I love dishes that I can create in minutes, no fuss, only a few very good ingredients and a dish that doesn’t compromise on flavour. When you are a busy Mum, trying to juggle it all, dishes like this spaghetti con gamberetti e rucola (spaghetti with prawns & rocket) are just…
Christmas Cake – Delia’s Recipe
Christmas rituals can offer great reassurance in a fast changing world, making the mincemeat and Christmas cake, choosing a theme for the family get together dinner, picking out and decorating the tree, all feed the air of anticipation and excitement leading up to the big day. Over the years, as…
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…
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,…
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…
Blackberry Jam
It’s that time of year when you feel the sense of change in the air, evenings smell and feel different and the evening sunlight has that glow to it of autumnal evenings, I have also noticed how early the leaves on the tree’s are starting to change colour. My thoughts…
Sugar Saucers
Finding a good cookie recipe is not easy and I have tried many, but this one is just lovely, chewy on the outside, soft in the middle and full of flavour. Its the sort of recipe that you can play with and have a lot of fun with, depending on…
Nectarine Salad with Goat’s Cheese Toast
I think I may of found my Summer staple, the dish that I could live on all Summer, its simple and versatile, has all my favourite foods in and is so delicious. This is one of those dishes that as soon as you have finished it, you want more! Its…
Happy Birthday Marmalade
It was my Hubby’s birthday yesterday and if you regularly read my blog or know me, you will know that my Hubby is the most important person to me in the World, he is my best friend and I love him to bits. Last year for his birthday I set…
Raspberry Crumble Cake
I have had a little triumph today! As I have got more confident as a baker I have found its easier to play with recipes and make them my own, this recipe I saw on ‘Something For The Weekend” and originally it was a coffee and blueberry cake. As Luca…
