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About KimHello and welcome to Can Kim Cook.

Nothing makes me happier than searching through recipes and creating something comforting from scratch. I believe that every recipe tells a story and I’m fascinated by other peoples stories.

I’m a self-taught, haphazard, well-meaning home cook. Despite my passion for cooking and baking, I’m far from a natural in the kitchen. I rely heavily on a good tried and tested recipe.  I once tried to make some flapjacks for my family in South Africa and they were so bad that when I tried to give them to the monkeys at the bottom of the garden they wouldn’t even eat them.

Can Kim Cook is a collection of my favourite recipes inspired by my Nana, Mum, friends, cook books, websites and blogs that I believe are ‘Kim-proof’.

I hoard recipes but I often find my favourites are the ones that are recommended to me. Each week I’ll share a recipe along with its origin and story.  I’ll also share my cooking mishaps in the hopes that someone may know what I’m doing wrong and can help. Sabrina Gaynor, a Persian chef recently said that a smart person learns from other peoples mistakes, and I hope you can learn from mine.

This blog is very new and I’m learning every day. You’ll find lots of typos and the odd blurry photo (most photos are taken on my phone) and maybe I won’t explain something as well as I’d like to – if you spot anything, please email me.

Thanks again for stopping by, I hope you’ll be inspired by one of the recipes here. If you would like to share a recipe and its story with me, I’d love to try it. Please contact me using the contact page.

Kim

Recipes are nomads – they travel from one person to the next and, like Chinese whispers, they change a bit each time they pass. – Honey and Co.

 

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Cooking ventures

How to make gnocchi

I recently went to Malcesine for a week. I’d

How to make your own Christmas mincemeat

My favourite treat of the festive season is the

I won a sourdough competition

Last week I decided to enter a sourdough

Follow Me

  • Roasted Mederterain vegetable lasagne, comfort food at its best. Would highly recommend the recipe from the @thehappypear. Feeds 8 very hungry people.
  • Today for lunch I had some celariac soup with some of @libbypagewrites homemade tomato chutney and cheese on toast because it is supposedly national cheese day. The recipe for the soup is from @deliciousmag and it is one of my favourites.
  • Leek and Pea soup - even though I dislike winter I really enjoy hugging a hot bowl of soup and eating it with hot buttered toast. I made this soup with a recipe from Ottolenghi's simple and it couldn't have been easier to make. Highly recommend it. New soup recipes online :)
  • On the weekend I baked a pear and walnut upside down cake to share with friends. Together we all made food from @honeyandco three books. Such a lovely end to a busy weekend.
  • Can you still eat mine pies in January? I might still have new year denial.
  • Christmas crumble with vanilla custard! It's my favourite festive dessert and is a great way to use up the last of any mincemeat you have lurking in the kitchen. Recipe online.
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