On Tuesday, I was feeling bereft as we have no fish fingers in the freezer and I was far too tired to drive into town in search of some. Added to the controversy over processed meat in the UK, I felt that perhaps something a bit healthier and less processed might be the ticket. On [...]
I was enthralled by Rachel Khoo’s Croque Madame Muffins when I first saw them on her programme about her tiny Paris Kitchen and when my lovely friend made them for a church breakfast, I thought it couldn’t be too hard and I’d have a go myself. Well…. I did. And they were ok. Not terrific. [...]
I woke up this morning and decided that I was going to do something about feeling blue and decided that action would help. I gathered up my assistants – willing and feline and headed into the kitchen. I decided upon chilli jam based on Nigella’s recipe with a tweak or two of my own. Ingredients [...]
I saw some lemons on super special offer i.e. 3 for 39p (around 60c US) so I grabbed a couple of nets to make lemon curd with pao at the weekend. We adapted this recipe from BBC food a little. Ingredients: 4 lemons 100g butter 100g sugar 1 tablespoon of limoncello 3 eggs plus one [...]
I found some very cheap Seville oranges and thought that a little marmalade-making would be a nice weekend activity. pao and I had intended to make marmalade together. But I was feeling tired and grotty. So pao stepped into the breach and got on and starting making it. He is a very neat chopper – [...]
I’m planning to dip in and do a Making Monday post every so once in a while. This time, I’m including a lovely recipe that pao cooked. It is warm, tasty, and healthy. Warming Winter Soup (Inspired by Jamie Oliver’s recipe for Poached Chicken Soup on the 15 minute meals programme) 2-3 sprigs of fresh [...]
I noticed the website where I got the basis of the recipe for Tamyra’s birthday cake has closed down and I thought it would be nice to post it. Luckily, I’d made a note of it before the closure. It is based on Fay Ripley’s recipe for Easy Bakewell cake. 150g butter, softened 150g caster [...]
These cupcakes were invented after seeing the wonderful recipe for Almond Joy cupcakes posted by Chris in one of her Friday linkity posts. They are like Bakewell tarts with the addition of coconutty goodness. I had to come up with a non-chocolatey version as pao is trying to eliminate chocolate as a trigger for migraines [...]
(adapted from a Waitrose leaflet) Serves 4 1 pack of sausages (bet 6-8) 1 onion 400g tin cream of chicken soup 600ml chicken stock 1 tsp garlic granules 1 tsp paprika 1 cup frozen petit pois Chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste Fry sausages for about 5 minutes until browned. Remove from pan and [...]
Buns: 1 Earl Grey tea bag 125 ml boiling water 100g currants and mixed peel – you choose the ratio, I chose roughly 20g peel and 80g currants. You can also use raisins or sultanas or a mixture of all of these. 125 ml warm milk 125ml Strong bread flour 125ml Plain flour 7g packet [...]