Antipasto (plural antipasti), means “before the meal” and is the traditional first course of a formal Italian meal. Traditional antipasto includes cured meats, olives, roasted garlic, peperoncini, mushrooms, anchovies, artichoke hearts, various cheeses (such as provolone or mozzarella) and peperone (marinated small green bell peppers, not to be confused with…
Scrambled Eggs & Goats Cheese – Breakfast Heaven
I so wish that I had found this recipe earlier, its to die for and just perfect for this weekend, as it is Father’s Day and I decided that I would spoil Hubby rotten by making him breakfast in bed on both mornings over the weekend. My Hubby works extremely…
Chocolate Gooey Stack
I went to Pudding Club last night, my first ever Pudding Club and the first time of meeting the lovely ladies there and amazingly I won! I was so chuffed and actually couldn’t believe it as competition was tough. My money was on a lovely raspberry mousse cheesecake, which I…
Zestes D’Oranges Sechees – Dried Orange Zest
I have just finished reading Cooking in Provence, by Alex Mackay and again, as is always the case, the book is over flowing with post it notes, highlighting all the recipes that I want to cook. This week so far I am cooking all Italian recipes from Light of Lucia,…
Ricciarelli
Well Christmas is over for another year and I received the most gorgeous Christmas presents from Hubby, a pile of cookery books! I can’t wait to get cooking and blogging. I know I keep promising to blog more and I was going to cook the complete Jamie Oliver 30 Minute…
Chocolate Pear Temptation
My thoughts recently have been about Christmas, where will we be living, what style of house and how perfect our present home is for Christmas. I have viewed house after house, all far smaller than ours and with kitchens which frankly could never inspire me to get out there and…
Fried custard squares
I am a very lucky girl, as I am married to the most amazing man, he is intelligent, loving, supportive, Ok I’ll stop, I know, I am always banging on about how great he is, but I am lucky and I would never take that for granted, but to add…