Today is the Chinese new year and 2014 is the Year of the Horse – one of my favourite animals, so I am especially excited about this year and wanted to share some of the traditions and recipes for Chinese New Year.
One of my favourite treats is cheese bread. I’m not someone who gets particularly excited about sweet things (except for this red velvet cake, yum!) but
What a healthy start to the new year eh? Chocolate – yes, butter – yum, coffee – great! What more do you want from a
One of my favourite things to eat is a pasty. I know it’s naughty and I really shouldn’t indulge in buttery pastry too often, but
As it’s the last Pieday Friday before Christmas, I thought I’d share a couple of festive recipes to kick-start your yuletide baking – gingerbread cookies
This week I have been in the kitchen making my very own stash of preserves ready for the winter. But I’m not only making them
This week is Cassiefairy’s birthday and to celebrate I’ve baked a cake for a little birthday celebration I’m having in my little vintage caravan. I
It’s that time of year again to make your own Christmas cake. Even though I know I can buy a cheap fruit cake from the
This week, when hubby had a half-day off work, I cooked us both a yummy soup for lunch. It’s definitely the time of year that I
Just a quick post this afternoon to share my photos from bonfire night as promised in last week’s post! The plan on ‘actual’ bonfire night
Today’s recipe post is another which focuses on apples. To say that mum had a lot of apples on her tree is an understatement and
This month’s Inspiration Challenge theme was ‘apples’ and luckily enough I’ve since been given loads of apples from my mother’s apple tree which had bumper-crop this year. So
Did you know it’s National Chocolate Week? I had no idea until my friend Jenna gave me a heads-up yesterday afternoon. Are you telling me that
I’ve been out picking apples this week – they are perfectly ripe and ready to be included in one of my Pieday Friday recipes. I think we
It’s the start of a new term, and for some of you, that means a new university, new college and moving away from home. It’s
I know were hovering at the start of Autumn but I wanted to share this unseasonably summery recipe for a peach cooler drink. The weather
This week I decided to try out a new piece of silicone bakeware that I got from Dunelm Mill – a cake-pop tray. I’ve seen
This week’s recipe was inspired by one of the gifts that my husband and I received for our 10th wedding anniversary. Ten years is traditionally
The summer holidays are drawing to a close, but that means there are lots of pretty fed up children around! Here’s an idea for a fun activity that
I’ve created a few potato-based recipes on previous Pieday Friday’s so here are some of my favourites:
I tend to do less baking in the summer. I can’t think of any particular reason why – maybe it’s having a hot oven on
At this time of year there’s nothing better than food cooked outdoors on a barbecue. This week I tried something that I never have before
Sometimes you just don’t want a big filling dinner during the summer and I’ve got the perfect solution for days like these – a lovely
My brother gave me this beautiful unicorn cookie-cutter for Christmas. I know it’s a bit lame to admit it, but I’ve only just got round
I had a few chicken thighs, drumsticks and wings in the freezer and I had no idea what to do with them to turn them
Well, the possibilities are endless when you’ve got a big pack of new potatoes and a jar of mayonnaise! I probably don’t have to tell
Seeing as the tennis at Wimbledon is in full swing and I’ve been seeing spectators scoffing strawberries all week, I thought I’d share with you
I know I’ve gone a little mad over asparagus this month (see my ham and asparagus pie recipe!), but it’s in season and it tastes
It’s that time of year again – Asparagus season! You can find it everywhere and there’s so much in our local supermarket that it is
It was hubby’s birthday a few of weekends ago (you may have read my blog post about this awesome Lego present I got for him!)
You may remember me mentioning that I’ve been baking bread for the past few weeks after watching Paul Hollywood’s tv show, and I’ve carried on
Crispy biscuits and super-sweet icing, what’s not to love, right? Here’s my recipe for sugar biscuits (ideal for Easter!)
