bunnies and carrots butterflys easter nests Simnel Cupcakes Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate with a little bit of chocolate thrown in for good measure. That seems to sum up the modern view of Easter, let’s face it the chocolate Easter eggs appear on Boxing Day in supermarkets and are usually right next to the discounted…
Category: Recipes
Recipes, lots of them, all delicious
Christmas Recipes
Christmas is a time for celebration in the deepest, darkest days of the year. Humans have been celebrating the winter solstice, which falls on 21 December, for thousands of years. It’s time to gather together, keep warm and look forward to welcoming the Spring. The time of year when we’re half way through the worst,…
Chinese Recipes
Chinese food is full of flavour and colour and is much healthier than the versions we regularly sample in classic take aways. Lots of brightly coloured stir fried vegetables, lean chicken, steamed fish, flavoured with soy sauce, ginger, citrus fruits and a little rice wine and served with steamed rice or noodles. With a trusty…
Chinese Dumplings
Chinese Dumplings are handcrafted morsels of deliciousness, also known as Pot Sticker dumplings as they stick to the pot.
Chocolate and Ginger Christmas Pudding
Christmas puddings are traditionally made on Stir Up Sunday, around 6 weeks before Christmas. Gather the family around to stir the pudding in a clockwise direction and each make a wish.
Cranberry and Orange Mincemeat
Homemade mincemeat is amazing, cheat and buy the pastry if you must but never cheat on the mincemeat you will notice the difference.
Soda Bread
Soda bread has to be the easiest bread on the planet, no kneading, no proving and really quick to make, add sundried tomatoes and pumpkin seeds for extra flavour and crunch.
Pumpkin Soup
A lovely warming soup, great for sharing on Halloween or Bonfire Night. If you can get hold of small squash or mini pumpkins try slicing the top off, scooping out the seeds and using them as a bowl to serve the soup in, looks amazing
Halloween Soul Cakes
Ingredients: makes 12 cakes good pinch of saffron 2 teaspoons milk, and a little extra 150g butter 150g caster sugar 2 eggs 500g plain flour 1 tablespoon mixed spice 1 teaspoon allspice 3 tablespoons currants How to make soul cakes … WASH YOUR HANDS Ask an adult to put the oven on to 180c /…
Chicken Curry – from 500 Baby and Toddler Foods, from 6-9 months
This is a favourite Saturday Night staple, I make two versions, one for the children without chilli and one for the adults with, or serve fresh or lightly fried red and green chilli slices on the side so people can heat it up to their own tastes. Page 79 of 500 Baby and Toddler Foods…