I made these by accident the other day, and what a happy accident they were..! I was making some biscuits for another birthday party. This time I was brave (see my “Enough?” post if you’re not sure what on earth I’m on about), and just gave the biscuits-still not sure how well received they were… … Continue reading
I promised you the flapjack recipe a couple of days ago, so here it is! I’ve always been a bit hit and miss with flapjack, and it’s either overdone and a bit on the crunchy side, or underdone and falls apart. But now I think I have nailed it. And not only that, it tastes … Continue reading
I was asked to contribute some of my thoughts on food waste recently by a very lovely called Bibi. In amongst our e-mail correspondence we ended exchanging our favourite zero-waste recipes. I sent Bibi the link to my Dead Bread recipe, and Bibi sent me a fabulous recipe for Baked Rice, from an Italian Vegetarian … Continue reading
You may have noticed my mild excitement at making butter from cream last week… As well as delicious butter (that I am still astounded tastes like actual butter!) that particular experiment yielded about 150ml of buttermilk as well, which has been sat in my fridge patiently waiting for an opportunity to be used. We were … Continue reading
I was doing the weekly food shop the other day, when I spotted some much reduced double cream, that was on it’s sell by date. I remembered reading somewhere about using double cream to make butter, so I snapped up a couple of pots and hot-footed it home to consult the inter-web! I posted in … Continue reading
I haven’t yet plucked up the courage to attempt a Gingerbread House, but was looking for an after school activity for the Smalls and a couple of friends last week, and thought that these would do the job very nicely. The recipe I used for the gingerbread was from The Hummingbird Bakery book and is … Continue reading
This is another quick and easy last minute gift idea-I always forget about the neighbours, so often end up making something last minute-this is this year’s…! I got the idea for these while browsing Cathy’s fabulous blog Nurture Store, for ideas for Advent Activities. Cathy makes them with just melted chocolate, but I thought I … Continue reading
Last year we made Festive Rocky Road, and it was very delicious. I decided to make some more this weekend, but we were missing a few ingredients, so ended up with a whole new Festive Rocky Road taste sensation…! This is originally adapted from Nigella’s Rocky Road Crunch Bars in Nigella Express. This is what … Continue reading
Not the most appealing of names for a cake I will admit! I saw this recipe in this week’s Waitrose Weekend, and thought it looked worth a try, especially as I had all the ingredients. It is part of an initiative spear-headed by Francis Quinn, of Great British Bake Off fame, encouraging bakers to recreate … Continue reading
Whilst on our way back from town the other day, SmallSmall spied the jaunty red awning of a certain High St baker, and asked for a cheese straw. For some unknown reason, instead of saying “Yes” and handing over 60p an having a contented child (for five minutes), I responded with “Noooo, you don’t want … Continue reading
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