Celebrate Burns Night at home or out At home If you are celebrating at home we have some suggestions to make things a little easier. Start by reading the VisitScotland e-book all about Robert Burns and how to organise your own Burns Night celebration. Scotty Brand have introduced Potato MashRead More…
Home-made steak pie for New Year Growing up we always had our steak pie at Hogmanay, probably to keep us going for the long night ahead! This steak pie is from Tom Lewis of Monachyle Mhor hotel shares this recipe for s steak pie made with Scotch beef and flavouredRead More…
The items in this gift guide have been picked by Foodie Explorers, that is Emma & Mark (the humans) and Fred & Cleo (the cats). Have a peaceful and happy festive season x Contents For the home For him For her For cats and dogs Festive foods Non-alcoholic drinks AlcoholicRead More…
A spicy gingerbread, coffee and cream cocktail for the festive season Lidl have a new addition to their Hortus gin range; Gingerbread Gin Liqueur and they have shared this delicious sounding specially-created Ginger Spiced cocktail recipe with us. Spicy ginger notes combined with warming cinnamon make a base to thisRead More…
Lidl Giffnock confirms opening date Lidl UK has today confirmed that its new supermarket on Fenwick Road in Giffnock, will open its doors for the first time on Thursday 8th November. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will happen at 8am and customers will be offered the chance to sample some of Lidl’sRead More…
Illuminight at Dean Castle in Kilmarnock The nights are fair drawing in, the clocks go back this weekend, so if you need a bit of light in your life, then how about a visit to Illuminight at Dean Castle in Kilmarnock, which runs until Sunday 18th November. What is it?Read More…
Overnight Oats from Three Sisters Bake and Lidl Nichola from Three Sisters Bake passed on this recipe for Overnight Oats. She also explained why overnight oats are now part of her daily routine: “I’m not a fan of breakfast cereals. They are generally highly processed, full of sugar and leaveRead More…
Lidl ready to bake pretzels (Bretzels) It’s Oktoberfest time and that means Lidl is full of goodies with their Alpen Fest week. Usually that means some Bavarian delights such as Leberkase (meat loaf sausage which is 😍 on a roll with some mustard) and beer. This time I spied PretzelsRead More…
Get Top Marks with these Student Cookbooks from Lidl I know a bad un. It’s not only German week in Lidl (get the frozen pretzels they are worth it) its also the start of student time. Whilst I was in tonight buying some dill and then finding said pretzels, IRead More…
Lidl Launch new Pomegranate and Rose Gin Liqueur If you are a gin fan then here’s another one to try. Lidl has released a new addition to their Hortus range with a 50cl bottle of Hortus Pomegranate & Rose Gin Liqueur. The new release will cost £11.99 with an ABVRead More…
