Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
It’s Sausage Roll time again! I’m not sure why but I only seem to make these at Christmastime when what I should be doing is making them CONSTANTLY and eating nothing but them right throughout the year. They are that good! I’ve made several batches as they have been requested and I find it best [...]
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
It’s raining heavily here right now but on Saturday, oh Saturday was GLORIOUS! It was a day to be in the garden with the kids and lashings of suncream. It was also time to get the paddling pool out of storage and fill it up from the hose. It struck me as Jodie, Robert and [...]
Friday, March 4th, 2011
Chicken stock is a staple in my kitchen/fridge/freezer and as I use it an awful lot in my cooking it never lasts very long. This is a very easy, non-scientific way of making a great tasting stock and therefore not letting any of the bird go to waste. We had roast chicken for lunch last [...]
Friday, January 14th, 2011
It’s the weekend. Can you feel it? It may be slightly drizzly, a little gray and January but it’s the weekend. That means that I have the urge to feed my husband big time. We experiment in the kitchen at weekends. Whatever takes our fancy we cook and invariably these recipes end up on this [...]
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Birds flyin’ high you know how I feel Sun in the sky you know how I feel Breeze driftin’ on by you know how I feel Its a new dawn, its a new day, its a new life for me Yeah, its a new dawn its a new day its a new life for me [...]
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
These light yet wonderfully tasty chicken and lettuce wraps are great for summer entertaining. You will need a food processor for this recipe. This makes six portions. For the dressing – Add the garlic, sugar, chili, chopped shallot and a generous seasoning of freshly ground black pepper and blend together in the food processor until [...]
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Spinach, Prosciutto & Goats Cheese Salad – serves 2 adults Click here for our cooking & weight conversion chart There is a certain spinach salad that I order every time I eat in a certain Italian restaurant. I eat it with such gusto that even though I order a large portion I nearly always contemplate [...]
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
” Oh, hey William, I thought I smelled cookies wafting from the oven of the little elves that live in your hair” Sue Sylvester, Glee ‘The Madonna Episode’ This morning was what Robert the Husband and I describe as a ‘toughie’. It was an early start as things are busy around here and it was [...]
Monday, January 18th, 2010
To make this GREAT snack and sprinkle for salads and stir-frys all you have to do is…. Dry fry 50g of mixed seeds in a non-stick pan over a high heat until popping and toasted but not burnt. Add 1 teaspoon of soy sauce and half a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce to the pan and [...]
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Tapenade Recipe If I could describe my favourite times in the kitchen it’s when I attempt to make something that I had always thought of as too difficult or I had avoided in some way and it actually turns out OK. I prefer this experience much more than when I’m making something that I’ve made [...]
