Lucy's Friendly Foods923 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Salted Caramel Victoria Sponge Cake
Victoria sponge cake is surely the most appropriate traditional summertime cake.
English Muffins
English muffins were always our saviour, a safe breakfast or bun option that was mostly readily available.
Rich Chocolate Truffle Pots
Rich, decadent and very chocolatey truffle pots – think those little Gu pudding pots you can buy, but tastier, friendly and with only three ingredients! These totally fit the bill of emergenc…
Light Fruit Cake in the style of a Genoa Cake or a French Cake aux Fruits
Sometimes I find inspiration is lacking and I find it hard to come up with new ideas – well, there are over 700 unique recipes on my site! Then along comes a whole season of inspiration in th…
Malta and Gozo with allergies
We’re just back from a wonderful, relaxing and very sunny summer holiday and I thought I’d pass on some thoughts on Malta and Gozo as holiday destination from the point of view of a fam…
Luxury Dairy-free Twix Bars
The ‘free-from’ chocolate ranges are constantly improving and getting more exciting (thank you Nomo and MooFree), but there is still a real lack of the kind of interesting chocolate bar…
Wagamama – a truly great experience when eating out with allergies
I’m going to continue my ‘eating out with allergies’ series as it’s an area where I’m always looking for help and recommendations, so maybe my comments and reviews may…
Lemon and Poppy Seed Yogurt Loaf Cake
You might think that yogurt wouldn’t work in a dairy-free cake, but i’ve had great success using dairy-free yogurt to create a light and fluffy but also moist sponge.
The Best Ever Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies and the worries of school trips
My thinking is that in the U.
Afternoon Tea at One Aldwych, London
It’s rare that my girls get to go out for a real fancy treat, one that is food based but also worth getting dressed up for! We’ve previously had a wonderful Afternoon tea at The Langham…
Bonfire or Christmas Spice Scones
I’m not one for a milky coffee but I do like the sound of the seasonal varieties that are sold in the big golf shop chains.
Mocha Biscotti
This year I’m intending on making lots of my Christmas presents, well that’s the plan! I’ll have to see if life, work and the new puppy let that happen… To me it seems like …
Biscoff Chocolate Truffles
I can’t think of a better time to make homemade chocolates than Christmas.
Brandy Snaps
Brandy snaps are an essential part of Christmas – i can’t imagine eating them at any other time of year! They’re also a perfect easy recipe to make in a rush, or with the children…
Stollen (egg-free, dairy-free and nut-free)
I have a fondness for Stollen and it’s been on my Christmas recipe to-do list for some years.
Mini Double Chocolate Muffins
These are my recreation of those mini muffins people buy in tubs from the supermarket! They’ve always looks so useful and appealing, but are sadly not suitable for us.
Chocolate Swirl Cake
This is an adaptation of the Misfit Baker’s wonderful snicker doodle loaf recipe (if you haven’t yet, do check out her blog, she bakes the most wonderful vegan goodies).
Fudge
Now that worthy January is out of the way I can start posting my backlog of recipes, and what better day to make fudge that when storm Ciara is battering the country.
Chocolate and Vanilla Yo-Yo Cookies
What crazy and unpresidented times we are living through! I don’t think that even a few weeks we could have imagined lock down, and certainly not lock down for 1/4 of the world’s popul…
Cucumber and Rice Noodle Salad
I don’t know about you, but when we’re all at home (and obviously thanks to Covid-19 that is ALL the time right now) I struggle with lunch ideas the most.