The Botanical Kitchen

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muffins

My Little Blueberry Thieves!

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We’ve had our blueberry plants for a few years now.  They were some of the first we ever grew from seeds.  Such a labour of love growing the seedlings on the windowsill, transplanting them into bigger and bigger pots and then finally seeing the fruit.  They didn’t yield much fruit at all for a couple of […]

Cherry and Almond Muffins

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I had some cherries left over from a lovely Clafoutis I tried from Pascal Aussignac of Great British Chefs.  I threw them into these super quick muffins for my girls to have for breakfast. YOU’LL NEED 75g unsalted butter 250g self raising flour 25g ground almonds 75g light brown caster sugar 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 […]

Apricot, Pecan And Maple Syrup Muffins

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This is a really great way of using up slightly over-ripe apricots.   They are perfect for breakfast because it literally takes a maximum of 45 mins – even faster if you take a tip from my friend Jo who measure everything out the night before! 10 simple steps and you’ve got a delicious breakfast […]

Blueberry and Lemon Muffins

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Blueberry and lemon muffins

These muffins are my take on Nigella’s orange breakfast muffins – mine are healthier in my view and you can make them even healthier by sprinkling some oats on the top before they go in the oven. Now I’m not a morning person so I only make them for breakfast on the weekends.  Generally I […]