Lucy's Friendly Foods936 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Totally Tropical Cupcakes
The sun is shining (at last) and it seems like summer may be here, so what better cupcake to make for the last birthday party of the school year than one with a totally tropical vibe – banana…
Holiday Cooking Lessons
The girls are on their summer holidays from school, so activities and distractions need to be found.
Peppermint Creams
For our second home cooking class we made peppermint creams, a classic recipe for involving children, and it was a good choice, they had loads of safe fun with no sharp knives or naked flames in si…
Olympic Rings Biscuits – Bring on the Games
We’re terribly excited – the London 2012 Olympic Games are starting today.
Lime Curd (dairy and egg-free)
This recipe is inspired by the fabulous Tiny Kitchen Stories blog – definitely one of my favourite bloggers, not just from her blog but also her lovely interactions with other bloggers.
Lime/Lemon Mousse
Ok, so it’s not a traditional citrus mousse of whipped up egg whites, but such a great use of the remaining lime/lemon curd.
Cute Chocolate Mice
The home cookery classes continue – this time for an additional 5 year old play-date.
Marvellous Chocolate Chip Muffins
I am beyond excited – tomorrow, we’re going to the Olympics to watch the athletics! It was really difficult to get tickets but we were absolutely determined to experience the whole Olym…
Gingerbread Olympic Medals
Wow, what an experience! The London 2012 Olympics were completely amazing – the atmosphere was awesome and definitely gave everyone a definite feel-good factor.
Tangy Cucumber Salad
I find it really hard to get my children to eat salads – they’re fine with salad vegetables on their own, but combine or dress them and then they’re not keen.
Banana and Passionfruit Birthday Cake
It was my lovely Mum’s birthday yesterday and I thought I’d make her a cake.
Rocky Road Popcorn
I came across this concept in a cookery book I was flicking through in the bookshop – I didn’t note the title but it was one of two books entirely dedicated to popcorn recipes! HereR…
Red Berry Cordial
Due to the bad weather earlier in the summer, this was our first trip to a local ‘pick your own’.
Speedy Homemade Raspberry jam
The bounty from the PYO needed to be used up as fast as possible – it’s funny how real fresh fruit goes off far faster than shop bought varieties… I wonder why?!! In fact, after w…
Jam Flower Biscuits
We’re going on holiday on Friday and I’m determined to try and use up my jar of delicious homemade jam before we go – this has meant serious thinking cap moments and recipe book s…
Plum Streusel Cake
Oh the folly of it! The ripe, reduced plums in the supermarket looked so tempting – it was only when I got them home that it became clear why they were on special offer – over-ripe is s…
Carrot and Poppy Seed Salad
Well we’re just back from a fantastic holiday in the South of France featuring beach fun in the Languedoc and then the incredibly wild and beautiful scenery of the Cévennes and Aveyron.