I rarely had school dinners when I was younger, as my friends and I used to eat our packed lunches together in the ‘Quiet Green’ rather than bother with queueing for lunch. However, I definitely fondly remember stodgy school puddings from primary school: jam and coconut sponge with pink custard, chocolate pudding with chocolate custard […]
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GBBO 2014 challenge week 5 – Somerset apple tart
Pies and tarts were the subject of this week’s Bake Off, and Norman (who practically dredged the entire studio in icing sugar when he ‘dusted’ his tarte au citron) was booted off, despite the fact that they are one baker down now that Diana has pulled out of the series due to illness. I think the […]
Making friends with filo, plus a cheeky fish curry
My diet has not been brilliant recently, and the pounds have slowly crept on. Instead of eating well 80% of the time and having treats 20% of the time, the rule has reversed and I have been scoffing goodies much more than I should. Well, these things happen – I just realised I needed to […]
Christmas starts here …
I feel pretty well organised for Christmas – my edible presents are almost finished, the Ocado shop is due to arrive tomorrow, and we are collecting the turkey and meat from Frank Godfrey butcher on Monday. Today is my last day to relax before the cookery onslaught, and we’ll be having a nice simple meal […]