Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
I love getting requests and this week I was asked for doughnuts, which gave me the perfect opportunity to get all experimental with flavours and designs – bliss! I’ve had a reall…
It’s nearly Shrove Tuesday aka Pancake Day and the perfect reason for some mid week baking! I’ve got plenty of pancake recipes on my blog, from traditional, crepes to American style puf…
Thank Crunchie it’s (almost) Friday! Whilst the range of dairy-free chocolate is getting better all the time, it pales in comparison to the ‘regular’ chocolate selection in…
Have you ever had an an American style coffee cake? Not a coffee flavoured cake which were so popular in the U.
With Easter fast approaching, my thoughts have turned towards festive baking and what could be more Easter-y than Hot Cross Buns.
Recently I’ve felt that my blog has gone off the boil, that my recipes were dull and not very inspiring, the photos were so-so and better resources could be found elsewhere.
I don’t know about you, but since allergies have become part of our life, holidays make me nervous.
It seems to have taken forever for proper spring/summer to arrive this year.
The latest in my ‘recreate a classic’ series, which I work on occasionally.
One of the true joys of a French holiday are morning trips to the boulangerie to buy fresh crusty baguettes, croissants and pain au chocolat for breakfast.
Who doesn’t love cinnamon buns? Not only are they light, fluffy and sweetly spicy, but they also make your house smell heavenly as you make them.
Yay for sunshine, yay for summer and yay for the great outdoors! June and July are peak picnic time of year for us, the diary is littered with sports days, festivals, outdoor theatre showing…
Chocolate – it’s ubiquitous isn’t it? Everywhere you go there are tempting, brightly packaged chocolate treats enticing you to buy them… at the check out in most shops.
A big shout out about New Forest Ice Cream, or more specifically their delicious sorbets.
Everyone loves a cute cupcake and I haven’t posted a recipe for one for absolutely ages – so here’s an extra special cupcake recipe to cheer up this rather damp and dreary July da…
Does holiday packing stress you out too? With our holidays fast approaching I’m starting to fret about what we need to take with us, so I thought it would be handy to share my holiday checkli…
This dish is inspired by legend and fastest man on Earth, Usain Bolt.
I was approached by Jamie’s Italian to feature this rather gorgeously designed infographic on buying olive oil.