Month: November 2017

This sauce was born during one of those ‘you know you are a food blogger moments’ as it was nearly bedtime, and my mind was pondering at the sad thought…

I seem to go through stages of liking yoghurt, which may seem a bit odd but I guess maybe I am a little bit odd?! Fortunately at the moment its…

Apologies this week for not doing my meal planning post – I didn’t manage to squeeze it between my shift pattern but I will be back next week! So far…

My secret to better Easter Baking with Stork is giving Hot Cross Buns a modern twist by simply combining three of my favourite ingredients – soft dates – crunchy pecans…

In conjunction with Sainsbury’s, I developed this recipe to show that there are other fish varieties out there to try – and in turn help protect over fished varieties such…

I am a bit of a naughty magpie for getting new spices and herbs, my poor kitchen cupboards are bursting at the seams from things like tubes of Harissa paste…

Its been a while since I did a baking post so its high time I made something sweet and baked for you! This cake has since been made again since…

Firstly sorry I’ve not been around much this past week, I’ve been struggling the past few weeks with a dodgy hip among other things so I’ve not been cooking very…

Allergy friendly cooking with Eating Smart Magazine, from Woman and Home Over the past few years I’ve not always been that well but I’ve somehow battled through and as I’ve…

So this months Random Recipe and Alphabake entry was planned earlier in the week, in good time for the deadline – which is er today.. however I had a bit…

For a long time I will admit to being a magpie for tearing recipes from magazines, in fact some of my favourite recipes have been discovered this way, and this…

For months now I’ve had a packet of home made cranberry and orange butter in the freezer. Initially I think I made it to go with Christmas meats or pastry…

Sorry I have been a bit sparse in posting these past few months.. since Christmas I have been really struggling to live normally, yet alone focus on my blog. Its…

Have you heard of Uniform Dating? For those who don’t know they are a dating website and whilst I didn’t meet my B via there, in these modern times I…

This hideously nice but naughty recipe finally gave me a chance to use my long forgotten sugar thermometer. I bought it on the internet, some 5 years or so ago…

This was a proper clear out the cupboards recipe, and I am using it to open up July’s No Waste Food challenge which I am hosting this month, with thanks…

Oh oh oh sweet dreams are made of these.. and who am I to disagree!! Not meeeee! I didn’t find anyone either who disagreed! This is not my own original…

When it comes to aubergines, they are honestly one of my most favourite vegetables and one that seems to have a big divide in opinion after the love/ hate of…

Going back a little while and slightly off tangent but do bear with me here – I decided to look into having my eyesight corrected, and after the initial assessment…

Sometimes I have too much time on my hands. Okay this is rare admittedly but the old brain goes wandering, normally in the middle of doing something else and it…