scrumptious + yummy = scrummy … in case you were wondering!
New here?
Hopefully you can find something you’d like to try today. 99% of my recipes are quick, easy, mostly healthy…
…and, above all, tasty (well, I try at least!)
I hope you enjoy having a good look around. You can find a list of all my recipes here, or maybe you’re looking for easy meals for the whole family, something to take along to a party, a quick and easy dessert… or something Greek (my favourite!).
It’s hard to pick absolute favourites, but if I had to I’d go for this chicken and butternut squash satay curry, these low sugar Greek yogurt blueberry muffins, this 6-ingredient Swedish chocolate cake, and these best Greek potatoes.
These recipes are some of our go-tos, and I truly hope they become yours too.
Enjoy!
A small disclosure…
I now live in Australia, but I have spent many years in the Greek sunshine stuffing myself to contentment with Greek salads, moussaka and ‘tiropites’ and ‘spanakopites’ (delicious cheese and spinach pies).
So my recipes may sometimes feature a little too much feta cheese!
I always love to hear from you!
Please feel free to leave a comment below or get in touch with me by email [helen[at]scrummylane.com] if you have any comments, questions or suggestions.
Or if you’d just like to say hello 😉
I also post regularly on Facebook, and you can find me on Instagram @scrummylane. If you make any of my recipes, I’d love it if you’d take a photo and tag me #scrummylane!
Michele Taylor says
Helen,
I just discovered your website . I an thrilled because I need all the help i can get in the kitchen.
Please tell me what kind of apples to use in your apple cake. I want to make it asap .
Thank you,
Michele taylor
Helen says
Hi Michele! I’m so glad you’re appreciating the blog! Simply use your favourite kind of apples – the tastier the better. Good luck!
Fiona Rushworth says
Hello
I made your blueberry Greek yoghurt muffins yesterday and they were scrumptious. Today I’m trying the sticky blueberry lemon curd cake and I’m sure it will be equally good. I have a question about the muffins, I would like to substitute the blueberries for raspberries and also include some white chocolate. Can you advise me what quantity of white chocolate to use and how I would incorporate it into your recipe.
Many thanks.
Fiona
Helen says
Hi Fiona! So pleased to hear you made the blueberry muffins! I make those regularly and they always seem to turn out well.
As for substituting the blueberries for raspberries, I really don’t see why not! And white chocolate would go fabulously. Personally I’d eye-ball the chocolate, stirring them in at the same time as the raspberries. Start with half a cup and see how you go – if you feel like that’s not enough, add in a few more! 😉
Fiona Rushworth says
Hi Helen, thanks for the quick reply. I made your sticky blueberry and lemon curd cake yesterday and it was great. I cooked it at fan 140 as I wasn’t sure if the recipe stated fan oven or not. The base was just a touch cakey still but I didn’t want to cook it longer in case it dried out. Should I increase the temp next time or the cooking time. Thanks and I’m loving your recipes 😊
Helen says
Hi Fiona – thanks so much for popping back to let me know how you got on! I’d say go back up to 160C and see how you go with that next time. I don’t think it matters that you have a fan oven – I do too! Good luck, and thank you so much for the compliment. I’m so happy you’re enjoying the recipes! Anything you’d like to see more of?
Tony Brown says
Yassou Eleny
I love your website, as do many of my Grecofile chums do too – it comes from the heart.
I think I have been travelling to the Greek Islands for about half my adult life and it was while working as a chef in Aghia Galini, Crete that I went mad. But Greece has a hold. My wife thinks I may have been Greek in a previous life.
If you get time between travelling and cooking, please make a visit to my own website, you may like a couple of the recipes there.
Your spanakopitas were amazing.
Kala va pervas!
Helen says
Hi Tony, so great to hear from you, and I’ll definitely check out your site. I miss Greece very much, but still making and eating the food somewhat makes up for not being there any more. I’m really happy you enjoyed the spanakopites!
Brigitte says
[email protected] From Canada. Thank you so much for sharing the Butternut squash Satay. It is one of my favorite meals. Five stars out of five absolutely.
Helen says
Hi Brigitte! Thanks so much for taking the time to pop back and leave your lovely feedback. You’ve made my day! This is one of our favourite meals too and in fact we only just had it again a couple of nights ago for dinner!
Don says
Just made the one-pan spicy thai peanut chicken and it turned out great. Definitely great recipes, just bookmarked loads more lol
Thanks Helen,
Don.
Helen says
Hello Don. So happy to hear you enjoyed this – thank you so much for letting me know. This is one of my favourites too. I hope you enjoy the other recipes you’ve chosen!
ann says
Have you blocked me from commenting on your blog? Don’t blame you. I made a comment twice yesterday about yr Spanish omelette and neither one appeared. Maybe a wee glitch for you to look into?
Helen says
Ann! Your comments had indeed gone into my spam folder. No idea why, but the site now knows that you most definitely aren’t spam. Thanks again for flagging this up – I’d never have known, so it’s a lesson for me to check every once in a while. Please do let me know if you ever have the same problem again 🙂
Alena says
Hi Helen! Liz and I are Two Divas On and we run several successful websites, TwoDivasOnPuppiesNFluffies.com & TwoDivasOnBeyondTheSize.com. We are now starting another site which proves to be a huge success…www.TwoDivasOnFanFavoriteRecipes.com.
