Vanessa Kimbell

Scones

I never ever normally make scones, I love them, they are one of my favourite afternoon tea treats but when I made them for the first time about 20 years ago they were a disaster and came out like little hard rocks! The other problem I have is that my…

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Blondes V’s Brunettes – Vanilla Blondies

As a proud brunette myself I am usually very defensive of my colouring and will always claim brunettes are best, but on this occasion I will have to take a step down on my beliefs after making these gorgeous, rather addictive Vanessa Kimbell Vanilla Blondies. Now I really don’t want…

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Lavender Shortbread

I love cookery books, this is no secret, it is also no secret that I have a rather large collection of them, some I have brought and have been disappointed by, some I have brought and cooked loads of recipes from, but I now have a book that I want…

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About me

I came up with the idea of this blog as I had been writing a cookery book for my Children after my eldest Son Simon left home and would ring me for all his favourite recipes. I thought that this way it would be easier to update & where ever they were they could cook their favourite recipes. This blog is that index card box of scribbled recipes, torn out recipes from magazines, lost somewhere in the house, all brought neatly together in one place.

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