For our GBBO finale a lot of bloggers baked pretzels, a bake which I thought might be tricky. However, given that sooo many amazing looking pretzel recipes were submitted, it got me thinking that maybe they were not so hard to make as I had imagined. With the boys being on half term I also … [Read more…]
Over the last few weeks its been that time of year when the hedgerows have become abundant with blackberries. I love using them in pies and crumbles but it is also nice to bake with them a different way, especially in warmer weather as it was at the end of August. A couple of weeks … [Read more…]
One of my New Year resolutions this year was to attempt to be more frugal and budget better with my house keeping money. I can’t say I have done very well at this, but I have told my OH that one way to keep costs down is to make the odd vegetarian meal as there … [Read more…]
I had some bananas that were not quite over ripe but getting there, so I was trying to think of another recipe which I could use them up in, when I thought I would try making a banoffee sponge cake using my victoria sponge tried and tested ‘never fails me’ recipe which I use a … [Read more…]
When I was at BritmumsLive (yes this is an overdue post – ooops!) I met the people from Paragon Books and agreed to become a book buddy. I was sent away with two really lovely cookery books from their Love Food Cookbooks range. When I say lovely I really mean it. These two books are … [Read more…]