This is ridiculously easy. In fact I may boast that I have discovered the Holy Grail: a cooked pudding that is respectable enough to serve to guests, very easy to make, not that high in calories, includes real fruit, can be prepared in advance etc etc… It is very quick. My tribute to “Nigella [Read on...]
I’ve seen the light. In November it is very definitely outside. Most of these pictures were taken outdoors, my first time photographing food in the garden. Given the gloom indoors on even the sunniest day, I am really pleased with these pictures and will be heading out there to snap away in my hat [Read on...]
During last week when my husband and I had flu, we didn’t eat a great deal and I found myself faced with a fruit bowl full of spotty bananas. Some sort of cake seemed to be the way to go with them and after consulting my books I came up with these Sticky Banoffee [Read on...]
Today’s post is my contribution to the March of Dimes Fight for Preemies blogging event with Bloggers Unite. I never read “birth stories” on pregnancy forums. I always found them tedious. Trust me. I end up with enough material for a flipping novel. I have kept this post as short as I can and there are lots [Read on...]
Given that I’ve been ill in the past week courtesy of the H1N1 virus, it seems appropriate that my first foray back into the kitchen be to make something healthy. I have a confession. I am a dietary schizophrenic. The outcome of which is that I have intermittent Gillian-McKeith-come-Gwyneth-Paltrow-esque spells of healthy eating sandwiched [Read on...]
Too sick to to cook this week, I am taking you a weekend mini break in my favourite town on earth, St-Rémy-de-Provence. As you might expect by the name, St Rémy is at the heart of Provence, southern France around 20km between Avignon and Arles. It has been home to Romans, Nostradamus, Van Gogh [Read on...]
Quite often when browsing online I notice groups or initiatives based in the USA and I wish there was an equivalent in the UK. I had never heard of March of Dimes or Bloggers Unite until a few days ago but when I saw the image above relating to an online event supporting a [Read on...]
Passionfruit, chocolate and cream are a heavenly trio in this cake recipe using carrots. Casting directors, as my husband is fond of reminding me, have a habit of choosing Brummies for characters a bit slow on the uptake. A regular Fast Show sketch featured middle class people discussing the hoi polloi when the least brightest [Read on...]
Chocolate macarons are just as delicious even if you don’t get them right. These were made from a David Lebovitz recipe but before I’d perfected how to do them! Beginner’s luck is a terrible thing. My first macarons, pecan pie with salted caramel fudge filling were a rip roaring success and I’m afraid to say [Read on...]
Eggplant recipes and chocolate cake are not normally something you’d expect to find in the same sentence but the beautiful cake you see above is made with aubergine (or eggplants depending what you call them). The Heartache Chocolate Cake, featured in Harry Eastwood’s Red Velvet Chocolate Heartache claims to be the new healthier way [Read on...]
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