Easy Christmas Jam is a cranberry and apple jam, flavoured with orange and mixed spice (without pectin). Enjoy this wonderful jam at tea time as a spread or like cranberry sauce along with roast turkey. Making Easy Christmas Jam couldn’t be quicker or simpler as there is no muslin bag needed to be filled up…
Vegetarian
Carrot & Fresh Coriander Soup
Carrot & Fresh Coriander Soup (or Carrot & Cilantro Soup if you’re on the other side of the pond) is a delicious, nutrient packed vegetarian soup. It’s the sort of soup that leaves you feeling cleansed after eating it! This Carrot & Coriander Soup is made with fresh coriander rather than crushed coriander seeds for…
Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup
Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup with basil is perfect for using up a glut of overripe tomatoes. It’s quick and easy to prepare with just 5 ingredients. 2 whole bulbs of roasted garlic give this soup a beautiful buttery and mellow garlic flavour. How did Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup come about? This was…
Easy Seedless Blackberry Jam (small batch)
Easy Seedless Blackberry Jam (aka Seedless Bramble Jam) is a delicious small batch jam made with just 3 ingredients: blackberries, granulated sugar, freshly squeezed lemon juice and no pectin. It has a concentrated blackberry flavour with a delicious tang provided by the lemon juice which complements it beautifully. How did this Easy Seedless Blackberry Jam…
Watermelon Jam (no pectin recipe) – 2 ways!
This delicious Watermelon Jam recipe is made without pectin and is so beautiful and summery with its vibrant pink colour! You can make it 2 ways, plain or with white rum! I’m so excited to bring you this delicious, quick and easy, no pectin Watermelon Jam recipe which can be made 2 ways, with or…
Easy No Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake with video!
This delicious Easy No Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake is made with a Lotus Biscoff Biscuit (Speculoos Biscuit) base and topped with a creamy vanilla infused cheesecake which is spiked with 2 layers of ready made salted caramel spread. A fuss free, make ahead showstopper that’s perfect for entertaining. My Easy No Bake Salted Caramel Cheesecake…
Wholemeal Apple Hot Cross Buns
Wholemeal Apple Hot Cross Buns are a healthier Easter teatime treat with added chunks of apple, currants and mixed spice! Readers come back and make these year on year they’re so good! NB: I originally posted this recipe in April 2014 and last year took some more photos which I didn’t get round to adding….
Broccoli & Cheddar Soup
Broccoli & Cheddar Soup is a nutritious and delicious vegetarian soup the whole family will love and easily adapted to be vegan (see recipe). As well as broccoli and Cheddar cheese, ingredients also include celery, carrot, onion and potato so it’s great for a fridge clear out! My family raved about my creamy Broccoli…
Easy Crab Apple Jelly + video tutorial!
Easy Crab Apple Jelly is sweet, tangy and delicious, the perfect way to preserve crab apples! It doesn’t require a jelly bag, stand, upturned stool or kitchen door knob, just a colander and a pair of tights, muslin or tea towel set over a pan. Couldn’t be easier! In early September I went off looking…
Mixed Tomato Chutney
Mixed Tomato Chutney is an utterly delicious way to preserve ripe and green cherry tomatoes. It has a wonderful chilli kick which is contrasted with the sweetness of sultanas and Muscovado sugar. It’s the best tomato chutney recipe I’ve ever tasted! When I originally made this recipe back in 2013 I’d been gifted packets of…