With Christmas almost upon us, I am thinking about what second dessert to serve on Christmas Day alongside my more traditional Christmas Pudding. I was recently asked to participate in the Persil Christmas Cooking Blogger Challenge which is a collaboration with the very talented food blogger and Great British Bake Off runner up, Ruth Clemens … [Read more…]
As much as I enjoy my homemade Christmas Pudding, there is always some left and rather than just eat up left overs I try to find ways of using it up which are a bit different. Here are some Christmas Pudding Muffins which are nice and light and not stodgy despite containing christmas pudding! To … [Read more…]
After I went to university and got myself a flat, my Mum gave me a cook book – Short Cut Rhodes by Gary Rhodes. I am not sure why – maybe I watched his cookery shows back then, as I guess in the late 1990’s he was a popular TV chef . Anyway, there are … [Read more…]
I love cooking meals from scratch and knowing what ingredients go into the food I make for my family. However, I so cheat a little sometimes and I have used ready made and ready to cook roast potatoes with a roast dinner, ready made frozen mash potato to top a cottage or shepherds pie and … [Read more…]
The other night I wanted to make a cake but I had no flour. I also didn’t have any ground almonds. So having googled flourless cakes I came across a recipe which used black beans. Well I didn’t have any of those either, BUT I did have some butter beans so I thought well why … [Read more…]