Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
The preparations for our Christmas food have now begun! These minty chocolate truffles, coated in icing sugar to resemble snowballs would make a fabulous Christmas gift.
Christmas eve is nearly upon us and we need to leave out some goodies for Father Christmas and his reindeer.
This is an absolutely winning gravy – perfect served with Christmas lunch or a roast, on a pie or with veggie sausages (you’ve got to try my nosages!) and mash.
I’ve not often cooked with celeriac – it must be prejudice on my part over the poor celeriac’s gnarled facade , which is utterly silly as its actually really delicious.
If, like us, you have piles of clementines hanging around after Christmas and you’re a bit fed up with the whole festive thing, you need to use them up fast! Here is an excellent way of using…
I came across the intriguing concept of soda flavoured cakes whilst admiring the cupcakes at the Hummingbird bakery.
These little chocolate coated nibbles are stunning served with coffee, or simply to end a meal.
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will be well aware that both my daughters have food allergies, which has been a big inspiration for this blog and for the way I cook at home.
It’s all very well starting the New Year with vibrant super food salads, but dark, cold January also requires some comfort foods.
These are a hearty kind of chocolate cookie – robust and perfect for taking on a picnic, although in the UK you might have to wait a while before you’d want to go on a picnic.
The inspiration for this recipe came from my lovely fellow blogger and friend Tiny Kitchen Stories, and her amazing sounding (and indeed award winning) salsa.
It’s snowing today in the UK – proper piles of fluffy white stuff everywhere! We normally have a little sprinkle of snow that melts almost immediately, so a decent amount of snow is a r…