Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday 2010

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Banana & Nutella pancakes - 2

It’s Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday here in the UK which means it’s the last day before Lent. Here in our office Jodie is giving up chocolate and Cathy is giving up bread. I’ve already given up my entire being to incubate the Meatballs so I’ve been let off the hook this year. But now [...]

Chocolate & Hazelnut Pie Recipe

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Chocolate & Hazelnut Pie - 1

Chocolate pie, is there anything better? Creamy chocolate pie that is rich enough to melt in your mouth but not so much so that it makes you feel sick. I think we’ve managed this balance with this pie recipe. Making a pie for someone you love and adore on Valentine’s Day is a highly appropriate [...]

Thyme & Garlic Butter Baste for Your Turkey

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Thyme & Garlic Butter Baste - 1 - Cherry Menlove

Welcome!
Today I have a GREAT recipe for one of the best ways to baste your Turkey this year.
But before all that I have a confession to make.
There have been a number of recipes that I have simply not been able to take part in cooking recently. The Boston Baked Beans was one. Jodie had to [...]

Gammon in Apple Cider for Thanksgiving or Christmas

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Gammon in Apple Cider - 1 - Cherry Menlove

It’s the eternal question? Do we have Turkey for Thanksgiving/Christmas or something else? Some folks, my Dad for instance, would never let us hear the end of it if we served anything other than Turkey on Christmas Day.
A fictional conversation now takes place…
“Do you remember when you served that other thing on Christmas Day, Chel?”
“What [...]

Gimme S’More! How to make S’mores

Friday, November 6th, 2009

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Gimme S’More!
How to make S’mores
I think it’s safe to say that it is currently bonfire season. Bonfire Night was yesterday here in the UK but a great many people will be waiting until this weekend to celebrate it. Along with Bonfire Night you more often than not get a bonfire (funny that!) which is perfect [...]

Cherry’s British Boston Baked Beans Recipe

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

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Cherry’s British Boston Baked Beans Recipe
In the UK the 5th of November  is celebrated as Guy Fawkes Night and if you are having some peeps over for a bonfire and some fireworks this weekend then I have the recipe for you. It’s hearty and guaranteed to warm the cockles. This is also a recipe that we’ve created [...]

Ghostly Apple Parcels

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Ghost Apple Parcels - 8 - Cherry Menlove

For many of you with children this will be the last day of the half term so we thought we would share a really great but simple recipe with you that you can make with the help of the kids; however, these little ghostly treats are also a winner with the adults as Robert the [...]

Christmas Preparation - Freezing Parsley

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Bowl of freshly picked parsley - Cherry Menlove

Well, I can officially say that it’s started.
If you DO NOT like preparing for Christmas in advance in order to save time, money and have a GREAT DEAL OF FUN ALONG THE WAY then this is not the website for you, I’m afraid. It’s important to me to avoid wastage wherever I can and over the next [...]

Spicy Pork, Tofu & Coriander Rice

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Spicy Pork, Tofu and Cilantro Rice - Cherry Menlove

Spicy Pork, Tofu & Coriander/Cilantro Rice Recipe
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I remember reading about how Nigella Lawson would go to a restaurant, try a dish and then take the menu home so that she could recreate it herself. I’m not sure if this was true but if it was then in true Nigella [...]

Recipe for Iced Vanilla Easter Cookies

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Easter Cookies 1 - 09 - cherry menlove

It’s Tuesday, so I’m in the kitchen!!

Recipe for Iced Vanilla Easter Cookies
I was up early this morning and in the kitchen. I had some bunnies that needed icing and as decorative icing is not my strongest of points I figured that I needed time (and extra bunnies) to practice on. We can’t all be master icers [...]