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…
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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…
Yogurt & Parmesan Chicken Breasts
Yogurt & Parmesan Chicken Breasts Those of you who read my blog will know that I came into a lot of Greek Yogurt recently and had to drum up all sorts of ways of using it apart from just eating it! Some of my trials have been a bit hit and miss or need tweaking…
Spooky Yogurt Scrolls
Spooky Yogurt Scrolls, are part scone, part roll! Made with Greek yogurt these ghost shaped scrolls are perfect for a Halloween breakfast or afternoon tea! This recipe was born out of guilt for not having blogged anything for Halloween and out of my not wanting to waste any of the lovely Greek yogurt that Total…
Banocolate Chip Muffins
Banocolate Chip Muffins aka Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins are utterly delicious and so easy to make. The perfect afternoon snack or addition to a packed lunch box! In honour of National Baking Week, I thought I would post my latest creation which was born out of frustration and a touch of laziness, if I’m…
Garlic Mussels on Toast
I’ve been eating this dish since I was a child. My mother would always serve mussels in this way and hers were probably from a tin. Cod roe was another thing she used to slice and serve fried on toast. Hence I don’t know if I’m alone in having this as my mum is Danish…
Sweet & Savoury Filled Croissants
This is not so much a recipe but just a simple way of jazzing up a plain croissant dough. Having woken up late today it was nearer to lunch time than breakfast so I decided that it was the perfect opportunity to try out my idea for Cheese and Ham and Almond Croissants. What could…
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…
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…
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…