Our new site is a recipe site and we came across your site and loved it, as it looks to be much like what our many fans have come to love in the Two Divas On network. With your permission/approval we would like to share your recipes with our fans. We would, of course, only use title and ingredients with a link back to your site for full instruction. If we are able to use your photos as well, giving full credit, we would gladly do so.
We appreciate hearing back from you as to whether you would enable us to include you in our next venture. We’d love to feature your hard work!
Best regards,
Liz & Alena
Two Divas On
Helen says
Hi, Alena! Thanks for visiting and happy you like the blog! That would be OK – so long as there is clear accreditation and always a link back to my blog, as you say, for the full instructions. Good luck with the new site!
Katleen says
Hi Helen! Your blog is really stunning! And your recipes look so tasty. You give me some ideas! Thank you for that! Looking forward to see more of you! Also in real actually, since you’re now so close-by 🙂 See you soon xxx
Helen says
Hi Kathleen! Wow, so happy that you passed by … and that you’re enjoying the blog! I would love to see you (and your family) again some time soon. Really happy that I’m giving you some new ideas. I will try to keep doing that! 🙂 Lots of love! xx
shelley says
Hope you and Mr Scrummy are well. We miss you guys. Love seeing your recipes pop up. As I’ve made the transition to Paleo – do you do many of them?
Good job. I think about you every time I make something, and think, I should take a photo – but I never do. ha. One day. xx
Helen says
Shelley! We miss you too! Thanks so much for popping over here and taking a look. Really enjoying it … I haven’t delved into the world of Paleo at all though, really. You will have to educate me on what it’s all about.
You definitely should start taking photos of your food and sticking them in your lovely scrapbook of recipes. Mmmm! xxx
tillysumich says
just stumbled onto your blog and wow- very impressed.
Simple and tasty recipes..am dying to try some and will advise outcome.
I also love to cook, Croatian origin but will try and country favorites..
Helen says
Hello, Tilly! So happy that you took the time to pass by and leave a comment. I’m blushing right now at your nice, complimentary comment! Really happy you like what you see and hope that you’ll come back again and try out some of my recipes soon. Would love to hear how you get on if you do! 🙂
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
Nice to meet you Helen. How lucky living in such fab places. Look forward to your recipes.
Helen says
Thank you, Bintu! Really nice to meet you, too! 🙂
Sofia says
Hi Helen. I’m the other way around. I lived in Perth when I was younger. After having lived in 8 countries (UK included) I currently live in Barcelona, and shall slowly be making my way back to Australia 🙂 Your food looks great, I want to try making your recent cheesecake post!
Helen says
Hello, Sofia! That’s so interesting that you are in a similar situation to me 🙂 It’s great to get the chance to travel, and I did think Perth was a lovely place, but I’m really happy to be making my way back to the UK for a while now. I’ll probably change my mind after a few weeks of the horrible grey drizzle we get there! So glad you liked the cheesecake – it was really tasty and a little healthier than many cheesecakes. I’ll hop on over to your blog now to have a look around there! So great to ‘meet’ you!
Chrissy says
Fun stuff! I’m sort of doing the same thing, and I can’t wait to see what international goodies you’ve found!
Helen says
Hello, Chrissy, and thanks for taking the time to read! I’ll be heading back to the UK ‘permanently’ (?) in a few months, but I’m guessing that I’ll always make opportunities for plenty of travel … and food sampling! I’ll head on over to your blog now to check it out too 🙂
Chrissy says
This is sort of way last minute, but I just thought of it now. I think I’m going to try and squeeze Greece in before I leave for Nepal next week. Top three favorite foods? I figured you were the gal to ask!
Helen says
Wow, Chrissy! Yes, of course I’m your girl! What a shame I have literally just left Greece – I could have shown you around. OK, top 3 foods – tricky. I’d say a simple lunch of Greek salad and bread overlooking the sea or on the slopes of the Acropolis, a pitta with chicken gyro (probably from a neighbourhood shop, not a city centre one) and a ‘tyri saganaki’ (fried cheese) with honey and a little glass of ouzo from a little place called ‘dioskouri’ in plaka on the slopes of the Acropolis (careful, there are 2 restaurants with the same name, but you want the one nearest to the Acropolis). These 3 things are all very simple, but they are must-tries. Enjoy! 🙂
Chrissy says
Great! I’m not actually going to Greece, just food-going-to-Greece. However, saganaki was definitely on my list of things to make, as was pita. I wasn’t sold on the salad, but maybe it’ll be nice and easy. I am real-heading to Nepal on Thursday night, so I’m trying to make stuff for when I get back. Must pack. Eek! Thanks for your help!
Helen says
Ahhh … OK, I didn’t realise you weren’t actually going to Greece. That changes things! Try moussaka then … or, actually, I’m just about to post a Greek recipe tomorrow so you can wait for that, too! ‘Bekri meze’ is good, too – a beautiful tender pork dish in a sauce. Good luck! And wow, Nepal! Looking forward to your thoughts about the food there! 🙂
Ana says
Welcome to food blogging! I look forward to reading more of your posts and recipes! 🙂
Helen says
Thank you so much. There’s a lot to learn but I’m really enjoying myself so far. Enjoyed having a look around your blog, too, and reading about Istanbul. Thanks for visiting the blog – really appreciate it!