MoneySupermarket recently launched a competition for bloggers to show just how much fun you can have staying in with the help of £50. They will also be choosing one random blogger to win £500! Nights out on the town aren’t cheap these days so I leapt at the chance to have my ideal night at…
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Warm Chicken, Bacon and Tarragon Salad
Warm Chicken, Bacon and Tarragon Salad with extra virgin olive oil and lemon dressing is a tasty low-carb meal! My mum seems to be a never-ending resource of recipes and one will just pop into my head from time to time and a quick phone call later I have the bones of one of her…
Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing
Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing Today I’m sharing with you a recipe for Avocado with Prawns and Balsamic Dressing! When I lived at home my mum would always make a starter of halved avocado filled with prawns and a garlic French dressing for special occasions. I decided to bring this starter up to date…
Steak with Whisky Sauce – truly delicious!
Steak with Whisky Sauce is perfect for entertaining and ideal for Valentines Day! This delicious “secret” recipe handed down from my mother is sure to impress! Steak with Whisky Sauce If I was asked what my last meal would be it would be this Steak with Whisky Sauce. My mother was served this dish in…
Apple & Blueberry Tarte Tatin
Apple & Blueberry Tarte Tatin is so simple to make & utterly delicious. If you’ve never made Tarte Tatin before then you need to this! Today I’m bringing you my Apple & Blueberry Tarte Tatin! The first time I made a Tarte Tatin was a rather laughable affair. I’d seen a recipe for a French…
Strawberry Choux Buns
Strawberry Choux Buns are filled with strawberry cream and topped with strawberry icing! They are the best choux buns I’ve ever tasted and I think you’ll agree once you’ve made them! This recipe is one that I have re-created from a one-off childhood memory of some beautiful, heavenly Strawberry Choux Buns. My mother made them…
Easy Cheesy Pork Wellington
Easy Cheesy Pork Wellington is pork loin stuffed with garlic and herb cream cheese, wrapped in prosciutto and enveloped in puff pastry – easy to make, but utterly impressive! If you want to entertain (or just treat the family) and not be stressed trying to juggle too many things in the kitchen then Easy Cheesy…
Diamond Jubilee Pavlova
Diamond Jubilee Pavlova has a Union Jack design made of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries which sit on a bed of whipped cream and sliced banana. This utterly delicious dessert can now be served as a Platinum Jubilee Pavlova! I was so very heartened by the popularity of my Diamond Jubilee Cupcakes that I thought that…
Olive Oil Chocolate Cake
Olive Oil Chocolate Cake is a moist chocolate cake sandwiched and decorated with a delicious chocolate fudge frosting! Best of all it’s fool proof and perfect as a birthday cake. As it was my husband’s birthday today it was a good excuse to raid my recipe box and find a Chocolate Cake recipe. This one…