Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Making Elderflower syrup could not be easier. There are only four ingredients, the preparation doesn’t take that long and the best thing is that it can be done on a warm evening in June, out in the garden or in the kitchen with the radio on and the back door still open. I’m making syrup [...]
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
I have a dessert for you today. A dessert that is sublimely easy to make. It’s elegant and simple to look at and is soft in your mouth. It’s a treat in the way that all desserts should be. Last year I planted a crown of rhubarb. It was doing brilliantly, I even [...]
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
I decided last week that although we are moving house, are surrounded by boxes, and ALMOST living out of suitcases, that we needed a treat. We needed something that was ridiculously unhealthy but ridiculously delicious in equal measure. I wanted something that tasted like springtime as it hit my mouth and had us picking up [...]
Friday, August 19th, 2011
One of the things that Robert and I missed the most while he was away in hospital were the times we pottered around the kitchen cooking together. The other evening after the kids were in bed we went out to one of several Damson trees in our back garden and began picking. The Damsons are [...]
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
I find Spring & Summer food inspiring to say the least. It differs so much from Autumn & Winter food which I find comforting and warming and loving. Yes, loving. I find stews and root vegetables loving. They warm me up when cold, nourish me when empty and fill my home with their subtle flavours [...]
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
HELLO! Today is a good day. Not only have I started it by rocking out to Prince and the Rolling Stones with my kids in the kitchen but the sun is out too. Dancing and sunshine are all I need……apart from the odd Prosecco obviously. But I knew that today would be a good day [...]
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
I now have a comments function. Leave your comment/question at the end of every post! My mum tells us that she can’t cook or bake. But when she makes a cheesecake we tend to disagree. My mum used to bake this cheesecake every summer when we ‘was kids’. As she was a HUGE lover of [...]
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Nowadays I can often be found wandering around the house lamenting the lack of time I have and wondering what I did with my days before we had the twins. I believe the answer to this is that I watched a great many re-runs of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. But seriously, I don’t know [...]
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Click here for our weight conversions chart Pre-heat your oven to 200c Note: I used a 9 x 12 inch oven proof dish for my cobbler, but one of a similar size would work just as well. Start by cutting the peaches in half and taking the stones out. Slice the peach halves thinly and [...]
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
I seem to be eating Cherries by the punnet at the moment and considering it a meal. I’m not kidding. I’ll pull a whole punnet of cherries out of the fridge, wash them and then eat the whole lot. Of course my tummy will begin to hurt a little bit due to the vast quantities [...]
