Wholemeal Apple Hot Cross Buns are a healthier Easter teatime treat with added chunks of apple, currants and mixed spice! Readers come back and make these year on year they’re so good! NB: I originally posted this recipe in April 2014 and last year took some more photos which I didn’t get round to adding….
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Easy Crab Apple Jelly + video tutorial!
Easy Crab Apple Jelly is sweet, tangy and delicious, the perfect way to preserve crab apples! It doesn’t require a jelly bag, stand, upturned stool or kitchen door knob, just a colander and a pair of tights, muslin or tea towel set over a pan. Couldn’t be easier! In early September I went off looking…
Mixed Tomato Chutney
Mixed Tomato Chutney is an utterly delicious way to preserve ripe and green cherry tomatoes. It has a wonderful chilli kick which is contrasted with the sweetness of sultanas and Muscovado sugar. It’s the best tomato chutney recipe I’ve ever tasted! When I originally made this recipe back in 2013 I’d been gifted packets of…
5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup – spicy & creamy!
5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup is a delicious mildly spiced, creamy, curried soup. The spice comes from Tikka Masala spice paste and the creaminess from coconut milk powder. Sure to become your go to quick soup! My 5 Minute Vegan Tomato Soup is the perfect emergency soup as it’s made from ingredients you’ll find in…
Apple Meringue with step-by-step video!
Apple Meringue is the simplest and easiest of puddings to make! Soft pillowy meringue sits aloft a bed of stewed apples which contrast beautifully with the sweetness of the meringue! I first learned to make Apple Meringue at school in my Home Economics class and it soon became a family favourite! It’s a fab, warming,…
The Best Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe (boil & roast method) + video
I’ve discovered that this is the Best Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe as boiling, then roasting makes the outer shells perfectly crunchy and delicious. This versatile healthy snack won’t hang around for long so you’ll be making it again and again! If you’ve ever wanted to know how to clean and roast pumpkin seeds (aka pepitas…
Plum & Apple Jam with step-by-step video!
Plum & Apple Jam is the perfect autumn jam. Delicate in flavour with a beautiful pinkish red colour it’s perfect for breakfast or teatime! Today I’m rejuvenating my very popular Plum & Apple Jam recipe with some new photography and a few tweaks to the copy! After receiving a glut of plums from my mum…
Raspberry & Chocolate Jam – simple no-pectin recipe!
Raspberry & Chocolate Jam is for lovers of raspberries and chocolate, they are simply a match made in food heaven! Using the finest dark chocolate ensures a very satisfying cocoa intensity which contrasts so well with the sweetness of the raspberries. If you love raspberries and are a self-confessed chocoholic like I am, then I…
Rhubarb & Strawberry Jam
Rhubarb & Strawberry Jam has a beautifully fresh and delicate flavour as these 2 fruits really are a match made in foodie heaven. No pectin is needed. just lemon juice to aid the setting. I decided to update the photographs of my Rhubarb & Strawberry Jam this week as I found myself with glut of…
Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew – tangy & fat-free!
Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew Today I’m bringing you an Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew. As many of you know my daughter is vegetarian and this week she managed to persuade my hubby to eat more vegetarian food. So I thought I’d adapt a Beef Stew with Worcestershire Sauce recipe that my hubby once concocted…