Bake with Lucie - November | Coronation Gardens

Three wonderful recipes for November, courtesy of the WI.

Bake with Lucie - November

Hello November! I hope you are all well? Did you like October’s recipes? I hope you enjoyed making them too. Did you try the cauliflower cheese soup? If you did, I hope you loved it as much as we did.

This month I have got three bonfire night recipes for you all that are luscious and seasonal too. My first recipe is my unbelievably scrumptious Welsh rarebit. As you probably know by now I love anything with cheese so this recipe is one of my absolute favourites. Delicious!

My second recipe is my bonfire night toffee apple muffins. If you’re not too keen on toffee apples then these are sure to entice you. They are so scummy and really fun to make with little ones too. Perfect for bonfire night and seasonal too, not just because I’m making toffee apples in November but because apples are perfectly in season this month.

My third recipe is my leek and pancetta macaroni cheese with buttery kale. Leeks and kale are in season this month so this recipe is perfect for November and such a winter comfort. Don’t get me wrong, macaroni cheese on its own is amazing but if like me you have leftover leeks and pancetta that needs using up, then they are the perfect addition. Plus, buttery kale is always a great side dish if you ask me, especially with a knob of butter and plenty of salt and pepper. Yummy!

I really hope you enjoy my recipes and I will see you all in December with some deliciously seasonal festive recipes that I can’t wait to share. Until December, have fun baking!

To see more of Lucie’s recipes, please visit https://learninghub.thewi.org.uk/

Bonfire Night Welsh Rarebit

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Bonfire Night Toffee Apple Muffins

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Leek and Pancetta Macaroni Cheese with Buttery Seasoned Kale

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Hi, I’m Lucie and it’s so very lovely to meet you. I’m your food and cookery baker, maker and writer and I love creating recipes that are new, exciting, seasonal and made with home grown ingredients for you all. I am 23 years old and I live in Hampshire with my lovely mum and our beautiful cats.

During my childhood I was brought up around food as my mum was a cookery teacher, (now French teacher), for schools and as soon as I was able, I had a wooden spoon in my hands. Me and my mum have always been close and cooking with her is one of my favourite things. My dad was a very good cook too but he sadly passed away from dementia when I was 8 years old. I have 2 sisters but they weren’t too interested in cooking so me and mum would spend hours in the kitchen baking and creating together.

Still to this day me and mum spend a good few hours every week shopping for ingredients and then cooking delicious things together. I think time spent cooking as a family is really important, it is wonderful to simply spend time with the ones you love and for an opportunity to develop new skills. I am part Scottish and Italian so home cooked food is a massive part of my family just as it is in the WI. Cookery is very important in the WI. Whether its jam making or cake baking it is one of the things that we all associated with the WI. My Grandmother and Godmother were both part of the same WI as me and mum, so it really is a family affair.

The WI is a wonderful community of people who join together with a collective view. Togetherness to learn and develop new skills and create a community that welcomes all. The WI is a wonderful way to meet new people and create long and lasting friendships. I really do love creating and baking for you all and I hope you enjoy my recipes and have as much fun making them as I do.