I made this Leftover Winter Vegetable Soup just before Christmas as I’d made a glazed gammon joint and therefore had lovely gammon stock and vegetables left over from it. I was also very aware that like most Brits I’d over bought on the sprout front and had a bag I needed to use up before…
Archives for December 2012
Brunch Quesadillas
Just before Christmas one of our neighbours kindly had another Christmas get together and on the invitation it stated 6-8pm. As my family had got up late that day it was too early to eat before we went out so I decided we were going to have Filipa from Gourmet Mum’s Quesadillas with cheese and…
Win a Hamper from Stokes Sauces – Closed
On recent trip to Tesco I noticed a new kid on the block in the sauce aisle, Stokes, and decided I needed to find out more. From their web site I found out that Essfoods produce an award winning range of quality mayonnaises, sauces, mustards, relishes, chutneys, dressings, jams and marmalades, within the Stokes and…
Win a Forman & Field Seasonal Christmas Box with Knorr – Closed
As it’s the season of good will the lovely people at Knorr have offered to give my readers the chance to win a fabulous Seasonal Christmas Box from Forman & Field. The bulk of your Christmas dinner will be sent to your door, how fab is that? Knorr have a new range of handy Gravy…
Beef in Beer – a fabulous slow cooker recipe!
Cooked in a slow cooker (Crockpot), Beef in Beer is a delicious combination of beef, beer, mushrooms and red onions in a meaty, herby, tomato infused gravy. Serve with mashed potato for the ultimate comfort food! Today we had our first sprinkling of snow and so I thought I should dig out a recipe that…