I was very proud this month to convince my colleague Liz to take part in foodie penpals – she had a great experience with it after a couple of teething problems, and received a lovely parcel from Lithuania. She also sent some Cambridgeshire goodies to her penpal, which makes me keen to get paired up […]
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Celebrating It’s not easy being greedy’s birthday with chocolate beer cake and choc chip cookies
Hey, hey, hey, it’s my birthday. By which I mean it’s my blog’s birthday – I wouldn’t be quite so enthusiastic about my own as I edge closer and closer to 40! So, 27 October 2013 was the day I wrote my first blog post. On this day last year I celebrated the blog’s 1st birthday, […]
A little bit of Switzerland in my freezer with Moevenpick
You’ll know from my recent #Nofilter post that I rather love Switzerland … and that’s in no small part due to the lovely food there. You can’t really go too far wrong at the dinner table when everything is liberally covered with melted cheese (even better – cheese which has been melted INTO WINE!). Mmmmmmmm. […]
Celebrating Henry’s christening … with the biggest cake I have ever made
Henry’s christening was last week – no, I don’t mean Henry the cat … even I am not that mental! – I mean the son of lovely Charlotte from Alphabet Adventures. And the christening was a pretty grand affair too: taking place in St Paul’s Cathedral no less! Such a special event certainly calls for […]
Mum’s fish and chips
I always think I know best (well, I do know best) but you can’t blame me for that attitude – I get it from my mum. So you can imagine when we’re in the same room and disagree about something – arguments and then stroppiness generally ensue (from us both). Growing up on (what seemed […]
GBBO challenge week 8 – doughnuts
Mmmmmmmm, doughnuts. Deep fried sweet dough, filled with jam and coated with sugar – delicious! Actually, I have never made doughnuts before – I always tend to shy away from anything which requires deep frying in case I accidentally set fire to myself or the kitchen – but I came across a recipe by Jo […]
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Great Ormond Street Hospital Bake it Better bake sale – rich chocolate cake
My lovely friend Charlotte is letting me bake a cake for her son Henry’s christening later in the month, and because I have been feeling the pressure, I wanted to do a test run of the cake. This meant that I had a 50 portion chocolate cake which needed a home last week, and as […]
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Beautiful Switzerland with #Nofilter
Anyone who knows me, or reads It’s not easy being greedy, will know that we love to travel. And with travelling comes the opportunity to eat our way around the globe. We’re lucky enough to have several friends living in Switzerland, which means we get to go there on holiday quite a lot. As our friends […]
Foodie penpals – September 2014
Only a few day’s late for this month’s foodie penpals – mainly because I have been spending an awful lot of time baking and working this week, which has meant I haven’t had much time to write. Thanks to a quiet weekend I am catching up on my It’s not easy being greedy posts, and […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 7 – eclairs
More apologies from me for getting behind on my Bake Off challenge for this year – seriously, the weeks are flying by, and I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! In fact, I actually made my week seven challenge last weekend, but I haven’t had time to write about it yet. These challenges are getting seriously […]