Rødgrød med Fløde (Danish Red Berry Compote with Cream) Today I’m sharing Rødgrød med Fløde (Danish Red Berry Compote with Cream) although the literal translation is red groats with cream! This is a recipe I have been meaning to share with you for a very long time as it’s a dessert I grew up with…
Student Food
Monday Pie – great way to use up leftover roast beef!
Monday Pie I thought it was high time I updated my popular Monday Pie recipe and photography. This is a traditional recipe for using up your roast beef from Sunday which I originally adapted by adding mushrooms and par boiling the potato slices. When you make something a lot you often make little tweaks and…
Mini Egg Chocolate Rice Crispy Cake
Mini Egg Chocolate Rice Crispy Cake Today I’m sharing with you my Mini Egg Chocolate Rice Crispy Cake! With Mother’s Day and Easter fast approaching I thought it would be good to come up with something that kids can easily make which not only tastes great but looks fab too! I was wondering around my…
Banana Pudding – a great way to use up 5 overripe bananas!
Banana Pudding NB: I first published this recipe for Banana Pudding (one of our favourites) in January 2014 so it was in serious need of a photographic update as my photography has vastly improved since then and my equipment has too. I’ve come to realise we have a slight banana addiction judging by the number…
Matcha Green Tea Banana Smoothie – nutritious & delicious!
Advertisement for a2 Milk™ Matcha Green Tea Banana Smoothie Today I’m bringing you a Matcha Green Tea & Banana Smoothie in association with a2 Milk™ which is the perfect nutritious pick me up. My teenage daughter will often have a green tea when she goes out with her friends and is partial to a banana…
Quick Curried Cauliflower Soup – vegetarian yumminess!
Quick Curried Cauliflower Soup It’s definitely soup weather at the moment so I thought I’d create a vegetarian Quick Curried Cauliflower Soup. I’ve never really been a fan of cauliflower soup (mum used to do one with parsley and lemon juice), so spicing things up seemed the way to go. As I had some coconut…
Chunky Monkey Soda Bread – quick, easy & delicious!
Chunky Monkey Soda Bread I’m very excited to be sharing my Chunky Monkey Soda Bread with you today. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I have to say ours was plagued by colds which hubby came down with first and then me so hence the radio silence regarding new recipes…
Banana Cake – an old favourite!
Banana Cake NB: It was my birthday yesterday and rather than make a traditional birthday cake I decided to make my mum’s Banana Cake and thought I’d update the photographs on this post at the same time. I barely had 10 minutes before I needed to take the cake over to my parents so it…
Quick Apple Puddings
Quick Apple Puddings Note:I made these Quick Apple Puddings in the early days of my blog when I didn’t know one end of a camera from the other so decided to re-shoot and serve them up a fresh. They really are a fab and quick pud, ideal for autumn! Here’s the original post! I bought…
A Student’s Survival Guide to Cooking – handy tips & recipes!
A Student’s Survival Guide to Cooking It’s that time of year when students are heading off to college or university and it may the first time you’ve ever had to cook for yourself. I know my son has been practising a few dishes but after a straw poll of his friends I think adding boiling…
