Brie & Cranberry Tear & Share Wreath a great centrepiece to any Christmas buffet. Think cheese straws in a ring sprinkled with hazelnuts! I recently decided I wanted to make a Brie & Cranberry puff pastry centrepiece. After toying with a few ideas which would have involved wasting some of the pastry I came up…
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Spinach & Butternut Squash Soup – simply delicious!
I didn’t plan to make Spinach & Butternut Squash Soup yesterday as it was my birthday. Hubby offered to take me out for lunch but I knew I had a 1 p bag of bargain spinach in the fridge that was in need of using up. After a quick forage I also found half a…
Butternut Squash & Kale Soup
Finding myself with a couple of bags of bargain kale recently I made this Butternut Squash and Kale Soup as well as well as some experimental kale crisps (a work in progress) which I used as a garnish! This is my second soup using kale and I have to say it worked really well blended…
Curried Parsnip and Coriander Soup
In collaboration with Schwartz Curried Parsnip and Coriander Soup is the perfect autumn/winter soup. This utterly delicious soup includes red chilli, coconut milk and fresh coriander to tantalise your taste buds! I’m very excited to bring you this Curried Parsnip and Coriander Soup that I’ve made in association with Schwartz. I do believe that using…
Leek and Courgette Soup
This simple Leek and Courgette Soup is super delicious, chunky, and vegan! Perfect for lunch or as a starter. Gosh, it seems like an age since I last posted a recipe (just over a week) but having 2 children home for the Easter holidays means getting some quiet time to myself has not been easy…
July’s Credit Crunch Munch Roundup
It was my pleasure to host Credit Crunch Munch during July and I was blown away by the wonderful number of entries – 34 in total!I have found there is so much money to be saved just by changing the time I go shopping and in turn this has inspired so many recipes because there’s…
Caramelised Courgette Soup
This delicious Caramelised Courgette Soup is perfect for using a glut of courgettes. The courgettes are fried until golden which gives the gorgeous caramelised flavour! Having the children at home for the holidays means more mouths to feed than usual and with all the bargains I’ve been finding in Tesco lately (see my Facebook page)…
20 Fab Recipe Highlights for my 3rd Anniversary
I can’t believe that my blog is 3 years old today. I seem to have come such a long way since I started. When I posted my first recipe it was a very relaxed affair and I even over cooked my soup as I’d left it on the hob whilst on the school run –…
Smoked Mackerel Pâté
Smoked Mackerel Pâté is super tasty and healthy and great as a spread or a dip! Made with fresh smoked mackerel, cream cheese, horseradish sauce and lemon juice, you’ll be making this again and again! I’m always trying to make sure my family gets a weekly dose or two of oily fish as they are said…
Cream of Leek, Potato & Carrot Soup
Sponsored by Go Compare Cream of Leek, Potato & Carrot Soup is a healthy, family friendly soup packed full of nutrients. As a mum I am always trying to make sure my family gets their 5-a-day of fruit and vegetables and hopefully more. As adults we have no problem eating most fruits and vegetables (ok…