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…
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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…
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse)
Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) are traditional Danish butter cookies made with chopped almonds. Every tin of Danish Butter Cookies has Danish Vanilla Wreaths (Vanille Kranse) in it but homemade ones taste so much better. My mother used to make these cookies every Christmas using a special star shaped disc on her meat mincer. She’d…
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…
Review: The Breville Café Style Sandwich Press from John Lewis
The lovely people over at John Lewis recently asked if I’d like to review anything electrical for my kitchen. My first thought was “do I actually need anything?” and then after a perusal of their website my eye was quickly drawn to the Breville VST026 Café Style Sandwich Press. We eat quite a lot of…
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…
Lemon & Raisin Scotch Pancakes
My favourite shop bought pancakes are fluffy Lemon & Raisin Scotch Pancakes so I thought I’d set about making my own for Pancake Day aka Shrove Tuesday. It’s the day before Ash Wednesday which is the 1st day of lent – traditionally a time for fasting and penance in the Christian calendar. So the idea…