I’ve been watching Paul Hollywood’s bread programme for the last few weeks and now that the series has finished, hubby and I finally felt brave
I love a McDonalds breakfast wrap (especially the morning after a night out!) and would eat them all day long if I could. However, I live faaaar away
Now that the sun has finally come out, it’s time to do away with hot puddings and start making yummy chilled desserts instead, so this
Tasty and sticky – I love BBQ ribs. Even though it’s not the weather for actually barbecuing the ribs, I still like to enjoy a sticky rib
I tried out this fairly kitsch recipe for a pineapple upside-down cake for the first time this week and I wanted to share the results
I’m thinking ahead to the weekend already and today I want to share with you one of my absolute favourite cocktails of all time. There’s no
I don’t know about you,everything time Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway is on the telly, I really fancy some naughty takeaway food for my
There’s nothing better than a great big Sunday roast, in my opinion. And Easter weekend is one of the times during the year that I
This is officially my favourite drink. In my world, a sours cocktail cannot be beaten and I love amaretto too. So this recipe for an amaretto sours cocktail
Recently I had a pal coming round for dinner and realised that I didn’t have anything sorted for pudding – there was no ice cream
Have you ever thought that you might pop from excitement. Well that’s how I felt when I opened the parcel containing my book. “Eeeeeeeeeeee” is
I think that pasta is one of the cheapest and most filling meals you can eat – especially spaghetti and penne, which are usually priced
I made these mini cake treats this week and thought I’d share the recipe with you. I was inspired by the February inspiration challenge on
As we all know it’s National Pie Week in the UK this week (I hope you saw my blog post on my favourite pie recipes
This week is National Pie Week – what more of an excuse do you need to try out one of my Pieday Friday recipes and
Another takeaway recipe special today and this time it’s Sweet n Sour chicken. This is one of my favourite dishes because you can cram it
I’ll admit it, I’m not a big fan of fish. A tin of tuna, I can cope with. But real fish – nope. Too many
I first made these cheesy rolls when I had some roast potatoes left over after a big Sunday lunch, so this recipe is a good
I have a feeling that jam tart is cockney-rhyming-slang for heart – or did I just make that up? Anyway, I’ve baked a batch of classic
This tuna napolitana pasta recipe is tasty, filling and quick to make. And it comes with the added bonus that it includes healthy tuna fish and a nice helping of veg (that the kids won’t notice!) so it’s an ideal weeknight pasta bake that can be pre-prepared, and then popped in the oven when you’re ready for it.
This curry dish is one of my favourite for a cheeky weekend treat and can be made at home for a fraction of the cost of
I am pleased to say that when I told my friends and family that all I really wanted for Christmas were books, they listened – and
Although I love a good ol’ traditional pie, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with customising it a little! Really, the exciting part of the pie
If you’re having a new years party and want to bake some treats yourself but don’t want to spend hours slaving away in the kitchen,
This year I decided to bake a batch of mini Christmas cakes rather than one large one. I find that one big cake often gets
Hot chocolate is one of my favourite hot drinks during the festive season and I wanted to share a couple of photos and the methods for making
Of course, I couldn’t allow myself to get much closer to Christmas without posting a mince pie recipe for Pieday Friday and I’ve been baking a selection
I recently bought masses of parsnips that were reduced in my local shop with the intention of turning them into ready-roasted parsnips for the freezer
In our family we like to alternate between different cuisines when we get together each Friday night for dinner. The most recent choice was curry
For this week’s Pieday Friday, I thought I’d share a simple, traditional shepherds pie recipe with you – perfect for a Friday evening meal or a
Over the weekend I managed to get a big bag of tomatoes that had been reduced at the supermarket so I made a lovely roast tomato soup
After my trip to the Maple Farm produce shop last weekend saw me bringing home a locally-grown butternut squash, I decided that the best way for
Here’s a lovely afternoon tea recipe for you which is especially good for using up your over-ripe bananas: no matter how black your banana have
I’m off to a fireworks display tonight and I always like to take something warming with me for dinner, whether it’s soup (try my carrot
I look forward to every autumn when I begin to have a lovely warming soup for lunch each day and this is one of my
This is a lovely simple soup recipe that I made earlier this week. I’d bought 3 big bags of carrots that were reduced to a
I love to bake, and whenever there’s a birthday in my family I’d usually bake a sweet spongy cake or a tray full of butterfly cupcakes
I saw this recipe on ITV’s This Morning earlier this week and decided to give it a go. I’ve adapted the recipe a little as I
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