I don’t think you can really call this a recipe as such, its not complicated, there are no rules or real measurements required, Luca and I just added loads and loads of muscovado sugar and butter and baked, the result was scrumptious baked apples with a yummy caramel sauce. When…
Compost Crumble
We all have days when we fancy something sweet after dinner, a little treat, something comforting but you think that you don’t have anything in to make, you can’t be bothered to pop to the shops for the ingredients, so you don’t bother and then end up craving something sweet…
Sage Roasted Pork Belly
Its been raining and it is rather gloomy, so it seemed the perfect day to give this gorgeous sage roasted pork belly ago, it is one of those dishes that feels autumnal, not that I am wishing summer to be over already, I am hoping and praying for lots of…
Blackberry and Rose Geranium Cake
Where has our beautiful weather gone??? I suppose we should know better, we are British after all, but we all long for the hot barmy summer days to come. The woods are full of bluebells and everywhere is looking green, lush and alive. I have just potted up and planted…
Delia’s Shepherds Pie
Well Halloween has passed, Bonfire Night is over and Jack Frost can be seen more often than not most mornings, it has been a glorious autumn this year and I have enjoyed watching the garden change as we have been through the seasons in the new house. I was once…
Very impressive Shepherds Pie
I have given this recipe the rather grand title of “Very impressive Shepherds Pie”, just for the grandeur of the ingredients and the taste. It may not be a quick everyday recipe and I know it is far easier to buy the mince and just add a shepherds pie packet mix,…
Pumpkin Pie
Every year my Mum grows a gorgeous patch of pumpkins and part of our Halloween excitement and ritual is going over and picking out the biggest one to carve. Every year I am taken a back to how beautiful they look growing in the field and just how huge they…
Pumpkin with Crispy Chorizo Soup
This is going to be a very short post as I wanted to get the recipe for this delicious pumpkin with crispy chorizo soup on as soon as possible, just incase some of you had some left over pumpkin or hadn’t yet got round to carving your pumpkins. Every year we…
Toffee Apples
I love this time of year, not just because I love Autumn, but also because there is so much to look forward to, Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas, all great excuses to bake lots of lovely goodies to eat and even better, lots of fun with the kids. My lot may…
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
My little boy Luca loves his food, he is willing to try everything at least once and when the leaves on the tree’s start to change colour he always asks for my special Christmas soup as he like’s to call it. The soup he is referring to is http://dianastaveley.blogspot.com/2010/06/roast-squash-and-sweet-potato-soup-with.html and the reason…
