Quick and Easy Sour Cream Banana Bread
It’s always handy to have a really quick and easy recipe for banana bread up your sleeve, for those times…
Easter Menu Planning – Sharing the ‘Foodily’ love!
I’m stealing a few moments to myself, while my little one is sleeping, to tell you about a handy little…
Sausage and Courgette Risotto
Last week I caught up on the phone with my sister over in Italy who (during an amazing conversation about Italian…
Pink Pasta – Linguine with Salmon, Prawns and Dill
This recipe is inspired by a baked salmon dish that my sister very often makes. We call her Mrs Pink, since…
Congratulations to the winner of the Hotel Chocolat Ostrich Egg!
Thank you all for entering my first giveway! The winner is Lynn Savage – please contact me so that I…
Orange and Amaretto Polenta Cake
Whenever I go to the Italian café in my town, I always ask for a piece of their Orange Polenta Cake, which…
Pappardelle with Butternut and Taleggio
Last week I was on the hunt for a recipe that would feed a crowd, more specifically, a group of…
Easy Peasy Home Made Pizza
I’m going to make you very hungry… This week has been another busy week. Inspired by my recent pasta making…
Hotel Chocolat Dark Chocolate Ostrich Egg (Giveaway Closed)
I’ve been a fan of Hotel Chocolat since around 2005, when I first discovered them online following a friend’s recommendation. …
Hellmann’s Mayonnaise Chocolate Brownies
This week I was invited to attend an event by Hellmann’s who want to inspire us with simple recipes using…
Lotte’s Country Kitchen by Lotte Duncan
If ever you require a large dose of comfort or perhaps a little something to nibble alongside your tipple of…
Make Ahead Pancake Mix (Prepped!)
Hello there! I couldn’t let Pancake Day/Shrove Tuesday go by tomorrow without mentioning and linking back to an amazing recipe for…
Lemony Spring Cupcakes
Although there are still (officially) a couple of weeks until spring, the first appearance of daffodils in my garden have already…
My Secret Kitchen – Product Review
Mmmn, so I was lucky enough to receive some fabulous products to sample from the lovely Sue at My Secret Kitchen, which…
Top Books for Budding Little Cooks!
If you have little people at home, there are some top tips for happy mealtimes over on my page…
Nigella’s Chocolate Cloud Cake
I’m thinking of chocolate. In particular of a rich chocolate cake, oozing with depth of flavour and richness. Well, it…
Chocolate, Beetroot, Vanilla & Black Pepper Cupcakes (Prepped!)
A little while ago I posted about my adventures in recipe testing, which involved making and tasting some amazing pancakes for a…
Easy Macaroni Cheese with Baby Leeks
It’s Meat Free Monday again which means I have a really lovely, easy recipe to share. This one is great…
Happy New Year – “Enough is as good as a feast”
The same thing happens every year, we get through Christmas and a little bit of guilt kicks in for having over-indulged. Whether…
Radio Show Write-Up
I am very pleased to report that yesterday’s stint on Nick Coffer’s Weekend Kitchen at BBC Three Counties Radio was a great…
Radio Show Guest!
I’m getting very, very excited as tomorrow I am going to be a guest on a two-hour Food and Wine…
Homemade Polish ‘poured’ noodles
It’s Monday again, and I’ve been experimenting once more in the kitchen with a meat-free recipe for Polish noodles or…
Easy Entertaining – Nigella Style
This post is inspired by two things. Firstly, a lovely long leisurely lunch on Saturday with good friends who came…
Lovely Lentils & Homemade Labneh
So, we are a week into the new diet ‘Healthy Eating Plan’ following the Christmas and New Year binge and things…