Cooking recipes from "Lucy's Friendly Foods" - page 28

Caramel marble cake

This recipe was devised due to spying a little bottle of caramel essence in Waitrose.

Mexican Taco Soup

It’s funny how you suddenly feel like eating a certain dish.

Homemade Oreos with a Rose Cream Filling

Big S has been asking me to make Minteos for ages (my mint version of Oreos) – I’ve kept putting it off as I remembered it was quite a laborious task involving multiple sheets of cookie…

Roasted tomato and shallot salad

This is just the thing when your tomatoes are not quite ripe, or even a little past their best but you really fancy a delicious tomato salad.

Chocolate and strawberry cake

I haven’t made a proper cake for ages – somehow it always seems more convenient to make cupcakes, but every now and then you can’t beat the visual appeal of a stunning centrepiece…

Banana Flapjacks

I haven’t made flapjacks for ages.

Cucumber and Pea Salad

I’m not sure about you, but my children struggle with composed salads – they’re fine with lettuce, cucumber etc.

Terrific Tomato Soup

I think most people have childhood memories of tomato soup – probably Heinz – and its comforting qualities.

Breakfast bars

Do you or your children struggle with eating breakfast? Or maybe it’s just Little S.

Chipotle slaw

I’ve been noticing a trend towards flavoured coleslaws in the shops – anything from coronation ‘slaw, jalapeño ‘slaw, barbecue ‘slaw.

Chocolate and Toasted Coconut Cupcakes

Mmmm, coconut = sunshine.

Strawberry Mousse

Big S is off on a Big Adventure with school.

Homemade ritz style crackers

I have such difficulty finding crackers Little S can have – most seem to contain traces of milk, nuts or seeds.

Balsamic Bean Dip

Sometimes you just gotta dip! Bean-based dips used to sound a little odd to me but really are delicious and are far healthier than anything mayo-based, and importantly, on the whole much friendli…

Passionfruit Shortbread

You’re going to notice a distinctly fruity theme in my recipes over the next few weeks – all the early summer fruits are irresistible at the moment, so I’ve been buying tons of th…

Eton Mess

There’s nothing more English than strawberries and cream in the Summer, preferably whilst watching Wimbledon or perhaps a game of cricket (although not for me)! It seemed time to roll out my …