Halloween Chocolate Apples are dipped in dark or white chocolate and then decorated with a spider web design. Great fun for kids and adults to make and utterly delicious. Impress your friends at your Halloween or bonfire night party! Every October the shops are filled with toffee apples for Halloween and Bonfire night but it’s…
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Mexican Pumpkin Patch Halloween Rolls with Chicken & Wasabi Mayonnaise
A chicken burger with a Halloween twist – Mexican Pumpkin Patch Halloween Rolls with Chicken and Wasabi Mayonnaise will put a smile on everyone’s faces this Halloween! Did you know that pumpkins originate from North America and the oldest recorded seeds date back to between 7000 and 5500 BC which were found in Mexico? Well…
Rhubarb & Blackberry Spiral Cobbler
Rhubarb & Blackberry Spiral Cobbler – the perfect comfort pudding where the cobbler topping is enriched with marzipan and cinnamon. Today I’m sharing Rhubarb & Blackberry Spiral Cobbler! Sometimes I see a recipe and I just want to tweak it to my own taste. This happened recently when I saw a Rhubarb Spiral Cobbler (with…
Banana S’mores
Banana S’mores are utterly delicious and the perfect dessert to make on the BBQ or whilst camping. If you’re in a hurry you can use the microwave! After a recent chat with Christina from Christina’s Cucina we got talking about S’mores, a term I have seen crop up so many times on Twitter courtesy of…
Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole
Spicy Bacon & Baked Bean Casserole is a delicious, budget friendly dish. Perfect for a midweek family meal as so quick and easy to make! It’s funny how you can forget about recipes over the years and this is one of those which my mum always used to make which I had completely forgotten about…
Houmous with Peanut Butter
Houmous with Peanut Butter – a great alternative to traditional houmous and for those times when you don’t have any tahini paste Houmous, there seem to be an infinite number of ways of spelling it (hummus, hommus etc) and many more ways of preparing it! This Houmous with Peanut Butter came about after I stumbled…
Chocolate Cupcakes
Kids love Chocolate Cupcakes and this delicious recipe is simple enough for them to make! I think grown-ups will be all over them too! I don’t know about your children but whenever mine want to bake it invariably has to involve chocolate! Well I say that, my son has only ever baked one cake at…
Wholemeal Cheddar and Apple Chutney Soda Bread with Cider
Wholemeal Cheddar and Apple Chutney Soda Bread with Cider is so quick and easy to make. A nutty, cheesy wholemeal soda bread with a sweet apple chutney and cider kick. It goes perfectly with soup. I found myself with half a can of spare cider on Sunday morning (the other half had gone in the…
Hot Dogs with Krautslaw
A tasty German Hot Dog with a tangy krautslaw (a fusion of sauerkraut and coleslaw) for a healthy twist! Perfect half-time snack! In case you hadn’t notice we’re in the grip of World Cup fever and to mark the occasion Warburton’s are challenging everyone over on their Facebook page to enter their competition “Cook Off…
Gruyere & Caramelised Shallot Nests
Gruyere and Caramelised Shallot Nests are the perfect picnic treat, like a cross between a sandwich and a mini quiche! Today I’m bringing you Gruyere & Caramelised Shallot Nests. It’s National Picnic Week this week so I decided I needed to make something fabulous for the occasion! Casting my mind back to when I was…