When the lovely people at Tesco Direct asked if I’d like to review and run a competition with my choice of small kitchen appliances there was no holding me back! First I chose the Tricity TFSSHB12 Hand Blender which retails at £9.50 and even comes with a jug. For the money I think this is…
Archives for May 2014
A Guide to Taste of London 2014
Billed as the world’s greatest restaurant festival Taste of London returns to Regents Park from 18 – 22 June. Whether you love cooking or just enjoy eating good food there really is something for everyone. As well as all the restaurants, food and wine producers you will find more innovative and interactive cookery demonstrations and…
Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables
Slow Cooked Pulled Lamb with White Wine & Root Vegetables One of our favourite dishes is lamb shanks which I have never made at home but really ought to! With this in mind my husband suggested that rather than roasting the leg of lamb we had, why didn’t I slow cook it to replicate the…
Foodie News May 2014
I have had a marvellous array of foodie products and items sent to me this month so let’s get the show on the road! The Kitchen Magpie by James Steen This book really does what it says on the tin! It is as if a magpie has flown around the world gathered together a smorgasbord…
Egg & Prawn Open Sandwich with Lemon Mayonnaise
Being half Danish I regularly put together Danish open sandwiches (smørrebrød) on traditional wholegrain rye bread but am aware it’s not to everyone’s taste. So when my mother told me about this particular Egg and Prawn open sandwich that she makes all the time, I thought it would be ideal to share during British Sandwich…
Quiche Lorraine with Slow Cooked Pulled Gammon
I have been using my slow cooker more and more lately and slow cooking gammon (check out 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pulled Gammon). The best thing about it is that there is always plenty of leftover gammon and so my Quiche Lorraine with Slow Cooked Pulled Gammon is the perfect dish to use some of…
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse)
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) are traditional Danish butter cookies made with chopped almonds. Every tin of Danish Butter Cookies has Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) in it but homemade ones taste so much better. My mother used to make these cookies every Christmas using a special star shaped disc on her meat mincer. She’d…
Credit Crunch Munch March/April round-up
We’ve had another delightful batch of entries to Credit Crunch and it’s been good to see some new blogs entering too. So let’s not hang about – on with the recipes! First up were Jane from Onions & Paper’s Red Lentil Balls or Mercimek Koftesi which she was inspired to re-create after eating them on…