No Bake Cookies I have never baked or cooked with peanut butter as I was quite late in my liking of the substance. So perusing the internet I noticed that there were a lot of peanut butter cookies out there and decided that the Zero Baking Required challenge being hosted by Sarah Trivuncic at Maison…
Walnutty Wholemeal Bread
Walnutty Wholemeal Bread is a delicious nutty loaf that’s great with sweet or savoury toppings! So easy even a child can make this loaf! When we decided to have homemade soup for dinner the other night my husband suggested I also made some homemade bread. Hence I decided it was time to introduce my daughter…
Raspberry Vinaigrette + Oxo Giveaway
As eagle eyed viewers of my blog will have noticed, I am a big fan of my Oxo Good Grips Garlic Press. Hence when I discovered Oxo were on Twitter I was only too keen to let them know and offered to review any of their products. I was kindly sent the Oxo Good Grips…
Scrumptious Chipolata Tagliatelle
I recently tweeted Nigel Slater and asked him for a suggestion as to what I could do with chipolatas, he kindly replied suggesting a cream and mustard sauce with some pasta. Hence my inspiration was fired up and I came up with Scrumptious Chipolata Tagliatelle. I decided against cream as I have over indulged the…
Quick Nicoise Style Salad
This Quick Nicoise Style Salad is very popular with the whole of my family. In fact it’s often met with a whoop of delight from my kids, especially when I serve it with their favourite garlic bread! Technically Salad Nicoise should have anchovies draped on it according to Wikipedia but as we are not keen…
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins – simply delicious!
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are super moist and delicious. Perfect for using up some summer strawberries. Recently my daughter had a cake bake at her school and one of my friends had a minor meltdown when her Strawberry Muffins failed 3 times the night before the bake. I thought I would google to see…
Strawberry Jam
Strawberry Jam made with preserving/jam sugar, using the conserve method to keep some of the fruit whole. A classic set jam. Having seen a box of my yummy strawberries going cheap I just had to buy them and decided that those jars I’d been collecting must now go to good jam making use. So what…
Bacon, Mushroom and Pea Linguine
Feeling like I had the beginnings of some fluey illness I really didn’t feel like cooking last night. My memory of a dish my mother used to make had been jogged recently and so I put in a quick call for a lesson on how to make said dish. As a child we regularly had…
Rhubarb and Strawberry Grunt
Rhubarb and Strawberry Grunt, a wonderful pudding using 2 summer fruits that nestle under a scone topping. Great with ice cream or custard! Britain is awash with strawberries and rhubarb and there’s no better past time than picking your own strawberries at this time of year. Well in theory at least, if we could find…
Salmon, Courgette and Shallot Quiche
Salmon, Courgette and Shallot Quiche is utterly delicious and incredibly easy to make as it uses a sheet of pre-rolled puff pasty in a rectangular tin. Before I begin I’d just like to announce that I am now on twitter with user name @FabFood4All. I never really got into quiche making as I couldn’t get…