Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Here’s my first recipe inspired by a recipe in my lovely new Ottolenghi cookbook.
I think I’ve been making too many chocolate biscuits recently – although they’re the family favourite – so today I made some Toffee and Raisin Cookies, just for a change.
The fridge is bare and I haven’t done a big shop for a while – too much time blogging, I think! So tonight calls for a real store cupboard supper, and what could be better than a beany …
This is the recipe for the frangipane layer used in the Knockout Pear and Almond Pastries that I posted yesterday.
Do you remember a chocolate sauce back in the 80s that magically turned into a hard shell on contact with cold ice cream – was it called ‘Ice magic’? Anyway, this rich and sumptuo…
It worked! I am so, so pleased! :-) My second foray into making French patisserie (as taught by the wonderful Claire Clark when she was a teacher at Le Cordon Bleu) but egg and dairy-free, has turn…
It’s Big S’s ‘Saint Day’ today, providing the perfect excuse to bake some cupcakes! Most Brits don’t celebrate Saint/name days, but since we have a French half of the …
I’ve always rather liked the idea of baking my own bread, but had some rather limited success in the past.
Fabulous dairy-free, rich and decadent chocolate truffles that are perfect for that after-dinner treat.
I’ve recently been lucky enough to have been given some lovely tapas dishes and it’s inspired me to cook more Spanish food.
We were out of sweet treats so it was the perfect excuse for baking some delectable cupcakes for Big and Little S to have at tea time.
One of the real challenges of catering for allergies is finding suitable ready made products in the supermarket without spending hours walking up and down aisles, reading virtually every label.
One of the highlights of eating at Pizza Express seems to be the dough balls (and you can buy them at huge expense in supermarkets) – they are warm, light and very moreish! However, if you th…
This sweet and tangy bean salad knocks the socks off any shop bought (or horrors of horrors, tinned) offering.
Yet more cookies from me! These very chocolaty cookies are quite substantial and would work perfectly with a cup of oat milk to wash them down… Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (dairy-free, egg-…