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…
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Quiche Lorraine with Slow Cooked Pulled Gammon
I have been using my slow cooker more and more lately and slow cooking gammon (check out 2 Ingredient Slow Cooker Pulled Gammon). The best thing about it is that there is always plenty of leftover gammon and so my Quiche Lorraine with Slow Cooked Pulled Gammon is the perfect dish to use some of…
Credit Crunch Munch March/April round-up
We’ve had another delightful batch of entries to Credit Crunch and it’s been good to see some new blogs entering too. So let’s not hang about – on with the recipes! First up were Jane from Onions & Paper’s Red Lentil Balls or Mercimek Koftesi which she was inspired to re-create after eating them on…
Easter Chocolate Granola Cakes
Today I’m sharing my Easter Chocolate Granola Cakes with you! Feeling the urge to do something Eastery with a packet of chocolate mini eggs I had, I pondered upon what I should do with them. The old faithful cupcake sprang to mind but aware of the abundance of recipes for egg adorned Easter cupcakes I…
Chocolate Chip Marmalade Cakes – totally moreish!
Chocolate Chip Marmalade Cakes are deliciously moist cupcakes combining dark chocolate with orange marmalade & finished off with a drizzle of orange icing. When a little bird told me that it was National Marmalade Week (1 – 8 March) I immediately thought of my grandmothers Marmalade Cakes which then lead me to develop these Chocolate…
Chilli Pancake Stack
Chilli Pancake Stack is a delicious baked stack of coriander (cilantro) flavoured pancakes layered with beef chilli and a layer of melted cheese and jalapenos. As a food blogger I’m always challenging myself to come up with or try out new dishes but it’s also nice to be challenged by someone else occasionally. This week…
Simple Pork Fried Rice
Simple Pork Fried Rice is a great way to use up leftover roast pork and vegetables from your salad drawer. A quick and tasty midweek meal that will please the whole family. Chinese New Year Chinese New Year falls on 31 January this year and marks the start of 15 days of celebration. This year…
Perfect Poached Eggs
Perfect Poached Eggs are not difficult to make if you follow my easy instructions. Great on toast, as part of an English breakfast or many other meals! How to Make Perfect Poached Eggs Are you a breakfast eater or do you sometimes find yourself skipping one of the most important meals of the day? Apparently…
Emmental Soda Bread
This delicious Emmental Soda Bread is such a quick and easy loaf to make. Enhanced with Grana Padano, mustard and cider it’s the perfect bread to go with a bowl of soup or to make sandwiches with! Faced with a block of Emmental that had languished in the fridge right up until its sell by…
Cream of Tomato & Basil Soup
Cream of Tomato & Basil Soup is so delicious and far better than tinned soup! I came up with my Cream of Tomato & Basil Soup after my husband had a yearning for a tin of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup but the cupboard was bare. Within 20 or so minutes we were eating my…