Handmade Ornament

DIY home projects, decorating ideas and handmade touches for every room.

Roast cooking pumpkin until tender and blend it with chickpeas, tahini, lemon and coriander for a thick savory spread.

Press maple-coated oats and pumpkin seeds into a crisp slab, then break it into breakfast clusters and add chopped dried apple.

Squeeze grated courgette and fold it with sweetcorn into chickpea flour batter for eight crisp-edged skillet fritters.

Use salted tomato juices and red wine vinegar to dress toasted country bread, cucumber, shallot and fresh basil.

Layer mashed strawberries and lime with lightly sweetened Greek yogurt to make six swirled freezer pops.

Top four thick toasts with warm lemon-cannellini mash, skillet-browned asparagus, fresh chives and lemon zest.

Bake four individual spring rhubarb crumbles with ginger-spiced fruit and a rough rolled-oat topping in ovenproof ramekins.

Make four quick soda bread wedges with softened leek, mature cheddar and buttermilk, with no yeast or kneading.

Cut orange-zest shortbread into small hearts, bake until pale gold and dip one edge of each cooled biscuit in dark chocolate.

Grated and diced carrots give this one-pot January red lentil soup two textures, with cumin, smoked paprika and lemon to finish.