I think one of the only things that is worse than you feeling ill is when your helpless child is poorly and there is nothing you can do about it. Ioan’s feverish, clinging misery from the last couple of weeks was hard to cope with, as the only thing that soothed him was to be […]
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Sticky toffee pudding loveliness
When you have accidentally bought too many packs of medjool dates which need to be eaten before you go away on holiday, what do you do? Do you ration them out as healthy snacks, or do you mix them with butter, flour and sugar and make a sticky toffee pudding? I’ll let you guess which […]
GBBO challenge week 7 – Religieuse
Find out more about my Great British Bake Off challenge. If I wasn’t already an athiest, making Religieuse this week would have turned me into one. These little choux bun towers, named for the nuns they are supposed to resemble (you’d have to be on drugs to mistake mine for nuns), represent what I dislike […]
A fishy feast
I love having friends for dinner. Some people hate the idea of spending the day cooking, but I really enjoy pottering in the kitchen, making (hopefully) tasty things for people to eat. I also like planning the menu in advance – poring over my cookery books, choosing different starters, main courses and puddings which will […]
Thank you Jamie (and Nigella, as always!)
I bought Jamie Oliver’s 15 minute meals at the end of last year, and whilst I would not recommend it as a quick way to cook (it’s not unless you have every gadget in the kitchen and someone to do your washing up for you) the recipes are easily adaptable and very tasty. I thought […]
Dough-y goodness
I have been fed up of buying bread rolls each day to have with my soup, so last weekend I made some lovely little rolls, using Nigella Lawson’s essential white loaf recipe from Domestic Goddess. The recipe is detailed below. For weightwatchers fans, each roll works out at 2 discovery plan points. 500g strong white […]
Run rabbit, run
Well, it ran as far as into the pot and into my tummy. First dumplings of the winter to top off my rabbit stew as well, and homemade sticky apple cake for pudding. It’s been a day of proper winter food and I have thoroughly enjoyed every mouthful. This eating early lark at weekends is […]