Its the Easter holidays and days can start at a much slower pace. Hubby gets up at 7am to walk the dog and whilst he is gone I always get up to make him a fresh coffee to enjoy when he gets back, its just a few minutes together before…
Eccles Sponge Cake
On Saturday I had my Mum & Dad over for the afternoon, Mum is diabetic now but absolutely loves my cakes, so I know I shouldn’t but I couldn’t resist baking for her, well it is Christmas! I found this lovely recipe for the Eccles Sponge Cake in the January…
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…
Maple-glazed hot dogs with mustardy onions
So here as promised is the amazing but again very simple to make maple-glazed hot dogs with mustardy onions. As you will of seen on my previous post, I served these with spicy potato wedges, but as Bonfire Night will soon be upon us I think these would be…
Red Velvet Cake
If you have brought Octobers edition of Good Food you are in for a treat as Edd Kimber has a fantastic section in there showcasing his heavenly cakes. You may remember Edd from last years Great British Bake Off, I was a total addict to the show last year and…
30 Minute Chicken Curry
My love of Cookery Books and food magazines is well known, I have been collecting them for years and the photo above is of Good Food Magazine February 2001, I actually think my Mum gave me this one as I loved this recipe so much. Hubby and I were…
Greek Lamb Pies with Feta Mash Topping
Hubby is always nagging me to get off my backside and get round to subscribing to my three favourite magazines, Delicious, Olive and Good Food ! Like he has pointed out, I religiously buy them every month and have done for years, so why not subscribe, save some money and…
Coconut-crusted lime chicken
Every month I loyally buy my cookery magazine’s, Olive, Delicious & Good Food. I love nothing better than sitting reading them with a fresh cup of coffee, its one of my favourite ways to relax, but it also means I know exactly what is in season and also means we…
Market Kitchen : Big Adventure
A little while a go I posted on here my excitement of being asked to be a guest on the new series of Market Kitchen! Hubby and I went off to London and spent the whole day filming, we had loads of fun and met some great people, but now…
Honey Mustard Chicken
Whilst ironing, getting the Children ready for school and trying to rush down my morning cup of coffee I was watching the BBC News as I always do and there was a very interesting report that claimed that the typical Briton has 15 cookbooks featuring more than 1,500 recipes, but…
