I must confess that I am not a big soup eater, I never order it in a restaurant, never eat it out of a tin, but occasionally I do indulge in a beautiful New Covent Garden Food Co soup. Also a couple of years a go I brought their book…
Turkish Delight Vodka
For me, Christmas is not Christmas without a wrapped polygon shaped box appearing under the Christmas tree. This tradition goes back to my Father, who just loves Turkish Delight, every year my Mum would buy him a box for Christmas Day, she would always have to hide it as Dad…
Christmas Cake – Angela Nilsen Recipe
I haven’t made a Christmas cake for a few years now as I am the only person in the house that likes it, but I really miss the tradition of making it, the aroma wafting around the house conjuring up that first excitement of Christmas and I miss decorating the…
20 minute ‘blitz & blend’ Mincemeat
For those of you that thought my Delia mincemeat recipe was rather long winded, fiddly and basically you just do not have the time to faff around making homemade mincemeat, when you can just pop to the shops and buy a jar…. here is the simplest recipe ever, very quick,…
Stollen Ring
I have to admit that I have never tried Stollen, I have seen it in the shops but it never took my fancy. Then I saw this recipe, the picture looked so nice that it inspired me to give it a go and I am so pleased that I did,…
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…
Homemade Mincemeat
Its hard to think about Christmas in early November but if you love to bake at Christmas I am afraid you have to be prepared. The Christmas cake needs baking and feeding with booze, mincemeat needs time to mature and develop flavour and sloe gin needs weeks to be perfect…
Sauteed Potatoes
You may of seen my post http://dianastaveley.blogspot.com/2011/10/mini-beef-wellingtons.html , the yummy dinner I cooked for my Hubby the other night, well here is the recipe for the sauteed potatoes that accompanied it. Crisp on the outside, light & fluffy on the inside and so full of flavour, to die for. If you fancy…
Christmas Cake Poll 2011
Please check out my Facebook page for my Christmas Cake Poll and help me decide which cake I should make this year. The winning cake I will bake, blog and let you know how it all went & tasted. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sugar-Spice/153417948084546
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…
