Lucy's Friendly Foods914 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Back to Work Double Chocolate Chip Cake with Fluffy White Buttercream
I’ve been dreading today for YEARS – after six years on a career break, spending wonderful time with my little ones, I’m finally going back to work.
Chocolate Chip Cookies for a Big Day
To compound my difficult week… and returning to work has certainly been very hard, tomorrow we’re taking Little S for her rearranged peanut challenge.
Slow-roasted Tomatoes (Tomato Confits)
We’ve just started getting an organic veg box delivered again.
Blackberry Vinegar
It suddenly seems like Autumn, which means tons of blackberries in the hedges – I managed to get a small harvest from our neighbours’ bush that hangs over into our garden (shh!), but no…
Fairy Glitter Truffles
I suddenly had a thought that my lovely edible glitter would make a stunning coating for chocolate truffles – the kind of truffles that fairies might like to eat – and the kind to give …
Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes
Apparently this week is National Cupcake week – a slightly tenuous reason for a celebration if you ask me, but then again the cake tin was looking all empty and lonely, and any excuse to bake…
Pom-Bear Original Crisps now milk-free
Pom-bear crisps seem to be a favourite with children (or maybe just the adults that buy them for the children!) but have always been out of bounds to us as even the original, salted flavour contain…
Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
It’s Sunday which means getting ready for the busy, early part of the week whilst still enjoying what remains of the weekend.
Cherry Berry Compote
The remaining punnet of lovely local strawberries was starting to look a bit sorry in the fridge, and there was a big handful of very very ripe cherries.
Delicious Dhal
I’ve always struggled with making knockout curries – I guess they’re not in my cooking comfort-zone and that spicing just isn’t in my genes.
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Puddings/desserts can be quite tricky if you avoid dairy and eggs – most puds you come across are intrinsically full of the ingredients you want to avoid, particularly any ‘wow, I reall…
Surprising Rich Double Chocolate Brownies
If you think of the ingredients in a brownie you most certainly think chocolate, sugar and eggs.
3M Mess
If you come to this post searching for homemade egg-free meringue not using a mix, check out this post.
Chocolate Cupcakes Topped With Fluffy Chocolate Buttercream
Today is the charity cake sale that happens once a term.
Apple Galette
It’s October, and Autumn has very much arrived in the UK – it suddenly feels much cooler (I must get those winter clothes out of the loft!), the days are noticeably getting shorter and …
Egg-free Raspberry Pavlova
Here’s the second outing for my winning no egg meringue recipe – this time making one large meringue as the base for a Pavlova (for the lovely Somer, you can still have a Pavlova! :-)).
Iced Biscuits using egg-free ‘Royal Icing’
Iced biscuits are cute, pretty and very popular with my children.
Beetroot, Parsnip and Horseradish Soup
This is a fantastic soup: earthy, rooty flavours with the punch of horseradish, and such a vibrant colour – a real autumnal warmer! Beetroot, Parsnip and Horseradish Soup (dairy-free, egg-fre…
Homemade HobNots (almost a HobNob)
Almost a McVities HobNob, but not quite! By making the classic McVities Hobnob type cookie at home you can guarantee that even the chocolate version is free of milk.
