Lucy's Friendly Foods923 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Brilliant barbecue sauce
The weather has been glorious (never a given in the UK, even in the summer!) – perfect for picnics and barbecues.
Strawberries and Cream Pie
The fruity theme continues! This recipe evolved from a total experiment – I was going to make a traditional strawberry cheesecake for pudding, but wondered how it would work if the strawberri…
Green olive tapenade
I seem to always veer towards Mediterranean flavours, but particularly so when the sun is shining – must be all those holidays over the years to various regions of France with my lovel…
Jamaican Jerk Spiced Sweet Potato Burgers
The current hot weather has kept my thoughts on spicy, exotic flavours – a tropical holiday at home, if you like! We enjoyed my jerk aubergine skewers so much that I was pretty keen on using …
Pan Bagnat
Pan Bagnat literally means ‘wet bread’ in the Occitan Language of the area surrounding Nice.
Broccoli Fritters
Fritters are such a useful recipe, an easy, tasty and filling meal that can be whipped up in seconds.
Chewy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sometimes you want a crunch and sometimes you want a chew! This recipe is for those chewy days, days when you want to linger over a cookie whilst mulling over an interesting concept.
Spiced Oatmeal Cookies with a Chocolate Thumbprint
I really like spiced oatmeal and raisin cookies, but my children have an aversion to raisins.
Strawberry Milkshake Cupcakes
I recently went in for a competition run by Hummingbird Bakery to win a copy of their new book and a KitchenAid (I dream of owning a KitchenAid!).
American Style Fluffy Pancakes
Happy 4th July! I may not be American but any chance of a celebration has to be a good thing! What could be more American than a pile of light, fluffy pancakes drenched in maple syrup and adorned w…
Slow roast tomato and gnocchi salad
I’m not sure where the idea came from but I figured why not make a salad out of gnocchi.
Classic Victoria Sponge Cake (without the eggs or dairy)
The Great British Bake Off is back on TV – yippee! It’s such great light-hearted escapism, perfect after a long day at work.
Plum tart
This is such a simple, stunningly pretty tart you’ll wonder why you ever thought a tart needed anything more than fruit and pastry.
Courgette (zucchini) soup
If you grow vegetables or know anyone who does, then you might well be facing a glut of certain varieties right now (well in the Northern hemisphere anyway).
3 Bean Salad
3 or 4,5,6 – whatever number of bean varieties you like! In my opinion bean salads benefit from either simplicity or variety and this version wins on the variety front.
Provençal potato gratin
Having recently returned from a lovely holiday in the South of France, I’m brimming with summery French ideas – be prepared for a little trip to sunny Mediterranean climes in the next f…
Teriyaki aubergine skewers
Teriyaki – full of umami and lip smackingly good! I nearly used tofu, but aubergine won in the end, partly because the triangles on the skewers look so pretty.