I am feeling slightly bereft as we speak. We are a man down at home as George has gone on a GCSE Drama trip to New York *lucky lucky boy* and Ben has just gone back to uni having popped home for the weekend to eat, drink and go out on the lash. So, it’s…
A batch of these would make a most delicious Valentine’s treat. This year, for the first time in 33 years, Clyde and I have decided not to bother buying Valentine’s cards. We have never gone down the flowers or dinner out path, but we have always exchanged cards. But this year, we have finally come…
Welcome in Chinese New Year with this super quick dish. This week sees the start of Chinese New Year. And it’s the Year of the Pig, which is appropriate given my huge passion for food. I missed out on being born in the Year of the Pig by one year, which is ironic given Pigs…
Cookies for breakfast, yes please. Another week rolls round and I have more bananas going brown in my fruit bowl. I only eat them when they’re green-ish, the minute they soften and turn remotely yellow/brown I am not interested. This leads to a glut of frozen bananas filling my freezer or, God forbid, I have…
Celebrate Burns Night with this delicious recipe It’s Burns Night this Friday and in my mind this is a super excuse to eat Haggis. And to drink whisky. Haggis is a real love it or hate in dish. Most people who hate it are put off by squeamish olden day talk of it being something…
If you’re craving something gluten free and refined sugar free then look no further. Once again, as I sit here with my jeans feeling really rather snug, I search for what I should be eating over the coming week. I have an awful penchant for sweet things at the moment having not denied myself a…
It’s a new year so time for a new chicken recipe. It’s a new year and my quest for interesting things to do with a chicken continue. I love a chicken based Sunday roast but it happens to be my family’s least favourite choice. It’s cheap, delicious and rustic, but never raises a smile from…
The Christmas countdown has started, and these sausage based nibbles are a great place to begin.i Time is now of the essence and this time next week your Christmas preparations will have reached a new and frenzied level. I have all but finished my shopping, Clyde is on wrapping duty as we speak and I…
Not everyone loves the traditional Christmas pudding, I can assure you they will love this. We are fully immersed in the Christmas thing now, so let’s just go with it. I have lists of lists and online shopping deliveries are arriving on a daily basis. My sister, Mother and I are menu planning for the…
This week it’s time to start some Christmas menu planning. Ok so now it’s December, I feel we can fully embrace the Christmas business and start getting some decent festive recipes under our belt. George’s birthday is at the end of November so I feel it’s wrong to focus on anything Yule related until after…
