April 2015
Rhubarb and Custard Tart
I felt like it was time for a change – a spring clean, and a new look for Stasty. I…
12 May 2016
Citrus Raspberry Olive Oil Cake
If you want a light and springy cake with a touch of fruitiness then you can’t go wrong with…
27 April 2015
Dutch baby with apple
Dutch Baby or a German pancake is just like a giant Yorkshire pudding baked in a skillet. It’s made…
11 November 2015
Chocolate Orange Tartlets
So far we’ve a had a very mild autumn, but in the last few days there has been a…
13 February 2015
Cara Cara Sparkler
I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, but I will never say no to a delicious cocktail or something chocolaty to acknowledge the occasion. February is kind of (...)
4 September 2015
Peach and Blueberry Yogurt Cake
Now that the weather has turned a bit chillier, I find that I am much hungrier in the morning,…
