Karen Karn

I meant to take a picture of my dinner,  because it looked so delicious,  but I tasted it... and that was that.

Ingredients 4 chicken thighs One large onion 1 bulb garlic 4 pieces of sundried tomato Olive oil Herbs Spices Salt and pepper I also add fresh ginger. Method Turn the oven on to 250°C. Put the thighs  a roasting tin. The tin needs to be just big enough for the thighs to lie flat, but not so big that they move around. Roughly chop the onion into eight. No need to worry about removal ng every bit of skin. Place the onion in any gaps between the thighs. You can also put some pieces underneath the thighs. Separate the garlic cloves - how much you use is up to you. Throw the cloves in with the thighs as they are - whole, uncut, unpeeled. Place a piece of sundried tomato under each thigh. (Here you can add any chopped root veg, if you want) Sprinkle/drizzle the contents of the tin with olive oil, salt and pepper,  paprika, a pinch of nutmeg, some anis seeds, ginger, sprigs of thyme and/rosemary and any other herbs and spices you like with chicken. You can also ad

Vegan is in inverted commas because I used butter in the recipe, but no eggs. Butter can be substituted with whatever fat you use instead. Ingredients 1.5 cups coarse ground spelt flour 1.5 cups white spelt flour 200g butter 2 heaped Tbsps muscavado sugar 1 level Tbsp vanilla sugar 1 fat squeeze of runny honey (about a tablespoon) 2 tsps baking powder 1.5 tsp baking soda Pinch of salt About 3/4 cup cold water Method Heat the oven to 175°C. In a medium sized pan, melt together the butter, muscavado and honey. In a large bowl, mix together the flours, baking powder and soda, vanilla sugar and salt. Add the cold water to the butter mix and stir quickly until homogeneous. Add to the dry mix and mix just enough to combine. Line a 20cm square tin. Spread the mix into the corners and flatten out. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Turn onto a cooling tray and allow to cool for a few minutes. Serve warm with or without jam and butter.

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Ingredients  for 12 large 20 medium biscuits 2 cups wholemeal spelt flour 1/2 cup raw cane sugar 1/4 cup muscavado sugar 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar* 160g salted butter, softened/room temperature** 1 tsp baking powder Method Cream butter and sugars Add flour and baking powder Knead and roll into a sausage shape. The diameter will me the size of the biscuits. Now, either  chill in the fridge for 30 minutes, then  cut off slices and lay on a tray, or,  cut off slices and lay on a tray, then chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Heat the oven to  150 o C . Cut the sausage into discs and lay on a tray. Flatten and re-shape if necessary. Allow a 2cm space around each biscuit. Bake for 20 minutes. Let them sit on the hot tray for about five minutes before attempting to transfer them to the cooling tray. This makes them easier to handle without them crumbling apart. Allow to cool completely before eating - they don't taste good wa