Lucy's Friendly Foods400 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Speedy Homemade Raspberry jam
The bounty from the PYO needed to be used up as fast as possible – it’s funny how real fresh fruit goes off far faster than shop bought varieties… I wonder why?!! In fact, after w…
Jam Flower Biscuits
We’re going on holiday on Friday and I’m determined to try and use up my jar of delicious homemade jam before we go – this has meant serious thinking cap moments and recipe book s…
Plum Streusel Cake
Oh the folly of it! The ripe, reduced plums in the supermarket looked so tempting – it was only when I got them home that it became clear why they were on special offer – over-ripe is s…
Back to Work Double Chocolate Chip Cake with Fluffy White Buttercream
I’ve been dreading today for YEARS – after six years on a career break, spending wonderful time with my little ones, I’m finally going back to work.
Chocolate Chip Cookies for a Big Day
To compound my difficult week… and returning to work has certainly been very hard, tomorrow we’re taking Little S for her rearranged peanut challenge.
Fairy Glitter Truffles
I suddenly had a thought that my lovely edible glitter would make a stunning coating for chocolate truffles – the kind of truffles that fairies might like to eat – and the kind to give …
Strawberries and Cream Cupcakes
Apparently this week is National Cupcake week – a slightly tenuous reason for a celebration if you ask me, but then again the cake tin was looking all empty and lonely, and any excuse to bake…
Double Chocolate Chip Muffins
It’s Sunday which means getting ready for the busy, early part of the week whilst still enjoying what remains of the weekend.
Cherry Berry Compote
The remaining punnet of lovely local strawberries was starting to look a bit sorry in the fridge, and there was a big handful of very very ripe cherries.
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Puddings/desserts can be quite tricky if you avoid dairy and eggs – most puds you come across are intrinsically full of the ingredients you want to avoid, particularly any ‘wow, I reall…
Surprising Rich Double Chocolate Brownies
If you think of the ingredients in a brownie you most certainly think chocolate, sugar and eggs.
Chocolate Cupcakes Topped With Fluffy Chocolate Buttercream
Today is the charity cake sale that happens once a term.
Apple Galette
It’s October, and Autumn has very much arrived in the UK – it suddenly feels much cooler (I must get those winter clothes out of the loft!), the days are noticeably getting shorter and …
Egg-free Raspberry Pavlova
Here’s the second outing for my winning no egg meringue recipe – this time making one large meringue as the base for a Pavlova (for the lovely Somer, you can still have a Pavlova! :-)).
Iced Biscuits using egg-free ‘Royal Icing’
Iced biscuits are cute, pretty and very popular with my children.
Homemade HobNots (almost a HobNob)
Almost a McVities HobNob, but not quite! By making the classic McVities Hobnob type cookie at home you can guarantee that even the chocolate version is free of milk.
Apple and Cinnamon Cake
I don’t seem to be making much headway with the piles of apples that need using up.
Birthday Fairy Cakes for School
All children seem to take cakes into school on their birthday, it adds to the excitement of the day and lets the whole class join in the celebration – my girls (due to a restricted diet) hard…
Penguin Themed Birthday Cake
So here it is, the birthday cake for Little S’s birthday party – the theme was penguins.
Fruit Leather
My children love fruity snacks – I guess I’ve always given them quite a lot as they’re generally safe and fairly easy to find.